With a heavy heart, I must bid adieu!

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BK 22

Discussion Starter · 20 d ago

It’s with a heavy heart, I must bid you all goodbye.
Last week we traded our Tucson for a new Santa Fe Hybrid. We wanted a hybrid from the beginning, but do to obvious shortages last year, we settled for the 2.5. It was still a great car, but we wanted a little bigger interior and the hybrid experience.
I will miss the great conversations and tips and hints from all the community on this forum.
I wish you all many happy miles and a happy life going forward ! Best wishes to all!

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mreg376

· #21 · 17 d ago

How is the pick-up on the Santa Fe Hybrid? I was concerned about that since the heavier Santa Fe uses the same drive train as the lighter Tuscon Hybrid.

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Tucspouse

· #22 · 17 d ago

Crystaleyz23 said:
Beautiful. Curious if they gave you a good trade in value?

Welcome to the Tucson Forum. And I get letters, yes real letters, and in envelopes too (not just chintzy cardboard mailers), from both the selling dealer plus more from a couple other sources, all urgently pleading for me to 'fully understand' that my vehicle is highly desirable and marketable and they want to buy it. Immediately!
I'm just grateful my trash service takes paper recycling.

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BK 22

Discussion Starter · #23 · 17 d ago

Crystaleyz23 said:
Beautiful. Curious if they gave you a good trade in value?

Not as great as a year ago, when the car world was nuts, ( you remember, they gave us more for our trade than we purchased it for), but did better than any other site or dealer was offering.

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Dbkjr3

· #24 · 16 d ago

If they wldve offered the Hybrid in Caligraphy trim I wldve gotten the Santa Fe over the Tucson Hybrid Lmtd. But happy with the Tucson for now lol.

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BK 22

Discussion Starter · #25 · 15 d ago

Dbkjr3 said:
If they wldve offered the Hybrid in Caligraphy trim I wldve gotten the Santa Fe over the Tucson Hybrid Lmtd. But happy with the Tucson for now lol.

Yeah, I liked the extra stuff the Caligraphy ( heads up display, nicer wheels, etc.) but no hybrid. C’est La vie!😀

Crystaleyz23 said:
Beautiful. Curious if they gave you a good trade in value?

Not bad for the current times. They gave me higher than market value from several sites ( KBB, Carvana, Vroom, etc.). Unfortunately not like a year ago when used car values were higher than new car prices.

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BK 22

Discussion Starter · #26 · 11 d ago

Tucspouse said:
Well ok, you answered a couple ??, but created a new one. Waiting until '24's for either the refresh or actual 'all-new design!' seemed like the default, but the 'weird design' thing you mention semi-answers that. So since no sense waiting I can see the 'want the bigger interior' means a bigger SUV, and the bigger total hp that has to push it. But that also checks the box for 'want and the hybrid experience' as well = pretty crafty.

Now the new question is just how you know about next year's new design. I ain't looked around yet, but how can one get an advance look at this new 'weird design'? Not that I care about buying one, but it's gonna have to be a good deal 'bigger' everything as the newest Tucson pretty much matched it in many aspects (actually LARGER seats down rear payload !!). And interesting if the American market will get a 3rd row stuffed in.

Went through YouTube videos and on line spy photos. They were well camouflaged, but you could get an idea of its new design. The artists renderings were interested, but take with a grain of salt ( one day I’ll figure out where that saying came from😳). A lot of it is cut & paste, but you get some a rough picture of the 5th generation.

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Tampa8

· #27 · 11 d ago

BK 22 said:
Went through YouTube videos and on line spy photos. They were well camouflaged, but you could get an idea of its new design. The artists renderings were interested, but take with a grain of salt ( one day I’ll figure out where that saying came from😳). A lot of it is cut & paste, but you get some a rough picture of the 5th generation.

I agree that's what I did and not sure I would like the new design if what we are piecing together is right.

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BK 22

Discussion Starter · #28 · 11 d ago

Breaking News ! I have exclusive photos of the 2024 Santa Fe: as I understand, Donald Trump was given a private test drive, along with FBI escort! Order now, supplies are limited!😜