Carfax report

Quote: missedhervee

Me, I have always maintained and serviced my own cars whenever possible, including a Ferrari I had for ten years.

Quote: Service Center argument why you should not drain and refill your coolant yourself

While a drain and refill is fairly straight forward and generally not difficult, a flush is much more difficult. A drain and refill generally only includes draining the radiator and reservoir then refilling it with new fluid.

What exactly is a Coolant Flush? Here is what an actual flush entails
The best way to remove virtually all of your fluid is to have an Auto Service Center, hook your car up to a machine that removes it while putting the right amount of new fluid in. Your engine temperature is maintained by the flow of anti-freeze, more commonly referred to as coolant. A coolant flush pushes anti-freeze through your cooling system in order to do a complete cleanse by clearing out all of the old anti-freeze and any contaminants that may have built up. When you get a coolant flush, all of the old anti-freeze is evacuated from your system, ensuring that when we put new anti-freeze in, it won’t mix with the old. The machine will circulate the fluid through your vehicles cooling system a couple times which will remove any debris that might have built up over time. This is really the only good way to have this job done right. Lastly, conditioners are added in order to prevent rust and scale deposits, resulting in new longer-lasting anti-freeze If there is any debris in the cooling system (like if it has not been drained and refilled for 20 years!) then this is the only good way to get it out. Sometimes scale and other things will build up (especially if you use tap water to fill the radiator) and cause the radiator to become restricted. A flush will help to remove some, if not most, of this.

Quote: Pacomartin

I don't get how people can spend that much money on a car, and decide to change their own oil and flush the coolant , transmission, and brake fluids.

Quote: Pacomartin

Well, if you can afford a Ferrari and you still want to change your own oil it must mean you love cars. I think most people who spend more than $40K on a car would rather pay people to mess around with fluids (oil, coolant, transmission, brake).

It is possible the argument below justifying spending $100 for a coolant flush is just salesmanship, but it convinces me.

In any case the CARFAX should have a record of inspections and emissions checks. I fail to see why they were omitted from the report.

Quote: Mission146

"I don't know, these new Elantras have a bit too much pep for me."-Mission146

Quote: Pacomartin

Hyundai Elantra's engine is a 2.0-liter 4 cylinder with 147 hp and 132 lb-ft torque.
Hyundai Accent's engine is a 1.6-liter 4 cylinder with 120 hp and 113 lb-ft torque

Hyundai Veloster Turbo Ultimate DCT can get you to 60 mph in 6.0 seconds for less than $30K if you don't mind manual transmission,

Quote: Mission146

The Accent is too small, even for me.

Quote: AZDuffman

You get used to it. I had a 2005, only car I have ever bought new. I learned to love that little car. Probably most value I have gotten out of any car I ever owned.

Quote: Mission146

I totally agree, but I am 6'3" and if there's a kid behind me, they need room for their legs.

Quote: Mission146

Probably love cars if you own a Ferrari, or love showing off. "I don't know, these new Elantras have a bit too much pep for me."-Mission146