daniel mason
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 05:24 PM |
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Anyone here had a modern ish kia?
Still on the lookout for a new tow car with slightly more room than my volvo s60, and the kia sorento 4x4 seems to fit the bill. A 2.5 td around 2006
with <70k can be had for under £5k which is simar to a toyota rav 4 or similar which are a fair bit smaller!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 07:11 PM |
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They perform well but some had issues with the fuel tank lining coming adrift causing the engine to cut out, turbos can fail but no worse than
similar cars
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Mr C
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 08:28 PM |
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I've owned two from new, a 2003XS manual and a 2005XS Automatic, very impressed with both. Alloys go scabby relatively quickly. I had injectors
replaced under warranty on the first one, not an issue on the second. Interior plastics a bit cheap. Towing and performance agood or a large car
(2200kg) Tow car of the year when it came out. I towed a twin axle caravan without too much bother, though dulled the performance a touch as you would
expect. Economy late twenties early thirties cruising (not towing!!) I'd recommend one.
Girl walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gave her one
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Slimy38
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 08:59 PM |
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I've had a few Cee'ds as rental cars, loved every one of them. They just seem to tick every box and the diesel engines are brilliant. The
only bad thing was the Sportage I had for a trip, I've never seen such a big car with such a small boot!
A 2006 is just coming out of warranty (I think) so make sure it's been looked after.
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austin man
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 09:12 PM |
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Neighbour has a 7 seater nor sure if its the Sorrento, he tows his 4 berth twin wheeler says he has never had a better motor, his alloys blistered
but they changed them unde the 7 year warranty. This is his second Kia he says he wont find a better towing care the spec is huge too. Air con
electricly operated rear and back door, video parking camera etc. Engine is a 200bhp 2.2 litre it goes like billyo
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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adithorp
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| posted on 5/8/14 at 09:21 PM |
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Have a few come in work (infrequently) and they're pretty good. Only common issue I've seen is the drive -haft ABS rings splitting. Easy
enough to replace.
A lot of car for the money.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 6/8/14 at 08:12 AM |
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Thanks guys. About what I thought really. Cheap ish interior trim but fairly robust and cheap to buy! Performance is not an issue and mpg is not
critical. Other than towing it will probably only do 3-4k per year
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daniel mason
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| posted on 6/8/14 at 08:20 AM |
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I also imagine they tow well due to size but as an all round car would it be a better option than a rav 4 d4d or similar sized honda hrv 2.0 vtec?
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