My Toyota with 300k+ miles has cost me $285 in repairs minus maintenance costs. I’ll likely get at least another 100k. Just placing these goalposts here…
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chakan2@lemmy.world 1 day agoThey’re just terrible cars. I’ve had two…they were great until they weren’t. I literally had a screw fall out of the headliner the other day bringing it home from a nearly 1000$ exhaust patch/repair. It’s not 10 years old yet and only has 60k miles.
The other one has had the engine replaced already (under warranty thank god).
We are likely replacing both of them next year. I’m never buying a Kia again.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 1 day ago
tyler@programming.dev 14 hours ago
The stats disagree with you, so your anecdotes don’t really mean anything…
chakan2@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Um…sure Kia marketing sure
There’s a reason the resale value is so cheap.
4th_Times_A_Charm@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I had an '11 optima sx, right after the refresh. Beautiful car. Returned the lease on its 3rd engine.
1st one had a spark plug fail and basically melt. Piston seized. Had power, then it didn’t, while doing 60 over a bridge.
2nd one went after an engine mount failed. Block ended up cracking.
Only consolation was that I was paying kia prices, not their over inflated sense of self pricing they try now.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m so sad GM killed SAAB. Only decent cars left are Volvo and Subaru.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Uh…what? How does a manual transmission work on a direct drive motor?
(And if you really want to do that, drop an electric crate engine in an 80s muscle car. I’m strongly considering it)
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
The 80s famously didn’t have any muscle cars due to the gas shortages of the 1970s, new emissions standards, and burgeoning popularity of Japanese imports.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t apply physics to a wishlist. That’s not how wishing works. I’m aware it’s not possible, but stick shift is just fun to drive.
futatorius@lemm.ee 9 hours ago
I’m sure, for a price, someone could set you up with a placebo stick shift.
Letme@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Of course it’s possible, electric conversion kits have been around for decades, and only work with manual transmissions. We just need the battery and charging tech applied to conversion kits. Who wants to start up an EV conversion kit company with me?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
just dont make it direct drive. boom.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And lose all that instant torque. No thanks.
stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
oi look at the brain on this one!