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Brand-new KIA Sedona; we're paying more than we wanted to (should be able to BARELY afford it).

Pictures when there's a big yellow shiny thing in the sky.
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AnotherFairportfan wrote:Pictures when there's a big yellow shiny thing in the sky.
You're filling your new bright yellow KIA full of helium?
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Pictures. LOTS of pictures.

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Touchscreen entertainment control

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Backup cam. The red and yellow "Where you're going" markers curve as you turn the wheel.

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Switchblade key

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Girls' first ride

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A doorstop

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Inclusion of a KIA-branded first-aid kit is ominous. Do they anticipate a need?

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Down with the Black Gang

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Catawampus wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Pictures when there's a big yellow shiny thing in the sky.
You're filling your new bright yellow KIA full of helium?
I wanted to post something similar, but did not take the time. Now that it's been done, anything I would say would just be a copycat type of thing. I wasted my chance... :cry:



On a different topic: are all modern engine compartments that crowded?
(Coming in from the point of view of a 1991 Suburban owner, whose engine compartment is much bigger, and more roomy all around... Even I can fit my hands in there to reach stuff, should I want to...)
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lake_wrangler wrote:On a different topic: are all modern engine compartments that crowded?
(Coming in from the point of view of a 1991 Suburban owner, whose engine compartment is much bigger, and more roomy all around... Even I can fit my hands in there to reach stuff, should I want to...)
For what it's worth, I remember helping my dad do stuff with our 1960 Rambler sedan. It had a hot-water straight six, and emission control was the crankcase vent sticking out the bottom of the engine. There was enough room for 10-year old me to sit on either wheel well and hand dad tools to adjust the single barrel carb on top of the intake manifold. He sat on the other wheel well!
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What is the purpose of the little telephone button thingies on the steering wheel?
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Atomic wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote:On a different topic: are all modern engine compartments that crowded?
(Coming in from the point of view of a 1991 Suburban owner, whose engine compartment is much bigger, and more roomy all around... Even I can fit my hands in there to reach stuff, should I want to...)
For what it's worth, I remember helping my dad do stuff with our 1960 Rambler sedan. It had a hot-water straight six, and emission control was the crankcase vent sticking out the bottom of the engine. There was enough room for 10-year old me to sit on either wheel well and hand dad tools to adjust the single barrel carb on top of the intake manifold. He sat on the other wheel well!
Was that the 90CID flathead with the spark plugs poking up out of the top, or the 232/256CID big whomper?
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Catawampus wrote:What is the purpose of the little telephone button thingies on the steering wheel?
Control stereo, make and receive phone calls (left side) and cruise control and select modes on the trip computer (right side). It connects to my phone via Bluetooth, and i can make calls by voice command and receive calls; t has a pretty good quality speakerphone setup.
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Catawampus wrote:What is the purpose of the little telephone button thingies on the steering wheel?
To distract drivers from using their turn signals!
To hell with world peace... visualize your blinkers!
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AmriloJim wrote:
Catawampus wrote:What is the purpose of the little telephone button thingies on the steering wheel?
To distract drivers from using their turn signals!
To hell with world peace... visualize your blinkers!
Hey. It's got blinkers in the rear-view mirrors!
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