Anyone looking for a SF in Ottawa should drop by Kanata Hyundai. Was in the area and they have a wack of them...11 to be specific including the one in the showroom. They have every color except Serano red. Only 2 have the tech package with Nav and upgraded stereo.

BTW, NAV screen looked 8" on the diagonal to me. Also, the upgraded stereo with the tech package does have 12 speakers....I counted.

 

Anyone knows the service interval of the SF both 2.4L and 2.0T? with my 11 sonata its every 6K, which is outrageous!

 

Ok, clicked on a link to the Canadian Hyundai website, and the first pic in the Santa Fe gallery is what seems to be the off-white colour which seems to be offered only in Korea. Or...perhaps its just the colouring in the picture or my PC. Appreciate others taking a look to verify it's not just my eyes.

If it is, not sure why they have it so prominently displayed when they don't even offer it here. What a tease, or perhaps this a hint that the colour may be offered eventually, or perhaps on the LWB???

I hope so...I really like it.

Hyundai Santa Fe Gallery

 

Oh, and by the way, this is what prompted me to go to the website...sneek preview of their upcoming Newsletter which will include the new SF:

Sneak Peek. Experience Hyundai.

 

I think that image might be using light to reflect the metalic in the white. My car shines differently when the light hits it from many angles.

 

You're probably right. Looking at it now on my laptop and it looks "whiter". Hmmm....me thinks it's time to adjust my desktop monitor...

 

Hey Lucky,

I just got my white Santa Fe and in certain lighting it looks like the picture above but in the sun it shins bright white.

 

Thanks. And congrats on the receipt of your new SF!!

 

After drving the car for 2 days the milage is showing an avg. of 11L/100k. That is a mix of city and highway. Also keep in mide I am trying to keep the revs moving to work the engine in smoothly. I believe that with some practise on the pedal I can get it down around the 8's for highway only but that wont be for a while. The interior is quiet and have no problems like the americans. I have yet to find a flaw with the car...knock on wood. I have a feeling the gas cap may be a problem but before I drove the car off the lot I cleaned the cap and opening of the gas tank to see if the light comes on. Our gas gauge is moving quick and I think that it will yield only 500kms on a tank. I could be wrong but traffic during the weeks sucks so im sure it will not be that great. Hopefully it will get better as the engine loosens up. Now I have to plan for winter tires as the predictions are for snow this year unlike last year.

 

I have been driving for 2 weeks and I have about 9L/100km, but if you do the math it is actually a little higher than what the computer is stating. According to the fuel range propaganda I should be getting approx. 530 to 550km per tank, I also burn premium fuel may not get that much better mileage, but I believe it is better for the engine. I hope it does get better over time.

 

good to see the fuel economy is better. My wife is driving the car so I don't anticipate anything better as she has a bit of a lead foot. I am using regular 87 octane as I have not seen much of a performance gain when it comes to milage. My Sonata uses regular all the time and I am getting some great fuel economy. But that is just me. I used to have a turbo car that required premium because of the compression ratio.

 

Night time with the new car

Taken with an iphone 3gs. Sorry for the poor quality.
And the car was in park for the first picture so don't think I solved the drl question.

 

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Taken with an iphone 3gs. Sorry for the poor quality.
And the car was in park for the first picture so don't think I solved the drl question.

Nice, how did you get the accent lighting to come on without the HIDs?

 

Saaaweeeet!!

Question, can you have the accent lighting on the headlights on with just the fogs, and NO headlights? Probably not, but thought I would ask.

 

not sure but I can check tonight. I just took the picture quickly cause my brother wanted to take it for a spin. So I have not had time to play with the different settings on the lights. It might be possible.

 

I suspect the accent is actually considered the daytime running lights. Not sure how bright in the day though.

If I am correct, then I suspect, if anything like my Highlander, those are on when you are in OFF or auto mode. And fogs are on the same control arm and will only illuminate when the headlights are actually in the auto or ON mode.

Hope to be proved wrong though!!

 

if you move the light switch down one click to the 2 beams then only the brows light up but no fogs. I can't say for sure if durnign the day its the same as I only saw the regular daytime light on but no brow or fogs. Again I am not sure as I have not driven it much. Mostly my wife.

 

Hi Guys,

Been lurking here for a while. How much did you pay for your santa fe? and is there a power liftgate option?

Thanks!

 

No power liftgate but all the other options make up for it. paid $34000 for the SE model

 

$34000, the final price include tax and every fee?

 

Just bought mine ...

... last week and was able to get $1000 off the list price for the Premium 2.0T AWD at Oakville Hyundai (Ontario).

NOTE: If you happen to be shopping for a SF right now, you might be interested to know that a salesperson at the Burlington dealership left me a message to say she has heard that there will be incentives on the Santa Fe coming soon (BUT, she was unsure whether these incentives would be $'s or financing or both). Something to be aware of.

 

I see that the 48 mo financing is 0.9 % already.
Any ideas as to how much of a cash discount that Canadians might expect during the next set of incentives?
thanks

 

thanks for the replies looks like SE is the bang for buck we are still deciding if we should get this or murano or save alot of gas and get an altima 2.5 SL any tips?

 

I tried the top of line Murano with my son. He hated the seating and I hated the CVT transmission. Cargo room for the price of the vehicle is sub par in my opinion. As were leaving, we stopped to looked at it and my son commented that the styling is very feminine (his words were a little more blunt), and frankly, I agreed with him. But like all opinions, take mine with a grain of salt.

 

i agree really like the power tail gate on the murano though i usually find my self having a hard time opening my truck bed when my arms are full. lol

anyone know the 0-60 time for the 2.0T santa fe?

 

I don't have my old invoice in front of me, but isn't there some sort of dealer fee that you're not accounting for?

 

I know I saved over $1050. Not sure how you figured I only saved $600. I gave a round number of $41000 as I dont have the bill of sale with me to give you final numbers. Also HST is not 12% its 13%. The point is that you can save about $1k.

 

must be the tax difference bc vs ont....thanks for clarifying

 

Drove by my local dealer and it has 20 SFs in the lot! Now unless they're getting new ones in constantly, then I would say they are not flying off the lot at any great speed. Now, I guess the only way to tell would be to snap pics of every VIN to see if they are new or same ones sitting. Still, with that many, I cannot imagine not getting a good price. I did note however, than only 3 had the full navi package.