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My Brother bought the SRT Jeep.
He can have it........build quality just terrible. KIA much better built. |
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I think my 1996 Bounder is quicker than that old Barina! Haha - it won’t let me upload pics.
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08-06-2020, 07:47 AM | #3 | ||
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we bought a new Kia Rio sport in 2014 for the wife...6 speed auto...was an excellent little car and didnt rattle and groan like the ford ****bucket forus we traded....traded it 2018 for a vw jetta, ...the jetta is heads and tails better than the Kia, but the Kia was faultless in the 80000 we had it for..
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Rwd, turbo 4 or V6 power up to 260kw. Manual and automatic boxes. Looked pretty good Saw them being launched in Seoul when I was working there. They have / had so many more cars I think would have done well in our market. Shame we are RHD. Sent from my LG-M700 using Tapatalk
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As for OP... I would definitely buy one for the wife though if they had something she liked. Kia and Hyundai have come a LONG since the bad old days of the $13990 Excel Sprint that fell apart after a week... We are about to buy wifey a MY20 Santa Fe Highlander (once she makes her damn mind up on a colour) so ive spend some time driving/looking over/etc them and came away properly impressed with the Build Quality, Equipment level and how it drove for the $$$.
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08-06-2020, 04:43 PM | #8 | ||
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I didn't realise Koreans were LHD?
Agree with all the rest though for sure YF. |
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I wouldn't buy a Kia, they have nothing that suits my needs.
I even tried to fit meself into one of those 'Stingers'. Sardine Machine....
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Im on my 2nd cerato
Bought one new in 2014 (My first non ford). I wanted a small cheap car that had lots of fruit. (reverse cam, satnav bluetooth etc). I was doing high milage at the time and knew it would quickly get pretty shabby. The Cerato or i30 were about all that had features i wanted for price i could afford. Slightly better price and 7 year w/t won it for me. I was really suprised how much i liked it. It was a really good car. It never let me down til one morning I wrote it off in a serious crash that I shouldnt have walked away from except it had such a strong cage. When the insurance company told me I could have any car of same value or pay difference I just said "give me another the same" Had that one for about 5 years 85K km. zero faults.. still on original brakes and tyres. No rattles squeaks, nothing broken or not working. And it is nice to drive. I will keep this til it dies then I will be back down the Kia dealer. Maybe a stonic or seltos.. |
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Our little i30 diesel which we bought new has just turned over 195,000 kms.
I mentioned on this forum years ago that I would post once it had covered 200,000 and let everyone know how it had fared and what had needed repair/replacement etc. I'll go through the service records once she clicks over and report back - warts and all. Damn thing better start giving me problems real quick, otherwise I may not have much to type... |
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08-06-2020, 09:37 PM | #12 | ||
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I'm looking for a low k daily atm.
Not many low k Stingers under $40K sadly for i'd probably get one. i30N performance coupe I took for a test drive, wow what a rippa little machine. Quality was great imo, looked at a low k Golf R, bang for buck the i30N kills it, its just getting over the badge to many and I am having trouble as well.
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09-06-2020, 12:28 PM | #13 | |||
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I would definitely consider one if I can convince the mrs she needs it
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I know a couple of people who genuinely wanted to buy the i30N. (I haven't driven one but as you say apparently very impressive) Neither bought it purely because of the badge. Not saying that is right, just how their decision making ended up. |
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The fact that you can customized the suspension tune dampers and other facets of the cars suspension as part of the OEM setup is also a bonus in these things. He says its one of the best BFYB cars he has ever bought. Dont ask me if warranty on the tune was ever an issue. I dont know honestly know, but he has the ability to tune anything and I have yet to see im break anything. I know my mrs wouldnt be interested in the i30N mainly due to it being manual which she will refuse to drive. But I am trying to get her to come around to the idea of an i30 N Line which is the milder version (little brother) of the i30N and available in auto DCT as a daily. 1.6L mind you but probably just as fun to drive.
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Would be nice. I really like the Golf, but she hates the LHS indicators the euros all have, so has written them off as an option. :rolleyes So the I30N (DCT) or N Line (DCT) is something I'll try and persuade her to look into as Id like something fun to hop into on the weekend for a burn in the twistys. Kind of gives me a semi-weekend car without it being a dedicated weekender. If that makes sense. Overall, they are an under rated car. But I know many of my friends who are hell bent on the badge hang up. As soon as you mention the Hyundai or Kia names, they screw their noses up at it and rubbish it without them ever stepping foot into one. I find the psychology behind it interesting. Like it must affect their fragile masculinity to think of 'lowering' themselves to drive such a lowly, meager vehicle.
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Go for it Shaun. I always a skeptic at best, but actually haven been in one, looked it up close and felt what it was like on the road, I am becoming a fan.
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I find it a little bit strange that a lot of people these forums will happily jump into Thai built vehicles,but seem apprehensive about Koreans.From what I have seen the Koreans seem to be as good if not better than the Thai,s
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I have a 2014 ssangyng actyon sports,....made in korea...2lt turbo diesel....6 speed auto...177000 klm....does 1000 klm to a tank and is on coil suspension....ripper dual cab...great bang for buck and easily matches most sub 40k utes... |
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Ford/Toyota/Nissan for eg, made in Thailand run by these companies no big deal tassief100. I have no bone with Hyundai/KIA - they have earned their stripes in the global market - not a new branding anymore but they are compared to the above. Its just human habits I'm guilty of, how many of us keep buying certain Aussie supermarket brands not even Aussie owned anymore for eg.
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They are all Picantos and traded up the TA for a JA GT Line that has way more technology for the wife. She loves it and I even liked it so much that I bought the Turbo GT version. Never used to like small cars, but with these things you can drive them everyday and get the big car out on nice sunny days. The GT 74kW/ 171Nm is a hoot as you can drive it on the limit and if super keen, a Chip is available for 98kW/ 227Nm. However this thing spins the wheels stock and 4.8L/100!!!!
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I still really like the look of the Stinger, be nice if they did a "R Spec" with a manual.
Otherwise the rest of the range is fine, that mammoth SUV thats not coming here but recently released int he US looks pretty bloody good.
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Often they have a waiting list apparently - not a bad situation to be in.
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We had an older Kia Cerato for a while and it developed a lot of problems, never buying again. Maybe things have changed with 2020 models:
- Stereo screen died, stopped working completely intermittently, CD skipped a lot. - Power antenna wouldn't go down properly. - Power steering rack needed replacement. - Belts kept starting to squeal no matter how many times it got adjusted and replaced. - Rear suspension noisy. - Engine developed clattering sound. - Radiator cracked. - Speedo intermittently stopped working. There were one or two more things but I can't remember them. |
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