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Title: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Shackeng on 13 August 2011, 11:37:48

A very dear friend, who lives on her own in a remote Yorkshire village, has to replace her Passat which keeps letting her down. She is thinking of a Kia Sportage for the 4WD due access issues last winter. Does anyone know anthing about these, or had experience? Any info would bbe helpful. :y

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: tunnie on 13 August 2011, 12:10:50

Not had any experiance of Kia Sportage, but went out in Kia Sorento on a 4x4 cause, was a very capable!

Not sure on build / reliability, one we had a go in was brand new.

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Shackeng on 13 August 2011, 12:42:42

Thanks Tunnie, she is buying new, and Kia give a 7-year warranty!

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: the alarming man on 13 August 2011, 13:18:14

i had a rental kia 4 x 4 last winter massive thing...never got stuck and to be fair 7 year warranty can't be bad.. :y

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 August 2011, 14:21:49

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i had a rental kia 4 x 4 last winter massive thing...never got stuck and to be fair 7 year warranty can't be bad.. :y

If Kia can offer this.......Why not Ford?.. :-/ :-/

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: r1 on 13 August 2011, 17:49:53

if shes buying new and is happy with the price then you cant go wrong,just make sure she has driven one before signing on the dotted line.also is the dealer local to her?

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: r1 on 13 August 2011, 17:52:25

If Kia can offer this.......Why not Ford?.. :-/ :-/
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because they are c@@p!
also vauxhall now do a 7 year warranty but theres lots of clauses.

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Shackeng on 13 August 2011, 23:52:03

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if shes buying new and is happy with the price then you cant go wrong,just make sure she has driven one before signing on the dotted line.also is the dealer local to her?

I'm sorry, I don't quite follow the logic here. Are you saying that anything new at the right price is good? Not necessarily in my experience. :-?

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Shackeng on 13 August 2011, 23:52:50

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If Kia can offer this.......Why not Ford?.. :-/ :-/

because they are c@@p!
also vauxhall now do a 7 year warranty but theres lots of clauses.[/quote]

Who? Kia or Ford?

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: Webby the Bear on 14 August 2011, 14:08:14

never driven a kia sportage but i drove a kia picanto on holiday last year. i wasn't impressed. it looked nice (imo) but was pretty awful to drive.

however, someone has obviously thought ''actually kia can be a good car company'' cos their latest picanto offering looks superb with lots of kit as standard.

so that with the 7 year warranty looks a good bet imo  :y

ps might also be worth looking at used

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: r1 on 14 August 2011, 18:38:32

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if shes buying new and is happy with the price then you cant go wrong,just make sure she has driven one before signing on the dotted line.also is the dealer local to her?

I'm sorry, I don't quite follow the logic here. Are you saying that anything new at the right price is good? Not necessarily in my experience. :-?

what i am saying is  this will suit some people for the convenice and piece of mind.but do make sure they drive one as they are a bit plastic inside and its not the solid type and they are hard to see out of when reversing 

Title: Re: Kia Sportage diesel
Post by: r1 on 14 August 2011, 18:40:04

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If Kia can offer this.......Why not Ford?.. :-/ :-/

because they are c@@p!
also vauxhall now do a 7 year warranty but theres lots of clauses.

Who? Kia or Ford?     Ford
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