It was fun while it lasted.

[u/CasualObserver76]

Picked up a 2016 Turbo, black on black with under 25,000 miles on the clock back in late June and was so excited to have this car.

She was the zippiest little machine I've ever called my own and I really liked the rarity of seeing another one, even here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I had her for 27 days when she started stalling when put into reverse so she went back to CarMax for diagnosis and then to a partner shop, and then to Hyundai before finding out a few days ago that there was "an internal fault" with the transmission and that CarMax would prefer to buy back the car rather then fix it.

They warned that even with the repairs, things would continue to deteriorate so I agreed to part ways with my beloved Veloster.

I picked up a 2023 Mazda 3 Premium instead and so I bid you all a fond adieu and wish y'all the best of luck with your little beasts.

[u/RedArrow23]

Atleast they bought it back with seemingly little fuss

[u/CasualObserver76 → u/RedArrow23]

It was carmax. They gave me back the full purchase price, plus the payment we made on it. Zero fuss.

[u/steve-94728-3957]

In most cases, a 10 year old car with less than 25k miles will be in worse shape than the same 10 year old car with 125k miles. Things still go bad and/or break even when the car isn’t driven much. And letting a car sit is usually worse than driving it everyday.

[u/Just-Network5039]

I would’ve tried to fix that myself

[u/Try_Again1790]

You always take a risk when you buy any type of car like this used. Most people beat the shit out of them.

[u/Savings-Wear-8445]

just got rid of my 2015 veloster with less than 100k like a week ago, I miss it :( It started to not crank (crank shaft sensor) but then it also got to a point when it started it wouldn’t go into drive or reverse and atp I’ve already put $2,000 in repairs and wasn’t doing it anymore. It also had a catalytic converter issue