Where to find info on a 2004 Hyundai Sonata

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

the car I'm driving now is 22 years old ... I'll just need to find a nice cliff somewhere to push it off of.

If you keep your car for another 3yrs it will be classed as a classic. A collector might be interested in it one day. Don't push it off the cliff!

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

If you keep your car for another 3yrs it will be classed as a classic. A collector might be interested in it one day. Don't push it off the cliff!

Sorry, can't help myself.

Yes the engine may be indestructible but unfortunately that's not the case for the rest of the car. It's an '89 Celebrity and just about done for in every other sense. What's under the hood has lasted but the only way the rest of this car can not be described as "crap" would be in tribute to the fact that it hasn't yet fallen apart given how much of it is currently rusting away. If someone t-boned it tomorrow it could only be considered a mercy killing.

I had work done on it years ago to remove what rust/wear there was and got the paint job back up to spec, as the car was still in decent shape then and I was in no position to buy anything else and had a windfall of just the right amount of cash for some private "consulting" work that I did. But everybody I know who has this car remarks on how bad a job Chevy did with the body, paint, etc. in terms of durability. My brother-in-law had one just like it which sat in a fully enclosed, dry garage most of the time and the finish and paint still started coming off after a couple years with rust taking its place.

Mine, OTOH, has spent almost its entire life sitting outdoors 24/7, so you can just imagine. When it started looking bad the second time around I gave up. When everything is sorted out with the Sonata as far as insurance/title/registration, the Chevy will either be junked or donated to Goodwill (if they'll take it) so they can junk it and get whatever it's worth in parts and scrap metal.

[yubba]

Enjoy the new car, the sonata is a nice car their all over the place here in florida, AL is anti lock brakes, now you don't have an excuse too show up to a subsim meet, you got a new car that will take you any where, and it should be real good on gas.

Look at the rear wheels.
If it has disk brakes, it has ABS.
If it has drum brakes it does not have ABS.

You'll also have an ABS Service Reminder 'Idiot' light somewhere on the instrument panel if you have ABS.
Turn the key on and it should come on for a few seconds then go off.

If you don't have the Owners Manual,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14219380/2...-Owners-Manual

[Sailor Steve]

I had a car with 4-wheel discs and it did not have anti-lock brakes. The advice about the idiot light makes sense though.

I looked at several sites and not one of them mentioned it, which leads me to believe it does not. But they all say it comes standard with four disc brakes, so if Privateer is right then it would be yes. I'm still looking for a comment one way or the other.

[edit] This site says ABS is available, which implies it's not standard, even with 4 discs. On the other hand, that doesn't mean your new car doesn't have them.

[Onkel Neal]

I think you can safely check No ABS and go forward with the insurance. It's not like they check it, even if an accident is involved.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by privateer

Look at the rear wheels.
If it has disk brakes, it has ABS.
If it has drum brakes it does not have ABS.

You'll also have an ABS Service Reminder 'Idiot' light somewhere on the instrument panel if you have ABS.
Turn the key on and it should come on for a few seconds then go off.

If you don't have the Owners Manual,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14219380/2...-Owners-Manual

I've looked at the rear wheels. They are surrounded by big black inflated rubber things and have a shiny round hubcap in the middle.

Checking the dashboard is a good idea, altho I won't be able to look at it until I get out there to pick the car up, at which point I need to have the insurance already taken care of. But it might have a diagram in the owner's manual, which I'm pretty sure I brought home with me. When I went through what I have I was looking for the phrase "anti lock brakes" and not "ABS" or something else so I may have missed it.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

[edit] This site says ABS is available, which implies it's not standard, even with 4 discs. On the other hand, that doesn't mean your new car doesn't have them.

Yeah, it seems to have been optional. I'm guessing if it was an option, my mom got it. I hadn't thought about it but I should probably call my brother-in-law, he may know one way or the other.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I think you can safely check No ABS and go forward with the insurance. It's not like they check it, even if an accident is involved.

Yeah, I'm just gonna make a guess and check a box and get the damn thing on my policy so I can drive it. I'll only be adding it to the current term which runs out on 8/31, and the car's tags are only good til 8/28. If we don't get the title transferred I can't do anything about updating the registration; if we do the Chevy is history. So one way or the other I'll be in there redoing my policy between now and the end of next month, either to drop the Chevy or remove the Sonata if something happens and I don't get the title/registration sorted out before the tags expire and I have to drive the Chevy again temporarily.

By the time I'm sorting out which car needs to be insured starting 9/1, I'll have whatever info there is and can edit things accordingly. I may be switching insurance companies anyway if I shop around and find a better deal.

Thanks for all your help guys!