I got a link to this thread and have gone over a few replies. There are alot of automotive bigots in here! A bunch of stupid folks also!
I've seen FWD import owners {Honda ect.} bashing Kia. Guess what? Your front wheel drive is nearly just a big of a piece of crap as my Kia Rio!!!!!! Ever see a BMW that's FWD,,,how bout a Mercedes, Porche, Ferrari????? Hint, hint-FWD suxs. It's for econo cars,,,,,Hello, hello,,, McFly!!! I have owed a crapload of cars in my life and to tell you the truth- each has a purpose and reason, each has there faults. It's just ironic that people who own what amounts to a cheap FWD econobox can sit back and make fun of a Kia!
I bought my Kia for a whooping sum of a little under 7500.00 bucks out the door. It has 20K on it now without a single problem. Yea I know, that ain't much. But guess what. The thing has a 10 year 1000K warranty! So what if the motor craps out at 90K, I get a new one. Do you? I bought it because it was 6000 dollars, got good gas mileage {I get a average of 35mpg with no Hwy miles and I beat the crap out of it} and it had a 10 YEAR/100K WARRANTY!!! What did you pay for your econobox Civic-12K or so?
O-BTW, last weekend I beat a newer Honda Civic {2003} at the strip two out of three times!!! The one time he beat me I missed 4th gear!!!!
I buy my cars as if they were tools. I own more than one dern wrench so I own more than one car. Each car has it's purpose. The Rio is a Beannie car that gets me back and forth to work cheaply. I'm only in it for about 1-1.5 hours a day. It ain't got to be a dern Rolls!!
Don't you folks understand that pretty much no-matter what car you drive, someone always is driving a better car. And they are saying the same crap ya'll are spouting off about you! Lets say you drive Honda Civic Si-you laugh at my butt driving a Rio. Guess what, some else {like me} are driving a a 12 second F-Body. Someone driving a BMW looks at your Honda Civic Si that you are so dern proud of or my Firebird and they think-what a piece of crap!
I pretty much like all cars for some reason. Each has a purpose. I shure as hell have enough self estem that I don't have to go around making fun of other folks who drive something else. It might be their second, third or forth car. And you are laughing????
Stupid, cocky jack-asses suck!!!:finger: Get a life!!!
PS,,thanks for the {a}.