I'd be very appreciated for advice. In some months lease for my Elantra GTS ends. I need return it or to buy for ~$9.5K (+taxes, so it's something around $11K). All dollars are Canadian, as I'm from Toronto (Can.$11K is about US$9.5K). The model is 2002, mileage is approximately only 30K (in miles) or 55K in km. No serious problem during these 4 years, only replacement of 1 relay (don't remember its name).
What is your advice: to buy it or to return and buy newer car? Could I expect with high probability big problems in the next 1-3 years with Elantra? Does it worth to pay this amount for this car?
Thank you in advance for any advice,
Ilya

As long as you have kept up on all the maintenance items, you shouldn't expect any problems. As for the price, it seems a little high to me. I bought my '99 in 2002 when it had about 43k miles on it for around $6K (US) (base model, not GLS). Of course, I didn't buy it from a Hyundai dealer, so maybe I got a little better deal than I would have otherwise.

Mine's at about 72K miles and I haven't had any major problems at all.

Lease?...you dont mean you actualy signed a lease contract for this car.....god you got ripped......a lease is the worst way to buy a car.....quoted by many car shoping advice pros.

Lease?...you dont mean you actualy signed a lease contract for this car.....god you got ripped......a lease is the worst way to buy a car.....quoted by many car shoping advice pros.

dont rag on the guy... he needs help... give him help...

According to Edmunds... the dealer retail for this is $8,208. (US)
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/hyundai/elantra/100003407/prices.html

The buy out price is a bit high but if you like the car, you should keep it...

If you wanna know about problems and things... check the consumer reviews...
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/hyundai/elantra/100003407/ratings_consumer.html

Overall, it wouldnt be too bad of an idea... do a customized appraisal on the price and see how it shows...

Another thing I would suggest is that you look at similar cars +/- a year and see if you can buy one like yours cheaper off somebody... this way you're not paying as much...

Just a few thoughts... Let me know if you need more help...