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2018 Genesis G80. Car Candid USA Collection. 2019. Many thanks to a good friend who snapped this for me and let me upload it!
2018 Genesis G80. Car Candid USA Collection. 2019. Many thanks to a good friend who snapped this for me and let me upload it!
Even after 295,000 miles on the odometer and years of rideshare abuse, my car is once again ready for a long, grueling road trip - and June 2021 saw her hitting Colorado for the first time in years.
Here she is, resting just outside the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs. The rest of the trip would include the highest paved road in North America at Mt. Evans, as well as the oppressive heat of the Utah deserts and Las Vegas. (Pikes Peak Highway here in Colorado Springs was closed at the summit, so I instead chose to take the cogwheel train up.)
My car is parked at one of the pay lots surrounding La Bufadora in Ensenada, Baja California.
I had stayed in Tijuana for two previous nights on a volunteer project, but afterwards, I chose to come down here for some photo opportunities, waiting for the border traffic to die down before returning to the US late at night.
This is as deep into Mexico as my car gets. For this trip. I would eventually love to do a drive to Cabo San Lucas - I had previously done such a drive in 1995, but it was an extremely hurried fishing-crazed drive that I would rather not remember.
The evolution of the Genesis G80, formerly the Hyundai Genesis, continues. After the name change and separation from the mainstream Hyundai lineup for 2017, 2018 sees the addition of this high-performance model, featuring the 3.3L turbo V6 engine from the G90 and the upcoming Kia Stinger. Pricing is over $55,000, very pricey for a Hyundai Genesis but very competitive against performance-oriented German competitors.
If I could take any car from this auto show, it would be a very close call between this model, the Kia Stinger, and the Mazda Miata. All are rear-wheel-drive driver's cars though the Genesis is obviously the luxurious choice suitable for road trips.
I still drive a 2009 Hyundai Genesis, and even though years of rideshare duty abuse are catching up to it, it's still in good shape at 250,000 miles. I'll be happy to be a repeat customer.
Paying a visit to Manzanar National Historic Site in the remote parts of California's Owens Valley, where a square-mile internment camp was home to up to 12,000 Japanese immigrants and their American-born children during World War II.
This site is a reminder of one of the most shameful episodes of the US history, since two-thirds of the internees were natural-born Americans whose only sin was having the wrong ancestry, and most of the rest were noncitizens only because naturalization had been blocked for people of Asian descent.
This was a very emotional stop on my drive from Los Angeles to Reno, and I brought my Korean-built car here. On one hand, this could be called a study of contrasts, because the site commemorates the Japanese people being victims, while my car came from where the Japanese were nasty aggressors, in the exact same war. But on the other hand, the plight of Japanese-Americans here AND the Koreans in Japanese-occupied Korea during World War II both had to do with the aggressions of Imperial Japan, for which both entities would be victims. For me personally, there would be more pondering ahead, as I would end up traveling to both South Korea and Japan in several months.
This is the latest iteration of the Genesis G80, which had started its life as the Hyundai Genesis back in 2008. Yours truly has been an early owner.
This is the long wheelbase version of the 3rd generation G80. The electric powertrain is now available only with the long wheelbase, as the battery pack eats up the floor space and shrinks the legroom. This also means that the electric powertrain is no longer available in North America, where the G80 is only available with the standard wheelbase; on the flip side, in the UK and EU markets, only the long wheelbase is offered, as the petrol powertrain (2.5L turbo I4) has been withdrawn due to poor fuel economy. The long wheelbase G80 also takes place of the G90 flagship saloon, which is not available in Europe.
It appears that Genesis is going for the electric powertrain heavily in Europe as its differentiator, much as Lexus had done with hybrid powertrains before. The electric-only GV60 is another key Genesis model in Europe, as is the electric version of the GV70 SUV. In the meantime, Genesis is readying some badly needed hybrid powertrains as well, and I hope it will help with the sales numbers in both Europe and North America.
This car was seen at Genesis Studio London, located inside the Westfield London shopping centre in White City. This is one of three Genesis showrooms in the UK, with the others being at Battersea inside the former power station and in Edinburgh.
The Genesis G80 is the mid-level car in Hyundai's luxury brand, available in all sorts of trim packages plus a Sport version, with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel-drive. Not like your first Hyundai form your late-eighties college days.
And if you can afford a Genesis . . . congratulations, you did better after college than I did. :-p
That's it for my new York auto show pictures from 2018. The 2019 New York Auto Show is at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan's West Midtown section from April 19 to April 28.
I've arrived at Namdaemun Market to begin my very brief (3-hour) visit of downtown Seoul, on a layover on my way from Los Angeles to Tokyo.
Good to see an early model Genesis making the round. The last time I was around in Seoul (actually living here in 2008), I thought the Genesis was a great car, and eventually decided to purchase one for myself upon returning home to Los Angeles. Now, I still have that Genesis 8 years later, having put over 220,000 miles on it, and having driven it across the US and into Canada; I'm very pleased with the car.
With a full redesign of the Genesis in late 2013, and with the elevation of Genesis into a standalone brand in 2015, this early Genesis is no longer Hyundai's latest and greatest, and seems to have lost its luster to the newest Genesis models, including the EQ900/G90 (successor to the old Hyundai Equus) as well as the G80 (current model Genesis), in the Korean domestic market.
It's been ten years since my car rolled off the assembly line in Ulsan, South Korea, on 17 October 2008. She's traveled to 31 US states plus the District of Columbia, plus two Canadian provinces, but she had never traveled to Mexico despite being garaged less than two hours away... until now.
She's parked against the US border wall in the beach district of Tijuana. I'm spending the next two nights in Tijuana on a volunteer service project - after which I would also visit Ensenada before returning to the US.
As Hyundai never marketed the Genesis in Mexico, and as Hyundai itself did not have its own distribution network in Mexico until 2014 (relying on Chrysler prior to that) and even now primarily sells Indian-built minicars, my car truly stood out on Baja California's highways as one-of-a-kind.
My trusty 2009 Hyundai Genesis, with over 254,000 miles on the clock, had deteriorated quite badly for the past few years due to excessive rideshare duty, but now that I have changed jobs and no longer have to abuse my car every day, I am catching up with badly needed repairs and upgrades. This photo was taken during a drive to Carlsbad Flower Fields, which was also a test drive of the car after those urgent repairs.
Much of the heartbreak for my car in 2016 and 2017 had had to do with damage to the radiator fan, caused by improper repairs after a hit-and-run crash in late 2015. Even though I had taken the license plate of the perpetrator, it still wasn't enough without witnesses. To protect myself and also to capture some interesting footage, I decided to splurge on a nice dash camera system.
The Thinkware F770 was the most highly rated dash cam in 2016 and much of 2017, and even though it's no longer the newest and greatest, it is still a superb camera. I was able to find an excellent deal that gave me the rear camera and the hardwiring kit for free ($300 total from BlackboxMyCar.com). The manufacturer Thinkware is known within its South Korean home market as iNavi; having already used an iNavi navigation system during a Korean road trip several years previously, I have trust in this product as well.
This actually replaces a cheaper, older dash cam for my car, which was a $60 model from China's Aukey that only had low-resolution front view; the old dash cam will now be my spare, to be quickly installed and removed from rental cars and other vehicles.
Visiting Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, Orange County, on a late spring cloudy day full of jacaranda blooms.
2017 is proving to be a difficult year personally. I am here at Loma Vista to visit the mausoleum, the final resting place for my father who passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer. I'm still reeling from the death of my partner in 2016, so it's extra difficult.
Moreover, my car is itself giving up the ghost; clocking well past 240,000 miles, I've had a series of stalls and misfires, which have been tracked down to a malfunctioning variable valve timing mechanism. It appears that nearly 3 years of Uber/Lyft rideshare duty, combined with careless repairs after a hit-and-run crash in late 2015 which led to a burned-out radiator fan and a few overheating episodes, has finally taken its toll. At least I was lucky to avoid an engine replacement! I will be super careful from now on - and that will include discontinuing the rideshare work. Considering the level of abuse, 240,000 miles was still an excellent run for the Hyundai Lambda V6 engine, and I will be more than happy to buy another Hyundai-Kia product in the future.
My trusty 2009 Hyundai Genesis, with over 254,000 miles on the clock, had deteriorated quite badly for the past few years due to excessive rideshare duty, but now that I have changed jobs and no longer have to abuse my car every day, I am catching up with badly needed repairs and upgrades. This photo was taken during a drive to Carlsbad Flower Fields, which was also a test drive of the car after those urgent repairs.
Much of the heartbreak for my car in 2016 and 2017 had had to do with damage to the radiator fan, caused by improper repairs after a hit-and-run crash in late 2015. Even though I had taken the license plate of the perpetrator, it still wasn't enough without witnesses. To protect myself and also to capture some interesting footage, I decided to splurge on a nice dash camera system.
The Thinkware F770 was the most highly rated dash cam in 2016 and much of 2017, and even though it's no longer the newest and greatest, it is still a superb camera. I was able to find an excellent deal that gave me the rear camera and the hardwiring kit for free ($300 total from BlackboxMyCar.com). The manufacturer Thinkware is known within its South Korean home market as iNavi; having already used an iNavi navigation system during a Korean road trip several years previously, I have trust in this product as well.
This actually replaces a cheaper, older dash cam for my car, which was a $60 model from China's Aukey that only had low-resolution front view; the old dash cam will now be my spare, to be quickly installed and removed from rental cars and other vehicles.
Despite all my time spent in New York City, and despite the fact that I consider New York City to be my second hometown, I had never visited Coney Island until this time. And while Coney Island is well served by four subway lines, my first-ever visit here is taking place with my own car, brought in all the way from California.
Yes, that's my car parked in front of the famed Cyclone roller coaster, basking in the Coney Island sunshine on its last full day in New York City. The long drive to South Carolina, and eventually back to Los Angeles, lies ahead.
My trusty 2009 Hyundai Genesis, with over 254,000 miles on the clock, had deteriorated quite badly for the past few years due to excessive rideshare duty, but now that I have changed jobs and no longer have to abuse my car every day, I am catching up with badly needed repairs and upgrades. This photo was taken during a drive to Carlsbad Flower Fields, which was also a test drive of the car after those urgent repairs.
On the rear window, I remember my late partner Casey, who had passed away in April 2016. Hopefully before too long, I hope to be once again able to drive to Las Vegas in this car, and visit Casey's family and reminisce.
The badging as seen on a Genesis G80 at the Genesis brand launch event in Pacific Palisades, California.
The original Genesis wing logo had been officially used only in the Korean domestic market, but became a popular retrofit for overseas owners too; the emblem had chrome finish and had sharp angles. The 2015 revision, for the redesign of the Genesis sedan, went for a wider, smoother design as well as matte chrome, and became official in overseas markets as well. The 2017 revision seen here, as the Genesis is turned into its own brand, returns to shiny chrome finish, but with matte inserts. I like the look.
My trusty 2009 Hyundai Genesis, with over 254,000 miles on the clock, had deteriorated quite badly for the past few years due to excessive rideshare duty, but now that I have changed jobs and no longer have to abuse my car every day, I am catching up with badly needed repairs and upgrades. This photo was taken during a drive to Carlsbad Flower Fields, which was also a test drive of the car after those urgent repairs.
Much of the heartbreak for my car in 2016 and 2017 had had to do with damage to the radiator fan, caused by improper repairs after a hit-and-run crash in late 2015. Even though I had taken the license plate of the perpetrator, it still wasn't enough without witnesses. To protect myself and also to capture some interesting footage, I decided to splurge on a nice dash camera system.
The Thinkware F770 was the most highly rated dash cam in 2016 and much of 2017, and even though it's no longer the newest and greatest, it is still a superb camera. I was able to find an excellent deal that gave me the rear camera and the hardwiring kit for free ($300 total from BlackboxMyCar.com). The manufacturer Thinkware is known within its South Korean home market as iNavi; having already used an iNavi navigation system during a Korean road trip several years previously, I have trust in this product as well.
This actually replaces a cheaper, older dash cam for my car, which was a $60 model from China's Aukey that only had low-resolution front view; the old dash cam will now be my spare, to be quickly installed and removed from rental cars and other vehicles.
The Genesis G80 is the middle sedan in the lineup of Hyundai's luxury division. Now in its second generation, the G80 is available with a variety of powerplants, including an electric motor.
We finished the immersion tour at one of South Korea’s most elegant properties, The Shilla Seoul, where you will sleep in stately quarters and transition into bliss at the therapeutic spa. Traditional heritage meets elegant luxury here, including 17 opulent designer brand shops such as Graff, Moynat, and Hermès. The Shilla Seoul represents the ancient Shilla Dynasty, equating to the golden age of prosperity.
More importantly, the Genesis Lounge is located on the fifth floor and represents an escape for membership-only G90 Long Wheel Base model proprietors. The lounge consists of an eclectic meeting room, an entertainment area featuring McIntosh professional sound equipment and state-of-the-art metal speakers crafted by renowned sound master Guk-il Yu, a fine dining room, and of course, a bar serving up over 40 different types of single-malt whisky and wine from 17 countries. With vistas of Namsan Mountain, the Genesis Lounge incorporates several pieces of furniture carefully crafted by emerging Korean artists known for their distinctly Korean and contemporary style. Lastly, Ogam philosophy (five senses in Korean) infuses Tactile, Taste, Visual, Sound, and Scent doctrines into creating the open lounge space. Enjoy!
My trusty 2009 Hyundai Genesis, with over 254,000 miles on the clock, had deteriorated quite badly for the past few years due to excessive rideshare duty, but now that I have changed jobs and no longer have to abuse my car every day, I am catching up with badly needed repairs and upgrades. This photo was taken during a drive to Carlsbad Flower Fields, which was also a test drive of the car after those urgent repairs.
The nasty variable valve timing problems of summer 2017 ended up leaving some residual damage to my car, including a very nasty air intake manifold and throttle body. In fact, the oil even backed up into the throttle body and its throttle position sensor. After reading the Check Engine light codes and consulting with the mechanic, I ended up buying an OEM replacement throttle body and making the swap myself; that's why the throttle body doesn't have the dirt and grease of the rest of the engine compartment. The throttle now is far more responsive, and it is much easier to drive the car. I will make sure to clean the throttle body every 30,000 miles as a preventative measure.
(And an engine bay detail should be next.)
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