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Live traffic using HD Radio in Hyundais - anyone used this?

Miss Tuned said:
It's an i10, it doesn't have that sort of fancy functionality! The app was called Bluelink until literally this week, and it's now changed to MyHyundai which seems to have all the same features but not as nice a design. On my model, it lets you lock and unlock the car remotely, honk the horn and flash the hazard lights (to find it in a big parking lot!) and that's about it. I think fancier models have things like remote climate control.
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My wife's Elantra N has the MyHyundai software. As you said it allows internet communication to lock/unlock, honk the horn, and flash the lights but also can track the vehicle location, show the current fuel level/range and operational status of subsystems (doors/windows/tire pressures). It can also show you the location of the nearest Hyundai dealer. AFAIK it does not have remote start or control of the climate systems (although remote start might be available on the fob if the vehicle has an automatic transmission - my wife's car is manual).

As far as live traffic info - the nav system will advise of traffic cameras/radar while driving but does not have real time traffic advise (congestion/detours). Wifey says she has not tried using all the features of her Android phone with the car yet. She does not have an iPhone.

P.S. I just accessed the online MyHyundai documentation and could not find any info on expanded features such as real time traffic.
 
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XCountry285 said:
Looking into a Hyundai Kona from a Subaru Impreza how is it? I love my Subaru but it's a 2014 and has 140k miles on it. I wanna keep it until it dies. However buying a newer Subaru is expensive. I may wanna look into the Kona.
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My wife's Elantra N is my fourth Hyundai and we still drive her 2016 Accent from time to time (saving it for our granddaughter). Our Hyundai's have been error-free since our first. We've had a 2011 Santa Fe, a 2012 Genesis R-spec (my son has it now), the 2016 Accent and now the 2025 Elantra N.

I am not familiar with the Kona but would have this advice: thoroughly investigate every engine/transmission combination on the model(s) you are interested in as there have been historical issues in years past. I would also stay away, far far away, from all CVT transmissions no matter the brand.
 
landtuna said:
My wife's Elantra N is my fourth Hyundai and we still drive her 2016 Accent from time to time (saving it for our granddaughter). Our Hyundai's have been error-free since our first. We've had a 2011 Santa Fe, a 2012 Genesis R-spec (my son has it now), the 2016 Accent and now the 2025 Elantra N.

I am not familiar with the Kona but would have this advice: thoroughly investigate every engine/transmission combination on the model(s) you are interested in as there have been historical issues in years past. I would also stay away, far far away, from all CVT transmissions no matter the brand.
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Thanks. My car has a cvt transmission too. I think its duel?
 
landtuna said:
I would also stay away, far far away, from all CVT transmissions no matter the brand.
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Hear! Hear!

We bought a 2017 Subaru Outback with one of those, and it's been a troublesome piece of junk.

It ran great for the first year or so, but then it began having issues and got to the point where we eventually need the CVT replaced under warranty. The replacement was fine for a year or so, but it began acting up too (turned out it was a bad fuse contact). Had to then replace the engine last summer, and now thinking of replacing the CVT again, even though it's still working, because we no longer trust it.

Haven't decided if we're keeping or selling it yet.

If we do sell it, I'm thinking about a 1999-2006 Toyota RAV-4 or 2003-2006 Honda CR-V. Getting something with relatively low miles will be tricky, but those old Hondas and Toyotas seem to just keep going forever (it's not unheard of for them to be in good condition with relatively little wear even after 300k miles, especially when they're well maintained).

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Back to radio:

None of our cars support any of this new Carplay stuff. The radio in the Subaru doesn't sound the best on AM or FM analog, but it has surprisingly decent sensitivity and selectivity, and the HD modes are fairly good for what they are (this is highly dependent on a given station's processing, of course).

My favorite radios are the ones in our older cars, though, especially the 94 GMC and 97 Ford trucks. They can't do HD, and their selectivity/sensitivity aren't as good (pretty bad, actually), but they have a wider bandwidth on AM and simple mono and stereo on FM, so for stronger signals they're easier to listen to, I find (the downside of the wider bandwidth, of course, is that more high frequency noise gets in and actually makes listening to distant stations harder. Can't have it all, I suppose).

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