I would like to thank everyone for their responses - it was helpful even
though biased - which is what I was looking for obviously.

Yesterday we purchased a car - it was NOT the Honda.
I had a method to my actions yesterday. At noon, I disappeared from work
and took my wife for more test drives - leaving the A6's for last. Little
did I realize that she would fall in love with the Kia Sorento suv. Yes, I
can hear the laughter all around the globe <g>. My biased intentions were
to have her hate the ride and proceed directly to the Audi dealer 3 blocks
away. You should have seen her face light up in this thing - something that
I have no power over - never had in our 25 years of marriage if you know
what I mean.

So, I thank you all once again - I will now slide over to alt.autos.kia and
monitor any issues so I can address them as they arise. I will return some
day to alt.autos.audi when "I" purchase for "ME" another Audi to replace my
Suburban - this I know is inevitable as Ronny stated, "once an Audi Driver
always an Audi driver".

Since I doubt anyone here cares to hear anything about ~Kia~, I won't - but
there was some logic in this decision. My wife started her own business
last year and the vehicle will better accomodate her hauling things to and
fro.

Later.

 

Second person I know who did the "rule out Kia" thing and bought one.

"CadFactor" <cadfactor@tv.com> wrote in message
news:voaq8hjjgr9o1b@corp.supernews.com...
> I would like to thank everyone for their responses - it was helpful even
> though biased - which is what I was looking for obviously.
>
> Yesterday we purchased a car - it was NOT the Honda.
> I had a method to my actions yesterday. At noon, I disappeared from work
> and took my wife for more test drives - leaving the A6's for last. Little
> did I realize that she would fall in love with the Kia Sorento suv. Yes,
I
> can hear the laughter all around the globe <g>. My biased intentions were
> to have her hate the ride and proceed directly to the Audi dealer 3 blocks
> away. You should have seen her face light up in this thing - something
that
> I have no power over - never had in our 25 years of marriage if you know
> what I mean.
>
> So, I thank you all once again - I will now slide over to alt.autos.kia
and
> monitor any issues so I can address them as they arise. I will return
some
> day to alt.autos.audi when "I" purchase for "ME" another Audi to replace
my
> Suburban - this I know is inevitable as Ronny stated, "once an Audi Driver
> always an Audi driver".
>
> Since I doubt anyone here cares to hear anything about ~Kia~, I won't -
but
> there was some logic in this decision. My wife started her own business
> last year and the vehicle will better accomodate her hauling things to and
> fro.
>
> Later.
>
>

 

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:56:44 -0700, "CadFactor" <cadfactor@tv.com>
wrote:

>I would like to thank everyone for their responses - it was helpful even
>though biased - which is what I was looking for obviously.
>
>Yesterday we purchased a car - it was NOT the Honda.
>I had a method to my actions yesterday. At noon, I disappeared from work
>and took my wife for more test drives - leaving the A6's for last. Little
>did I realize that she would fall in love with the Kia Sorento suv. Yes, I
>can hear the laughter all around the globe <g>. My biased intentions were
>to have her hate the ride and proceed directly to the Audi dealer 3 blocks
>away. You should have seen her face light up in this thing - something that
>I have no power over - never had in our 25 years of marriage if you know
>what I mean.
>
>So, I thank you all once again - I will now slide over to alt.autos.kia and
>monitor any issues so I can address them as they arise. I will return some
>day to alt.autos.audi when "I" purchase for "ME" another Audi to replace my
>Suburban - this I know is inevitable as Ronny stated, "once an Audi Driver
>always an Audi driver".
>
>Since I doubt anyone here cares to hear anything about ~Kia~, I won't - but
>there was some logic in this decision. My wife started her own business
>last year and the vehicle will better accomodate her hauling things to and
>fro.
>
>Later.
>
>

You'll get back to us on the cost of ownership thing I hope.

Shoulda gone with a new or almost new A4. Kia's apparently are built
good enough to show in the commercials but that is about all.
Too bad you didn't see the new JD Power ratings before you wrote the
check.

OTOH, your wife can expense the thing. Silver liing.

 

CadFactor wrote:
> I would like to thank everyone for their responses - it was helpful even
> though biased - which is what I was looking for obviously.
>
> Yesterday we purchased a car - it was NOT the Honda.
> I had a method to my actions yesterday. At noon, I disappeared from work
> and took my wife for more test drives - leaving the A6's for last. Little
> did I realize that she would fall in love with the Kia Sorento suv. Yes, I
> can hear the laughter all around the globe <g>. My biased intentions were
> to have her hate the ride and proceed directly to the Audi dealer 3 blocks
> away. You should have seen her face light up in this thing - something that
> I have no power over - never had in our 25 years of marriage if you know
> what I mean.
>
> So, I thank you all once again - I will now slide over to alt.autos.kia and
> monitor any issues so I can address them as they arise. I will return some
> day to alt.autos.audi when "I" purchase for "ME" another Audi to replace my
> Suburban - this I know is inevitable as Ronny stated, "once an Audi Driver
> always an Audi driver".
>
> Since I doubt anyone here cares to hear anything about ~Kia~, I won't - but
> there was some logic in this decision. My wife started her own business
> last year and the vehicle will better accomodate her hauling things to and
> fro.
>
> Later.
>
>

But how much homework did you do? The Forester beats the Kia on almost
all categories. And you could have gotten the XT, 0-60 in <~ 6 sec!

- D.