2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring

Today is an exciting day. I've kept things on the down low, but we've been having a lot of issues with our Sante Fe that we bought last Christmas. It was a 2008 Hyundai Sante Fe, and I loved it! Unfortunately, the number of times the check engine light came on, came on is too many for such a new vehicle, and to add on top of that... Andy is convinced that the struts were going on it, as well as the transmission. Awesome.  Sante Fe's do get awesome reviews, and most people dont have issues with it! If we hadn't bought a vehicle that was giving us so many issues we wouldn't have considered getting rid of it. I love my Sante Fe, apart from the issues!

Because Im such a go getter, we decided we needed to get rid of it. We posted it on Kijiji, and had only a few inquires on it, but that was it! Finally, when I went to go get an oil change (not at the Hyundai dealership) I was told that the head gasket was leaking, and that I should go back to the dealership because this didn't like it had just started. I was furious! I came home, called Auto Canada (who is the owner of  the dealership we bought this vehicle from) and spoke to the president! He told me what we've been saying for months that he thought it sounded like we have a lemon! Finally!! Someone agreed with us! I told him that was all find and dandy, but what do we do with this vehicle now? We spoke to the new manager at the dealership where we bought our Sante Fe, and he said we would work together to find us a different vehicle.

After much time spent in the dealership, and countless test drives, as well as phone calls, conversations, and much frustration. We finally have signed off on a new vehicle, and we go pick it up today!! Since you've probably already seen the title of this post, Im sure you can guess what we bought.

A 2012 Elantra Touring. We wanted to downsize a bit to a hatch back, and this one should be perfect for our family! There is lots of space in the back, and the seats also fold down. Lots of room for 2 carseats (for any of you who wanted to ask "So are you planning on having another one anytime soon?!" Yes, we are... but Im not pregnant yet.) and this vehicle also has towing capability. So we added on a hitch and also a roof rack in the hopes that we can take it camping with a small tent trailer! We are looking forward to having a 5 year warranty/100 000 km warranty, especially since we had so many issues with the Sante Fe. The reviews on this vehicle are quite good, and Im even more excited about the fact that there arent a million and one Elantra Tourings out there... every third or fourth vehicle that you see isn't a touring!

We go to pick it up this afternoon, so once we have it Ill post some real pictures of it! For the time being, theres a pic below so you have an idea of what it looks like!