r/Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

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I recently crossed two years and 30k miles with my Hyundai Veloster N. I ordered the car slightly used off carvana (yes, I was very desperate to find one). The car is a 2020 Performance Blue car with the Performance package. Performance Package was a $2000 option, later standard on 2021+ Veloster Ns, that gave extra power, 19 in rims, better brakes, limited slip differential, and a valved exhaust. The bucket seats were not available and neither was the DCT on the 2020. Which is fine with me, I still prefer the bolstered cloth seats and the 6 speed manual. Car is still bone stock except for swapping out the Hyundai specfic Pirelli's for Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires.

After two years of ownership I still really enjoy this car. I've formed an attachment to it that I never expected. I'm still so impressed with how this car drives and I've got to drive a lot of truly amazing cars since purchasing my VN. GT350 (again), Camaro SS 1LE, two R35 GT-Rs (one I bought), and a 991.2 GT3 to name a few. They are all obviously on a completely different level of performance than the VN but, I can still return to the VN and have a great time behind the wheel. The VN hasn't been made irrelevant because I've driven better cars, if anything the opposite has happened. I've come to appreciate more so just how good the balance between the chassis, the steering, and the power is. The turn into corners is so responsive, you can feel the front end loading up through the steering, and you can get on the power early and feel the front e-diff working to put the power down as you rocket out of corners. In long sweeping corners you get enough feedback that you can approach your limits and hang on as you carry high speeds. It makes you confident as a driver and all together it just feels fantastic to drive quickly.

For me, there's only a few negatives worth mentioning. Your use case could be very different than mine so you may have more negatives. My biggest issues are with the transmission, engine, and the fuel economy. The manual transmission has moments of greatness where I really am surprised how great a shift felt. Other times, like the 1-2 gear shift, feel very clunky and like it refuses to go into gear. The engine is kind of boring. It makes good power all the way to its redline and feels like it could be revving much higher but, there's not much drama and if I'm parked, without the exhaust open, I occasionally wonder if the car is still running. The exhaust has all the character. Fuel economy isn't great in the city. Off boost in 5th/6th gear it's good 28-33 mpg but, on boost it's real bad and unfortunately from a stop it needs boost to get moving. You could argue some of this is on my driving style but, most of the time I'm not driving aggressive and I still see under 20mpg in the city and with a 12 gallon fuel tank it can go pretty quickly.

Maintenance for the car has been pretty routine. I get it serviced every 3-5k miles. All service done through my local Hyundai service center. Service breaks down as follows: