You rock SO much! Double and triple thanks for the info on things like the factory CD player and the paint - I read one complaint about the paint on a review site, but they didn't offer any solution.

The more I read about it, the more the Elantra really sounds like the right choice to me, from the high safety to the fact that it's a really great car for the relatively cheap price.

Hee, the only drawback I have seen is the fact that the only color I really like is the silver, although the blue is becoming strangely appealing to me.