[Cursed]

Just needs a good clean and some T-cut and it'll be looking lovely.

[Lurch]

Something about this picture makes the bumper look even bigger than usual. Really need to get that thing tucked.

[Cursed]

Decided to take the opportunity to get some pictures whilst the weather was decent (proving quite rare this summer). Only change since last time is the new mirrors.

[Mr.Funny12]

Your car is awesome. I just think of the old Italian job movie when I see it.

[epoxi]

Flawless condition Cursed.

I also notice you have floor mats on top of your better floor mats to protect them...I thought I was the only person who did this.

[Illousion]

So this is the beast I'm driving now. Taken at a friends house earlier today.

What I like about it is the fact that it gets 53 actual MPGs. It's pretty comfortable for a small car, fairly well built and the 1.4 diesel makes it pretty quick. The best part about it is that I only pay 32% of the diesel I put in it, and the car itself costs me a whopping 800SEK per month ($115, £73,50). That's including insurance, tax, service and depriciation.

Oh, and I only keep those KIA/Rio/7-year warranty-stickers on it because you can make a pretty big tax-deduction for "having" to have them on your car and using it outside of work.

[Burbalade]

The Burb next to my friend's truck.

[epoxi]

QUOTE (Illousion @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 19:24)

Oh, and I only keep those KIA/Rio/7-year warranty-stickers on it because you can make a pretty big tax-deduction for "having" to have them on your car and using it outside of work.

What do you mean? Using it for promotional purposes?

[Sup3rman]

QUOTE (Illousion @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 18:24)

So this is the beast I'm driving now. Taken at a friends house earlier today.

I drive that thing sometimes in my driving school. I must say, it looks great, outside and inside. Only thing i don't like is that everything is way too overpowered. The steeringwheel is too easy to manipulate, you can use one finger basically... Hard to keep it straight sometimes. Gears are also easy to manipulate, you can push them in with one finger. Otherwise a neat little car. I drove the 1,2l version, and it lacked power only in a few places, most of the time it had enough power to do everything.

[Lurch]

Cursed - I still want your car more than any other in this topic though the seats look like the most unsupportive things ever. They make Pat' L7 seats look like racing seats. Wouldn't be a problem if they weren't in a gocart. Otherwise it looks fantastic.

On the other end of things, there's illusions kia. Sorry man, but you know a car is sh*t when they're offering it in a program where they pay for damn near everything for you to drive it.

I thought the Volvo was awesome. Even the LTD and bro-ham have their hoopty charm. But a Kia. Meh. I guess it gets you from point A to point B very cheap but I guess I expect more out of a car than that.

This post has been edited by Lurch on Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 06:07

[Piperka]

QUOTE (Illousion @ Jul 21 2012, 18:24)

So this is the beast I'm driving now. Taken at a friends house earlier today. What I like about it is the fact that it gets 53 actual MPGs. It's pretty comfortable for a small car, fairly well built and the 1.4 diesel makes it pretty quick. The best part about it is that I only pay 32% of the diesel I put in it, and the car itself costs me a whopping 800SEK per month ($115, £73,50). That's including insurance, tax, service and depriciation. Oh, and I only keep those KIA/Rio/7-year warranty-stickers on it because you can make a pretty big tax-deduction for "having" to have them on your car and using it outside of work.

Niiiceeeeeeeee I love KIA's

QUOTE (Sup3rman @ Jul 21 2012, 21:14)

everything is way too overpowered. The steeringwheel is too easy to manipulate, you can use one finger basically... Hard to keep it straight sometimes.

I believe it's because it's all electronic steering, so you can't even feel the wheels turn. I agree that would suck on freeways.

[Cursed]

QUOTE (Lurch @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 00:05)

The seats look like the most unsupportive things ever. They make Pat' L7 seats look like racing seats.

Yeah, they're very basic. I'd like a set of the later seats fitted from the early 90's onwards but they can be quite expensive for a pair that aren't grey velour:

[Illousion]

QUOTE (epoxi @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 20:42)

QUOTE (Illousion @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 19:24) Oh, and I only keep those KIA/Rio/7-year warranty-stickers on it because you can make a pretty big tax-deduction for "having" to have them on your car and using it outside of work. What do you mean? Using it for promotional purposes?

Even though work owns the car I use it for private transportation (the basic concept of a förmånsbil). It is however striped with KIA and my workplace logos which makes it a rolling advertisement. Because of that, the Swedish government feels sorry for me and allows me to make a big tax deduction for that.

QUOTE (Lurch)

But a Kia. Meh. I guess it gets you from point A to point B very cheap

Which is the only reason I chose to drive this instead of a private owned car. Like I've mentioned elsewhere I've just finished school and started working full-time as a car salesman so this is a great way for me to be able to put money aside for a proper car.

Thanks Piperka!

[epoxi]

Haha cool, that reminds me of the tax loophole in Ireland which has everyone replacing all their rear windows with metal blanks to get a van classfication.

@Lurch: Kia/Hyundai is giving such generous offers because they have vastly improved their cars, in my opinion overtaking many of the established marques, so they want to gain exposure and have everyone tell their friends what a great car it is. It's essentially a new brand image, so anyone who buys one in this transitionary period is getting a great deal, but I predict they are going to raise their prices once everyone trusts the brand.

[Garfield 2]

QUOTE (epoxi @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 12:03)

Haha cool, that reminds me of the tax loophole in Ireland which has everyone replacing all their rear windows with metal blanks to get a van classfication.

Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore. Engine swap is the way to go!

Have nice e38 for sale

2.0 on logbook, cheaper tax & insurance

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3199994

[epoxi]

In Ireland is insurance based on engine displacement, or is it the car the engine came from? In a magazine I read about someone in the UK who had a 1.6 Civic and got cheaper insurance by putting a CR-V 2.0 in it.

This post has been edited by epoxi on Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 14:32

[Illousion]

Figured I'd get some better shots that that sh*tty iPhone pic.

[Lurch]

QUOTE (Garfield 2 @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 09:45)

QUOTE (epoxi @ Sunday, Jul 22 2012, 12:03) Haha cool, that reminds me of the tax loophole in Ireland which has everyone replacing all their rear windows with metal blanks to get a van classfication. Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore. Engine swap is the way to go! Have nice e38 for sale 2.0 on logbook, cheaper tax & insurance http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3199994

What's swapped into that? Because a 2.0 in that sounds like slowest thing known to man. Like the smallest US 740i still weighs 4255 lbs. Guessing that 720i is probably still on th high side of 4k lbs. Probably somewhere in the realm of 150 hp? How does such a thing even move?

[epoxi]

Wow that's a nice interior Illousion, a little bland, but who cares about bland when the finish is that good?

Also: heated steering wheel!?

[Outcast]

Unfortunately some image hosting sites like imageshack aren't working here in China so I'm unable to see the pics. Though regarding what epoxi said earlier about Kia/Hyundai. I can attest to that. I somehow got my ass in a Kia K5 for a test drive last summer and was pleasantly surprised. For the price the sh*t you get as standard is ridiculous (dual sunroofs for starters), in China at least.