Some Dink In A Kia

some dink in a kia somethin or other was pullin with me on the highway today on my way home from work...
he was revvin somethin awful.......sounded like hell
so i slowed down and let him pass me, btw he has a nice golden tip on his pipe... lol....must be like 50hp right there.... and i just laughed the whole way he went by... so i tailed him for a while and then about a mile later decided i would side by side with him ... so i see him drop it into forth... so i just give it some gas and creep by him laughing... i think he was pissed but then again i would be mad if i owned a kia too....

I'm surprised the Kia didn't fall apart when he dropped it down a gear. Them things are garbage. Ummm, good kill :p

yea Kia's do suck. I love playing around with cars like that...

haha i hate kias too, i was coming home from church one day and this guy in one tried to race me while he was bumping his system and had 5 people in that little thing. it looked like a damn overstuffed box of cereal about to burst with all those people in it. i looked over at him and laughed.

dont diss the kia yo, im sure its a reliable family car, its just not built for speed thats all. ehehhehe i just dont understand why someone in a kia would try to race, most kias have like 10sec 0-60 times.

Kias have no speed governor on them. They top out at 126mph or something. Probably takes an hour to get there, but eventually a Kia sophia could out run a lot of us out there with governors.

on a 14 mile course instead of a 1/4 mile course maybe. but not me

yeah what are you talkin... i've taken my si to 145 and no gov kick in.
same with my old gsr, and my new s2k.. any honda can kill a kia... although it seems that kia is trying to dominate the import market by coming out with smoe kind of crappy imitation real car..
oh well

Yeah, no damn govenor here, well there is one, you could say, on my turbo. Well have to fix that won't we?

Good kill on that Kia, I hate those cars, nothing but crap, IMO.

How high do Honda governors usually go? I know I can run to 127 in my
*cough* family sedan So If I ever WERE to come across a spirited Kia driver, I would slowly inch away for days. That is of course after the 450 car lengths put between us from 0-127

Heh heh heh. Mr Grocery Mover strikes again!!!:devil: :devil: :devil:

we should banish kias, daewoos, and the like to some remote island i think

yeah kias, daewoo, hyundai, and all thos stupid useless cars...
give them all to zimbabwae or something..

"then again I would be mad if I owned a Kia too"
LOL that's the line of the season.

Oh yeah there's this guy, he owns a Kia in my town, he has a sticker on the back that says Super Street and a buttload of all the new UNIVERSAL FIT APC products from Autozone... He wanted to race me for money. And then some guy was talking to me and he was all "You know that guy as spent a lot of money, owning that Kia, don't diss it."

I was like, "What'd he spend the money on? A therapist to keep him from going insane trying to hit 45 mph?"

thank you , thank you i pride myself on quotes...
but yeah i'm not a huge fan of show.. i'd rather see some go..
but don't get me wrong i love the little things.. like clear headlight housing... and side skirts.. i just don't understand, and maybe someone can help me... since i just moved here to so cal a few months ago, why is it that almost every car out here is lowered, with an exhaust, and has some kinda rims... why are those 3 mods more important to everyone here than anywhere else in the world.. i don't get it.. why does everyone lower their ride.. i mean don't get me wrong again , i love the look and stuff but there are so many dips and bumps and crap here in so cal, and i see so many people ridin around with a slammed car, and a cracked front lip... :rolleyes: guys.. just deal with the height.. its still looks fine, or at least keep it up for drivin and down for shows..
or something.. well whatever, at least they look good right, cause that's all that matters...:rolleyes: , and again i love to look good who doesn't but come on guys why break your car just so you can be lower and have all the headlights behind you blind you...
i have to admit tho.. although i may not like some of the cars around town or the type or car they are.. some people have done a nice job with their ride.. clean and smooth.. i may not like it or think it's ugly but props to the peeps with ride... cause my car is better than everyone else's just like everyone else's ...lol...:D

Haha, I feel you on that. Dude, there's a guy here with a 2001 Integra GSR, he has Ground Control Coilovers on it. He just bought a 360.00$ JDM Integra Type R DC Sports header... He cracked it the next day because his car's slammed 3". Everyone tells me "Drop your car drop it!" When I was gonna buy an Integra... "Are you going to slam the Integra?"
I'm like "Okay dude, there's an automatic Kia here dropped, with exhaust and rims... That's bad enough, then he added the Superstreet sticker on the back, accompanied by the ironing board for down force... " And then in California, we don't have dips, we have Civil War trenches...

True that bit on the california civil war trenches. At this store in my town the speed bumps are so high that my dads 98 silverado scrapes (its stock, not lowered, and its the 4x2)

Originally posted by MoonScryer1
I'm surprised the Kia didn't fall apart when he dropped it down a gear. Them things are garbage. Ummm, good kill :p

lol:D

haha...yea.....you think SD is bad?.....come up to long beach....i'll admit...there are some cool cars around here......like a turbo 99 si.....not as crazy the one that killed the cobra.....but it's turbo nonetheless.....and some basic jdm b16 swapped cars and shit....but there are those people.....dont wanna talk shit....buuuut......
there are cars w/ black PAINTED hoods and shit

people who can't afford to paint their body kits....i know it's not cheap...but come on folks...

a lot of cars are ALL SHOW and no go
theres this really nice looking 96 hatchback.....nice paint...CF hood and everything.........but it has a BONE STOCK d16 under the hood...rolling on some doughnuts (that's what people around here call the stock rims)...if it's your thing.....that's cool......
but i respect people w/ performance before looks.....

[i]but i respect people w/ performance before looks..... [/B]

Amen to that...

People have asked me if I am going to lower my Z, or put rims on it, or anything like that...

I think I'll get it running 13s, or mabey 12s... then mabey put some rims on it...

The main mod I wanna do on the outside is shave all the emblems, molding, rear wiper, etc. Paint it all black, and tint the windows...

Make it a clean looking sleeper... I also wanna find a high flow muffler that looks similar to the stock one...

Sleepers = :cool:

-Grendel

HEY! don't diss on Kia's.... yeah they may be cheap but with a little work they could be fast cars. If people didn't diss them all the time and actually looked at with potention like I do, then I'm sure it could kick butt racing... so before you judge, or make rude coments about Kia's.. think about the car you had, wasn't it slow when you first got it? didn't it take work to get it in racing condition?

Ok, first of all, no a kia cannot be made into a fast car. It's simple physics.

Kia engines do not have the proper geometry, raw materials, build quality or even basic design to be tuned. The only way you could get power out of them would be to totally, and i mean totally rebuild it with aftermarket parts. It would be simpler and cheaper just to buy a different engine and put it in it. And, even if you did manage to create a reasonable ammount of power the drive train would not be able to handle it, so then you'd have to totally replace that with aftermarket.

A kia is not a fast car, and it never will be. Thats like saying a cavalier is fast. Losers i talk to around here with riced out cavaliers always say their car can be made just as fast as any other and I point out to them the fact that no, it can't. Then they bring up the 220Turbo Show car GM made, the one with like 900HP. They don't seem to realise that it's not a cavalier if they totally change the engine, the drive system and every other part besides the block.

I mean thats basically the same as saying; "Yeah, my power-wheels jeep could run a 9.0 second 1/4 if i just put in a fully built blown hemi, new axles, wheels, transmission...etc."

So no, a kia cannot be made into a fast car without first spending just as much as you paid for the car in the first place on aftermarket parts because your basically going to have to build a whole new car to make it fast.

Speaking of riced out cavaliers, I was at the mall today and i would have died for a digital camera. Parked right outside the main door was a purple sunfire with crappy rims(hiding behind which were self-painted yellow, callipers(for the massive like 8" rotors in front) and drums in back. He had the Fast and the Furious shiney lightning bolt type decals on teh sides. A like 5" super-duper-"look at me, i can imitate what i see everyone else doing just like a monkey" fart can exhaust. And the killer, the one that always gets me the most, a big strut wing on the back of a FWD!!!! vehicle. What the hell??? Is he really that stupid that he doesn't realise that creating downforce on the back is exactly what you DON't want to do in a FWD?

Oh, wait...he's driving a sunfire with a strut wing, of course he's really that stupid.

Originally posted by Kia_Chic
HEY! don't diss on Kia's.... yeah they may be cheap but with a little work they could be fast cars. If people didn't diss them all the time and actually looked at with potention like I do, then I'm sure it could kick butt racing... so before you judge, or make rude coments about Kia's.. think about the car you had, wasn't it slow when you first got it? didn't it take work to get it in racing condition?


Ok Ms. Lead Foot McRacer... at least the Civics and Corollas can make it down the quarter mile under their own power.

Only way you're gonna get a Kia to get any where as fast as lets say... oh how about an easy target... a 3 legged Cat. You'll need to these things:

1. Sell the Kia
2. Get a Bicycle of some sort with the $30 you got for the Kia
3. Race the 3 legged Cat.
Note: You may or maynot win. I garuantee Nothing.

Hmmm that not gonna cut it? Well Ever think about the Silly Gas? Yep get some No2 like.. oh i dont know... a 200hp Shot of the Goofy Mist and watch that WILD motor eject its crank out the Muffler.

"Not a bad way to spend 10 grand" - Fast and Furious

Originally posted by RedNeck383
"Not a bad way to spend 10 grand" - Fast and Furious

:spit:

hahaha, oh damn! that was gold :) I thank you for by far the best line I've heard all day.

Originally posted by CAptynCrunch


:spit:

hahaha, oh damn! that was gold :) I thank you for by far the best line I've heard all day.


:) appreciate the comments.

Sure, KIAs are crap. But, like civic drivers have room to pick on KIAs:rolleyes: Both are made to be economical fuel efficent daily transport, nothing else.

no the difference is that you really can make a civic fast

Originally posted by RedNeck383



Ok Ms. Lead Foot McRacer... at least the Civics and Corollas can make it down the quarter mile under their own power.

Only way you're gonna get a Kia to get any where as fast as lets say... oh how about an easy target... a 3 legged Cat. You'll need to these things:

1. Sell the Kia
2. Get a Bicycle of some sort with the $30 you got for the Kia
3. Race the 3 legged Cat.
Note: You may or maynot win. I garuantee Nothing.

Hmmm that not gonna cut it? Well Ever think about the Silly Gas? Yep get some No2 like.. oh i dont know... a 200hp Shot of the Goofy Mist and watch that WILD motor eject its crank out the Muffler.

"Not a bad way to spend 10 grand" - Fast and Furious

Haha, definitely one of the funnier posts I have read all year. Props:ylsuper

HEY, my girlfriends sis has a kia...it hauls ASS!...its like, almost as fast as my moms GEO!.....yah....

MONICA!!!!!!!!

(maby screamin that will make it go faster, eh Redneck?)

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity
HEY, my girlfriends sis has a kia...it hauls ASS!...its like, almost as fast as my moms GEO!.....yah....

MONICA!!!!!!!!

(maby screamin that will make it go faster, eh Redneck?)


No, No it wont. Not even the famous MONICAAAAAA scream by Ja Rule from The Fast and the Furious can make the lowly lowly Kia go any faster that 22.367mph. Im sorry TV, it's just not going to happen.

Ways to make Kia's Go fast:

Replace motor with Briggs&Straton 5hp motor
Use public Transportation
Drafting behind bicyclists
Pushing it
Pulled by a team of animals...

I could go on... but why?

but...but...what about mass stickers saying "powered by deez nuts"?

Briggs and stratton motor!! YES!! :D

First post by TerminalVelocity--but...but...what about mass stickers saying "powered by deez nuts"?
Like this avatar I made? I had it for a while and realized it was lame

I hate those stickers...does it mean anything cool that I dont know of?

I dunno, maybe its just some macho power bullshit. I origionally did it as a joke, but people took me serious. Funny thing is, most cars I see it on have NO MODS!

pretty sad....its like the "heartbeat of Japan"...or "powered by mexican" on a japanese car. I can understand sporting some stickers like Edelbroc, Ford racing, Dynomax for the muscleheads, or like, Tenzo, Mugen, NOS (had to put that in) for the ricers....of course...if the mods are in there, otherwise its just as gay as deez nuts :rolleyes:

Originally posted by THE4TH
yeah kias, daewoo, hyundai, and all thos stupid useless cars...
give them all to zimbabwae or something..

Originally posted by kidrocket
we should banish kias, daewoos, and the like to some remote island i think

Haha. Funny you guys should mention that because I just got back from my trip to Tahiti. Basically every single car is a hatchback of some type and they are all ugly as hell. I`ve had people around home tell me that my car is the ugliest thing to hit the road, but don`t say shit unless you`ve seen any of the cars in Tahiti. The thing is they don`t give a shit. They are lucky to begin with to have a Kia, Hyundai, or Daewoo instead of a family bicycle. Which reminds me of a very funny very recent story.
This is very much off the topic, but I think telling the story might deture anyone from committing any kinda crime in a foreign country. I was with my girlfriend a few days ago in Tokyo. We walked for about 3 hours until we got lost and had no clue how to get back. She tried to guess where we needed to go on the street maps because she can`t read Japanese, only speak it. Well, we decided to take 2 bikes so we could get home quicker so we went to a dark neighborhood and got 2 unlocked bikes and started riding em home. We were about a mile away from home when a policeman stopped us and talked with my girlfriend in Japanese for 5 minutes. She had lied and said she borrowed the bikes from a friend. Well, we didn`t know that the bikes had registration numbers on them and we got rolled. They let us go though because we are leaving in a few days anyway. But shit I was scared. How about that...first time being arrested and it`s in Japan!

your lucky you didnt get nailed! Good story I think

They should do that registration number shit here. I am one of the few guys you will know that has a bike that meets or exceeds the value of my car. '98 Klein Mantra Race, $3500

If we only knew about those damned registration numbers we would`ve peeled off the stickers and said we found them in the street. Or if I knew Japanese I would`ve thought of a better lie. They took us down to the police station for questioning and shit. The officer like pushed me really hard into the interrigation room. I could only imagine if we were in the USA I could have a lawyer on his ass and we would be the victims.
I`m not saying what we did was right, but we were in a very desperate situation. It woulda taken us at least 4 more hours to get home.

Im not hating on you, just saying that the reg number is kind of cool. Desprate situations deserve desprate measures

True, true. I'll put it this way...They are a good idea when I own a bike, they are bad if I'm stealing one.

I am a 2002 Kia Spectra GS owner. The GS has a 1.8 liter 16 valve rated at 127 HP and 108 ft/lbs of torque. I also own a 2002 Subaru Legacy GT wagon 2.5 liter 165 HP and 166 ft/lbs of torque. The GS is quicker 0-60, though the Legacy GT is over all a way better car. The GS reminds me a lot of early Mitsubishi Eclipses.

I am sure that the GS is faster than my dad's 1995 2.0 liter VW Jetta.

My GS will hit 90 in 3rd gear when taken to the 6,500 red line. All the reviews that I have read say that the weakest point on the car is the Hankook tires that it comes stock with. The suspension was developed with Lotus, but the Hankooks have too much side wall flex. I will replace mine with Michellins or Yokohomas.

Are there such a thing as sub-dinks? You know the kind of people who have to try to prove their cars superiority over Kias every chance they get? Example: Just because I happen to hit 40 in a 35 mph zone, I sometimes have guys in Mid 80 Ford Escorts to have to speed up to 50 or 60 to get around me, just so they can prove something.

P.S. so you passed a Kia that sounded bad. Some people are idiots, and will try to race if they have plugs misfiring or engine out of tune. What does that prove? My car won't be allowed to get out of tune, I know too much about cars to let that happen. Wouldn't you do the same if your car sounded rougher than you like.

P.S. Check out the Lotus Forum. Lotus sold the Elan to KIA. One could only hope that they come through and mass produce robot built Lotus Elans at KIA prices. The link to the article is there.

Introduction:
Last year, the Kia Spectra was a hatchback version of the Kia Sephia, a 4-door compact sedan significant for being Kia's first model sold in the U.S. under its own nameplate, dating back to 1993. This year the Sephia name is gone, absorbed into a lineup bearing the Spectra name. So now there are Spectra sedans and hatchbacks.

All Spectra models receive freshened styling for 2002.

The base Kia Spectra sedan lists at just $10,995. Kia sweetens the deal with a warranty program that extends basic coverage to five years or 60,000 miles, and powertrain coverage to 10 years or 100,000 miles; it also includes five-year/100,000-mile rust perforation protection, and a five-year/unlimited mileage roadside assistance plan.

At that rate it's hard to avoid looking at a Spectra.

Lineup:
Kia Spectra lineup consists of two body styles: a conventional four-door sedan and a hatchback with four passenger doors and a quasi-fastback roofline.

The base trim model is just called the Spectra ($10,995). An AM/FM/cassette stereo is standard, but air conditioning ($960) is optional.

LS sedan ($12,595) adds air conditioning, power windows, mirrors and locks as standard equipment. LS also allows the buyer to add options including a sound system with a CD player and a CD changer, antilock brakes and cruise control.

GS ($11,395) is the base-level hatchback. Air conditioning ($960) is optional.

GSX ($13,195) comes standard with air conditioning, alloy wheels, power windows, and central locking, plus a leather-wrapped tilt-and-telescope steering wheel and an aggressive-looking body kit.

All Spectras are powered by a 1.8-liter, four-cylinder engine rated 126 horsepower. They come with a five-speed manual or optional four-speed automatic transmission ($975) driving the front wheels.


Walkaround:
Last year's frumpier Sephia sedan gained the sleeker front-end styling of last year's Spectra GS/GSX. For 2002, that styling was massaged slightly.

Spectra's styling is pleasant, albeit vaguely derivative. The front end seems to owe a lot to the Ford Taurus, with elliptical headlamps and a central grille opening with a crossbar, where a red Kia badge substitutes for Ford's blue oval. Between the clear-lens headlamps and the grille sit round high beams. The LS and GSX also get fog lamps. Bulges in the sheetmetal that sweep back across the hood trail the high beam bezels. The front bumper is integrated into the body profile, its plastic cover encircling the cosmetic grille above the bumper and the larger, functional radiator opening below it. Bumpers and mirrors are body color, an upscale feature for a car in this price range.

The Spectra's profile won't upset anyone. The windshield has an average rake, and the greenhouse, for sedan and hatchback, comes out of the designer's standard playbook. A fine crease at door-handle height keeps the side from being too plain. Blacked-out B-pillars create the impression that the Spectra is coupe rather than a four-door sedan.

The LS is distinguished from the base Spectra by chrome on the grille bar. A winglet attached to the rear of the GSX suits the overall shape of the car, and a rear wiper/washer is optional on both the GS and GSX. The GSX gets front and rear air dams, door-sill extensions and spoked 6x14-inch alloy wheels with P185/65R14 Kumho radials.

The rear hatch is invisible from behind the car. You have to look closely to see the gap around the sides and top of the backlight (rear window), and that's the only clue that the whole rear of the car opens up for access to a spacious cargo area.

Spectra's engine sits crosswise in the engine bay. It produces 126 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 108 pound-feet of torque at 4500 rpm. That's less than the optional engine in some of Spectra's primary rivals, but considerably more than the competition's base engines.

The suspension is impressive for this class of car. Lotus Engineering, creator of exotic, world-class sports cars, tuned the Spectra's suspension to optimize handling and ride quality. MacPherson struts are used up front while a multi-link arrangement replaces the usual twist-beam axle in back. Front and rear anti-roll bars are standard. Rack-and-pinion steering is standard, and power assist varies with engine speed to firm up the steering at higher velocities. All Spectras have vented front disc brakes.. Kelsey-Hayes four-channel ABS is optional (at $800) on all but the base Spectra; it includes an upgrade to disc brakes in the rear.


Interior:
The Spectra is an inexpensive car, and this point is reflected in its interior. The dash design is generic and inoffensive; it could have come from one of many Asian sedans. The controls are easy to use. Kia has responded to earlier complaints about tiny radio buttons. As a result, even ham-fingered auto writers can operate the Spectra's radio without much distraction. The LS, GS and GSX have a standard tachometer while an AM/FM/cassette stereo is standard across the board.

Door panels on less-expensive cars are often plain plastic, but Spectras have cloth door-panel inserts. The GSX upholstery is upgraded to nicer sport cloth. The seat bottoms on the front buckets, however, are short on support for longer legs. The seats do have wider cushions this year-one hopes not a Korean comment on American derrieres-and a new fabric is used. The console provides adjustable cupholders, and the LS and GSX door panels have bottle holders, but the overall quality of the plastic parts in the interior seems below standard for the class.

The rear seat will accommodate three, but not if they're adult males who plan to be there for a while. The seat folds 60/40 on sedans and hatchback, offering cargo flexibility with the hatch that challenges a small wagon. The GS/GSX hatch design offers even easier access. Seats up, the official trunk for the hatchback has 11.6 cubic feet of luggage room, which is excellent for a small car.


Driving Impressions:
The 126-horsepower Spectra engine is not blindingly fast, but if the driver is willing to rev it, there's spunky acceleration with the five-speed manual transmission. The engine revs with abandon and seems happy to do so.

The gearshift lever has a rubbery feel, but we never missed a shift. Clutch take-up is smooth and light.

We suspect the optional automatic transmission would sap a good deal of the engine's vigor. Comparing the ratios of both transmissions confirms that impression. Anyone at all interested in acceleration in a Spectra should learn how to drive a stick. The manual gearbox also edges the automatic in fuel mileage. The five-speed has an EPA estimate of 24 mpg city and 32 mpg highway, two mpg better than the automatic for both circuits.

In cornering, the Spectra offers good balance, as one would expect from Lotus Engineering. Like most front-wheel-drive cars, its handling is predisposed to understeer (the front tires begin losing grip before the rear tires do). Turn-in for corners is a little sluggish: Our impression was that there's something rubbery between the steering wheel and the pavement, with a squishiness that has to be taken up before the Spectra begins to turn. This is particularly noticeable in fast, slalom-type directional changes. A tire upgrade would surely help.

The Spectra is quiet on the highway, with a surprising absence of wind or engine racket. It feels larger than its compact measurements would seem to warrant, even on an extended drive.

We were delighted by the performance of the standard brakes. We checked them out on a closed circuit that had several corners requiring high-speed braking. The Spectra's brakes never whimpered nor showed any signs of fading. That's extraordinary for an economy car.


Summary:
With its extremely attractive price, particularly for the base sedan, the Kia Spectra should draw practical-minded shoppers, thrifty folks who will take notice of a showroom-new car, complete with an outstanding warranty, for no more money than many used cars.

The Spectra is roomy, versatile and willing; some minor trim items have been compromised in the name of cost, but the basic hardware appears durable.

Kia hopes the Spectra GSX will win the hearts and dollars of the front-drive hot-rod crowd, thanks to its affordable price and easy adaptability. (Kia has shown a modified Spectra to demonstrate its performance potential.)

And if you want a five-door hatchback at this price, then the Spectra is the only game in town.

:eek2: Wow. Now I gotta get one. I got to. :p

i own a fucking kia rio bitch dont talk shit about my car i also have a gold tipped pipe. you dont know what its like to pimp a kia so fuck off.
i will eat your hondas for dinner... :huh:

Originally posted by CustomWhips
you dont know what its like to pimp a kia so fuck off.



hahahaahahahhahahahha to pimp a kia... hahahhaha


werd yo.. werd to yer mother inlaw!

Lets not let this escalate into a brand bashing contest...if someone wants a Kia, let them have one.

Originally Posted by CustomWhips

i own a fucking kia rio bitch dont talk shit about my car i also have a gold tipped pipe. you dont know what its like to pimp a kia so fuck off.
i will eat your hondas for dinner...

Were you kidding or serious?

Keep in mind some people can't afford a <insert overpriced iron horse>. If anything it's the people who get the mentality that by owning a KIA they're King of The Road.

Nice kill.

2002 Kia Spectra GS 127 Hp and 108 ft/lbs of torque

The closest horsepower and torque would be the 92-95 EX and Si
with 125 HP and 106 ft/lbs of torque.

Honda Civic Specifications

1992-1995
Engine
Type
Aluminum Block and Head
Valvetrain
Sohc 4 valve/cyl.
Displacement
97 cu in./1590cc (EX, Si)
91.1 cu in/1493cc (DX, LX, VX, CX)
Bore x Stroke
2.95 x 3.54 in./75.0 x 90.0 mm (EX, Si)
2.95 x 3.33 in./75.0 x 84.5 mm (DX, LX, VX, CX)
Compression Ratio
9.2:1 (EX, Si, DX, LX)
9.3:1 (VX)
9.1:1 (CX)
Horsepower (SAE)
125 bhp @ 6600 rpm (EX, Si)
102 bhp @ 5900 rpm (DX, LX)
92 bhp @ 5500 rpm (VX)
70 bhp @ 5000 rpm (CX)
Bhp/Liter
78.1 (EX, Si)
68.0 (DX, LX)
61.3 (VX)
46.7 (CX)
Torque
106 lb-ft @ 5200 rpm (EX, Si)
98 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm (DX, LX)
97 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm (VX)
91 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm (CX)

I'm sure that all you Honda owners here don't have stock Civics anyway. You probably have more HP with your intakes, cat back exhaust, chips, HKS products.

But if some CX owner with only a gold exhaust tip thinks that he can rule the all Korean cars because he has a "H" on his hood, he can't do math.

C

i figured the vehicle imfo on my would have given that away . i would never own a kia. although i was looking into a spectra hatch but the lady at the dealership was a bitch. so i said fuck kia.

Sorry to hear that you had a loser sales person. The one that helped me get the car in Portland was really good. Ron Tonkin dealerships here in Portland are known for being pretty quality. They sell everything from Ferrari to Kia. I drive by their Gran Turismo service department about every other day. The parking lot usually has a few ferraris, sometimes other exotics like Panoz.

C

i figured the vehicle imfo on my would have given that away . i would never own a kia. although i was looking into a spectra hatch but the lady at the dealership was a bitch. so i said fuck kia.


okgood, just makin' sure!
yea, I looked into a Kia too. Hehe, it was when they were giving away that free DVD with every test drive. I looked at one every other day for a month. and I got a damn lot of DVDs too, (which I proceeded to sell on e-bay and get more money for my car! :licker: )

when i started this thread i intended in no way to bash kia..
they make a fine car..
and as someone stated you are right it could very well have been a 91 crx witha gold pipe.. and i still would have laughed..
i could care less whos car i'm faster than.. if i wantd a faster car i'd spend more money on it.. or in it.. but i was just pointing out my extreme pleasure of seeing such a wonderous vehicle..

Haha, I feel you on that. Dude, there's a guy here with a 2001 Integra GSR, he has Ground Control Coilovers on it. He just bought a 360.00$ JDM Integra Type R DC Sports header... He cracked it the next day because his car's slammed 3". Everyone tells me "Drop your car drop it!" When I was gonna buy an Integra... "Are you going to slam the Integra?"
I'm like "Okay dude, there's an automatic Kia here dropped, with exhaust and rims... That's bad enough, then he added the Superstreet sticker on the back, accompanied by the ironing board for down force... " And then in California, we don't have dips, we have Civil War trenches...


Maybe you should look at what a kia could look like!!!

http://members.aol.com/bhurlin/bhurlin/bhurlin/bodykit/wpe53881.jpg

Maybe you should look at what a kia could look like!!!

http://members.aol.com/bhurlin/bhurlin/bhurlin/bodykit/wpe53881.jpg

That's nice, that's rice.

Start a new thread...we here don't like re-living threads that are almost a year old.