I just bought a 2000 Kia Sephia 1.8I4 16V DOHC 5 Speed.
I just bought the car for $500. I plan to use this car to commute to work and drive coworkers home. Maximum MPG with minimal cost. I am going to be using a OBDII Bluetooth dongle + Torque on my phone.
This car has all the **fancy** options Kia offered in 2000 such as Air conditioning and power steering / windows / locks.
So far I took off the factory spoiler
Dissembled and cleaned the interior.
I found a plastic salad bowl under the passenger seat with $68 in change so I bought Seat covers an oil filter oil and new spark plugs. Still in the mail no pictures yet.
The carpet and many trim pieces didn't make it back in.
Now the radio is hooked up to have power regardless of key position for EOC.
New over-sized battery. No pic sorry. I will eventually do an alternator delete and just put it on a trickle charger overnight.
Some future Ideas:
The Passenger side mirror is going to come off.
I want to make some kind of grill block for the lower bumper thing. That is where the air goes into the AC condenser and then into the radiator but summer is coming and I don't want to overheat. But I did get a new radiator because the old one was leaking.
HAI with the grill block might be too hot for winter. but for sure in the to-do list to try.
Underbody block because the rear bumper is a wind catcher for sure.
All in all its a decent car for the price paid just needs a tune up and a few cheap/ easy mods and hopefully I can pull 40MPG out of this car.