scooter's intro. (can't think of a better name)

Well, I come from the toyota realm. My parents own a Prius, I owned a Solara before it died and had to get rid of it. I want to switch. So, I thought, 'why not go korean? I am half korean, right?'

I saw the Hyundai Genesis and I was like...DO WANT!

Anyway, what I'm looking for in a vehicle:

-headroom (I'm tall)
-legroom (I'm tall)
-easy maintainability
-cheap to maintain (no $200 oil changes (example: mercedes benz))
-pretty easy to modify to give it my own touch
-nice acceleration
-good looking

I have driven a 3.0L V6 (friend's avalon) and I loved it. Also, I think a V6 GC is just right as it has power but not sacrificing fuel economy. When I looked at some pictures, the GC looked pretty roomy.

Any persuasive option to sway me towards a certain trim/engine size would be AWESOME. Again, I am about 9 months away from purchase.

Manuals are actually easy. In 1st and reverse you don't let the clutch out all the way when you feel the car start to move you begin to give a little gas. This is called 'slipping the clutch'. To finish, you 'slowly' lift your foot on the clutch while pressing the gas with the other. To shift into 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th, you push the clutch in with your left foot while picking the right foot up off the gas at the same time. Then switch gears, let the clutch out and lightly get back into the gas. The clutch can come out quite quickly as you are already in motion.

Anyways, auto is fine. If you get the R-spec I do believe they come without a sunroof, allowing more headroom for those with longer torso's than legs. Maintenance isn't bad and changing the oil on these cars is pretty easy. You should be able to do it yourself with no mechanical knowledge/background. Park on a flat hard surface, leave the car in 1st gear, pull the e-brake to the top, jack up one side (car manual has jack locations) place jack stand under car, set on stand, repeat on other side. As an added precaution I recommend placing blocks under the rear tires BEFORE lifting to prevent it from rolling backwards at any time.... You know, there is a How To: on here somewhere. At any rate, you just place the drain pan under the oil drain plug and oil filter, remove plug, remove filter, once empty, replace with new filter, clean and replace the plug, drop car, add (certain number of quarts, ie. 5) oil, start car for ~15-30 seconds, remove dip stick, wipe, reinsert, pull to check, add oil as needed, job done.