Tag: kia

  • Kia is the new Saturn

    09 Feb 2011 » 1 min read about Personal & Family

    We’ve had our 2011 Kia Sorento for nearly three months now and I have not a single complaint about the vehicle, but universal praise. And Kia as a company is at least Saturn’s equal in customer service. Yesterday, among the various junk mail that fills the mail box on a Tuesday, was a $20 MasterCard…

  • Addendum to the new car post

    30 Nov 2010 » 1 min read about Personal & Family

    Yesterday, I posted about how we like the new car after two weeks of driving it.  In that post, I said: One thing I don’t like about the car is that it doesn’t warn you when you leave the headlights on the way both of our old cars did.  But I suspect it shuts them…

  • The new car, 2 weeks later

    29 Nov 2010 » 2 min read about Personal & Family

    We’ve been driving our new 2011 Kia Sorento for just over 2 weeks now and I figured it was time to summarize my thoughts on the experience so far.  Keep in mind that prior to this, I drove a 1997 Saturn SL1, which I bought new in late 1996 and on which put more than…

  • New car weekend

    14 Nov 2010 » 3 min read about Personal & Family

    We bought a new car this weekend and after 14 years of driving my 1997 Saturn SL1 (which I bought new from Saturn of the Valley on October 22, 1996), I traded in that car as part of the deal.  The new car (pictured above) is a 2011 Kia Sorento.  The color, I am told…