From: "What do you think???" Date: Mon Jul 7 7:11 pmSubject: Let's band together and take KIA on! Kiasarejunk Kia's are dangerous Group Owner yahoo groupsDescription Category: AutomotiveA letter to my dealershipI have regreted buying this cheaply made piece of junk since the day I drove it off the lot. As soon as I got it home (less then a mile drive) the paint had already begun to chip (the lower panels by the doors). So I bought undercoating and managed to do a decent job covering it up. Then the paint chipped on the hood/fenders ect. I took it to a paint shop and for about $600 they touched it up. As soon as I drove it home, it had more paint chips!!! I was told by Tom Cole (the "Snake Oil Salesman" that suckered me into this "deal" in the first place) how great it drove in the snow and how dependable it was. Then winter came and so did the truth. The truth is, if you drive that deathtrap more then 20 mph (and that's pushing it) with the slightest bit of snow it slips, slides, and FISHTAILS all over the road. I lost count of how many times I almost died driving it (at least 2 times it slipped into oncoming traffic and by the grace of GOD, I managed to get it back in the proper lane.) I used the 4 wheel drive twice and then that stopped working. It was at that point that I realized that I had been totally ripped off and swindeled. I was not about to see what else was going to go wrong with it (or if I would be lucky enough to survive another winter in that "Slip Slidy" deathtrap.) I had a 1986 Chevy pickup that I needed to be refurbished. It took a year and a half for it to be completed. Then I find out that my 86 Chevy is worth $2,500 and my Kia is worth $6,000 on a trade!!! I paid $15,000 for that piece of "shite" 2 years ago and put only 19,000 miles on it and my 86 Chevy is almost worth as much (if you ask me - it's worth more.) I refuse to deal with this ALBATROSS of a car. It's not safe to drive, it's unreliable, and it won't be worth a NICKLE return by the time I pay it off. It's your problem now. Take it back to Wegmans and get your nickle. Better still: take it back to Kia and tell them to recycle it into a warhead for North Korea for all I care. P. S: After I wrote this the power windows stopped working and parts fall off it sometimes, when I drive down the street!!! I'll keep adding what else breaks as it happens! PeteSpencerport, New York
U.S.A.
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