Tiburon Myths
02-24-2013, 04:39 PM
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Tiburon Myths
What are some of your favorite myths you've heard about Tiburons? The biggest one is how everyone thinks the engine is made by Mitsubishi or that the cars are not made well. 
02-24-2013, 05:13 PM
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Vehicle: 2012 mitsubishi eclipse spyder gs, 2001 hyundai tiburon
Some I've seen with the Porsche tuned suspension, and lesser informed people state the car was made by Porsche.
02-24-2013, 05:42 PM
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Vehicle: Hyundai Tiburon FX
Some say you can't fit two dozen 4 x 8's inside.
The important thing is that it LOOKS like it was
. Can't say that about the New Tiburon or Genesis Coupe 
and lesser informed people state the car was made by Porsche.
The important thing is that it LOOKS like it was
. Can't say that about the New Tiburon or Genesis Coupe
02-25-2013, 07:19 AM
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- It's easy or plausible to convert a tib to 4WD
- "They're safe in an accident"
- Calling it an 'FX coop' or saying 'Tibraaawn'
Also, does anyone actually have any proof that Porsche was involved in the design of the tib? It's been bandied around lots, but...
02-25-2013, 08:33 AM
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Vehicle: 1997 RD 4-door
porsche helped on the developement of the rd tiburon, and for some odd unrelated topic, kia's 2nd gen sephia's suspension was tuned by lotus engineering
02-25-2013, 12:32 PM
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"They're safe in an accident"
We've had this discussion before! Yester'year's crash results cannot be compared with today's. The crash results were probably on par with what existed in 1996. I remember you cited a review that examined the Coupe but I really think it was weighed by bias.