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Old 11-30-2016, 10:52 PM
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Yeah - those Optimas! A few years back I bought a used Range Rover HSE and was absolutely in love with the thing. More features than any vehicle I'd ever owned. Ended up in conversation with one of the entry-level guys at work (I'm management) and he mentioned his Optima. Rattled off every feature my Land Rover had and a few I didn't even think to lust for. I know it's not a fair comparison, but I got a bit of grief for my fancy-ass British luxo-barge being shown-up by the new-hire with a Kia.
We got those sort of comments all the time. And since we had the K5 badges on it people thought it was some sort of Lexus. We would still have it if we could have gotten over the torque steer and wheel hop... Didn't lose too much money on them though when we sold it on at Carmax. Got more for it than I thought we would really.

Edit: this was our first one.



Second one was Remington Red and looked a tad better after more mods than the Snow White Pearl.
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We got those sort of comments all the time. And since we had the K5 badges on it people thought it was some sort of Lexus. We would still have it if we could have gotten over the torque steer and wheel hop... Didn't lose too much money on them though when we sold it on at Carmax. Got more for it than I thought we would really.

Edit: this was our first one.



Second one was Remington Red and looked a tad better after more mods than the Snow White Pearl.

If Kia made these sedans with AWD all of the wheel hop and torque steer could be eliminated thus making it a near perfect low cost sedan. My Ford company vehicles suffer from this problem like the Kias but the AWD ones are the ones to get. Such a night and day difference in handling.
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Ah the loving feeling is back again
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I think 1iwilly lost that loving feeling!!!

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Old 12-01-2016, 12:36 PM
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We got those sort of comments all the time. And since we had the K5 badges on it people thought it was some sort of Lexus. We would still have it if we could have gotten over the torque steer and wheel hop... Didn't lose too much money on them though when we sold it on at Carmax. Got more for it than I thought we would really.

Edit: this was our first one.



Second one was Remington Red and looked a tad better after more mods than the Snow White Pearl.
That's pretty much the exact car that showed up my Range Rover. If you tell me you work at an Xbox call center I'm going to be more than a little embarrassed.
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If Kia made these sedans with AWD all of the wheel hop and torque steer could be eliminated thus making it a near perfect low cost sedan. My Ford company vehicles suffer from this problem like the Kias but the AWD ones are the ones to get. Such a night and day difference in handling.
TOTALLY agree. It was one of the very frequently mentioned things on optima forums with everyone's wish lists for upcoming years. Never happened.
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no i haven't it just tiring in 2 months all the thing that has happen but then again it's a 2002 i love the ride so it makes it hard not to fix it. while my 09 c300 sits in the garage.

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I think 1iwilly lost that loving feeling!!!

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I think 1iwilly lost that loving feeling!!!

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He Did? When did he have the burn party? Can't believe I missed it
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