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Originally posted by LBTRS:

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
They're disposable cars. They're ok when new, and people can actually afford them new, but once they start falling apart it's like, what's the point?

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Kia has some very good products these days, far from disposable cars.

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:

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Originally posted by LBTRS:

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
They're disposable cars. They're ok when new, and people can actually afford them new, but once they start falling apart it's like, what's the point?

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Kia has some very good products these days, far from disposable cars.

Disposable doesn't mean crap, it's simply the dynamic for this part of the car market. Most modern cars are disposable cars. The parts are so expensive, and the complexity drives the labor up so much the cost of any major repair is beyond the cost of a new or near new car. Kia's are some of the only cars "normal" people can actually afford to buy new, it makes more sense to buy a new or newish one than a high mileage multi owner example, or fix a catastrophic failure. Kia also has a excellent warranty, so why buy one that 14 people have owned with boogers under the seat?
Go buy a 10 year old Kia, get into any sort of accident, or have a transmission blow, and see if it is worth fixing. When the main seal starts leaking, no one is going to pay to fix it, when it pops, to the strap heap it goes.

I thought about getting a Kia Rio, I have an affinity for basic simple cars. Looked at used ones, why pay $12k for a used one when they're $15k new?