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Old 11-21-2013, 06:07 PM   #14 (permalink)
RedDevil
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Any random Kia might be had for cheap, and they're actually good.
Ah, -1 on that one... I've seen my old neighbor 3 houses on go raving mad over his Kia, he bought it new with a 3 year warranty and spent a lot of time getting fixed for all kinds of problems during that warranty - all paid for, of course - but thoroughly eroded his faith in the car, but he could not sell it for more than a third of the sticker price - less than 3 years old!

I did rent a Kia Shuma to tour the Azores island of Flores. The car was mediocre, to put it nicely. Nearly left me stranded because it could not climb a hill in reverse. Had to roll it down an ever steeper grading road to a rocky beach to find a turning point; finally turned it around in a ditchlike alley, covering the inside with mud in the process by a spinning wheel (we had the windows open... bad mistake!)

I want a Kia for my hearse, I bet that protects me from dying
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