1998 Hyundai accent buy or pass?

BLACK0_0JEDI · 01-16-2013, 07:56 PM

Should I buy this 1998 Hyundai ACCENT with 57K miles from a Car lot has one original owner & runs pretty good are is the asking price too high ? And oh yeah the car has no visible rust & the original tag from the window

BLACK0_0JEDI · 01-16-2013, 07:57 PM

HYUNDAI ACCENT GS COUPE LOW LOW MILES!!!!! here's the ad there asking 2500 <<<

Voivod · 01-16-2013, 08:24 PM

It's 15 years old. You're going to have to get the timing belt done if it hasn't been done recently. Low miles is great if the car's been maintained, does the seller have service records?

BTW the EPA estimate for the '98 Accent are 23/32 with 26 MPG the overall average.

Other than the floormat it LOOKS like a pretty clean car. According to Kelly Blue Book that's not a horrible price. Get a mechanic to give it a once over and offer him $2,000. See if he'll budge on the price. Stress the age

BLACK0_0JEDI · 01-16-2013, 08:52 PM

The dealer is using it as his personal car he's been driving it for the last 3k miles all highway for the last 6-7 months and the car was serviced by Hyundai up until 7 months ago when the guy sold it to the dealer it looks like a pretty nice car but 2500 plus tax seems like a lot also

austex04 · 01-16-2013, 10:14 PM

Used cars are going for a premium these days. Looks very clean for a rust belt car, cars from the north usually have holes in the sides. The auto transmission is the weakest link in these cars. If the timing belt was changed within the last 5 years, and the transmission shifts good, the car needs no work, I would offer $2300 for it, becouse of the low miles and above average condition. Get the vin#, find out which dealer serviced the car if its local, you could see the service records at the Hyundai dealer.

ttc · 01-18-2013, 04:30 PM

Didn't think they made diesel's accents back then.

Voivod · 01-18-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ttc

Didn't think they made diesel's accents back then.

Diesel?

ttc · 01-24-2013, 02:40 PM

This is the Accent and Elantra diesel forum which is why I look at it, just thought I'd check

Maybe if the post was in the right area he might get more replies?

**hoosieraccent** · 01-24-2013, 06:36 PM

Working on that...

ttc · 01-26-2013, 03:14 PM

Now it's in the right spot you could probably delete my posts

01-16-2013, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
BLACK0_0JEDI Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cleveland 1998 Hyundai accent Posts: 3	1998 Hyundai accent buy or pass? Should I buy this 1998 Hyundai ACCENT with 57K miles from a Car lot has one original owner & runs pretty good are is the asking price too high ? And oh yeah the car has no visible rust & the original tag from the window

01-16-2013, 08:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Voivod Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Florida 2007 Hyundai Accent GS in Wine Red. Posts: 566	It's 15 years old. You're going to have to get the timing belt done if it hasn't been done recently. Low miles is great if the car's been maintained, does the seller have service records? BTW the EPA estimate for the '98 Accent are 23/32 with 26 MPG the overall average. Other than the floormat it LOOKS like a pretty clean car. According to Kelly Blue Book that's not a horrible price. Get a mechanic to give it a once over and offer him $2,000. See if he'll budge on the price. Stress the age __________________ 100% Suburban Driving. Visit my photography thread!

01-16-2013, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
austex04 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Austin Texas 2010 Accent GLS, rare 5 speed Posts: 669	Used cars are going for a premium these days. Looks very clean for a rust belt car, cars from the north usually have holes in the sides. The auto transmission is the weakest link in these cars. If the timing belt was changed within the last 5 years, and the transmission shifts good, the car needs no work, I would offer $2300 for it, becouse of the low miles and above average condition. Get the vin#, find out which dealer serviced the car if its local, you could see the service records at the Hyundai dealer. Last edited by austex04; 01-16-2013 at 10:19 PM.

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01-16-2013, 07:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
BLACK0_0JEDI Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cleveland 1998 Hyundai accent Posts: 3	HYUNDAI ACCENT GS COUPE LOW LOW MILES!!!!! here's the ad there asking 2500 <<<

01-16-2013, 08:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
BLACK0_0JEDI Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cleveland 1998 Hyundai accent Posts: 3	The dealer is using it as his personal car he's been driving it for the last 3k miles all highway for the last 6-7 months and the car was serviced by Hyundai up until 7 months ago when the guy sold it to the dealer it looks like a pretty nice car but 2500 plus tax seems like a lot also

01-18-2013, 04:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
ttc Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Drives 2012 Accent Crdi Posts: 114	Didn't think they made diesel's accents back then.

01-24-2013, 02:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
ttc Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Drives 2012 Accent Crdi Posts: 114	This is the Accent and Elantra diesel forum which is why I look at it, just thought I'd check Maybe if the post was in the right area he might get more replies?

01-26-2013, 03:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
ttc Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Drives 2012 Accent Crdi Posts: 114	Now it's in the right spot you could probably delete my posts

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