Got myself a Kia over here in 'murica

[lbrench]

Not been on the forum in a while.

Still out here in Arizona. I was first driving a PT Cruiser which was horrendous, then got myself a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant 2.4L with 244k on it and it died 3 months later in a Taco Bell drive through, luckily I only paid about $400 for it.

Decided I wanted something newer and luckily the gym I train/work at sponsors some pretty big car dealerships out here so got intouch with the CEO who I work out with and got a great deal on a 2010 Kia Forte Koup SX, wanted a mini cooper S but decided against it, its got the 2.4L engine with a 6 speed manual gearbox, super smooth to drive and has all the gadgets and extras (bluetooth, sports seats, sports suspension, upgraded sound system, satellite radio etc).

So nice to drive and feels really planted on the roads, super happy.

Plans are upgrade the kia badges on the back to the new 2014 ones which look much nicer and get a debadged grill, get the windows tinted as its seriously hot out here and thats about it for now

thanks


Lynden

 

[Gally]

Very cool Lynden. Never expected it to look like that!

How's things? You've never updated your thread!

 

[lbrench]

just updated it sir, will do a full update tonight when i get back from work but life is good mate yeah and yeah the kia is super nice, im actually surprised by how nice it is inside as well.

 

[roberto.]

Any more pictures? Interior etc

 

[Dano']

That looks awesome! for a kia..

 

[lbrench]

Any more pictures? Interior etc

Will post some tomorrow morning, it's 10:22pm here

That looks awesome! for a kia..

Thanks, it's pretty sleek

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Looks quite good that, Lynden!

How are things pal? All good?

 

[Sargara]

Damn that looks good. Wish we could get them over here instead of getting only the Cee'd

 

[Goodj]

got it on finance yeah?

 

[Scrooge]

Looks good!

 

[Mork of Ork]

I've spent a bit of time in AZ, Tempe & Glendale mainly, I have a mate that used to live there he's moved to ABQ now. Anyway I thought only OAP's & Asians drove them, real men drive something like these.

Seriously though it does look nice, living in such a dry state though I would've been tempted to go with an old Yank tank myself, no chance of any rust etc & cheap 'gas' prices.

 

[ado]

Nice cars. Was tempted by one but the build quality on Korean built ones aren't the best. The new K3 Coup is also beautiful.

 

[Jason_E]

Damnit. I wanted to **** you off but... its a nice looking car. Hope MURRICCAAAAA be treating you well!

 

[lbrench]

I've spent a bit of time in AZ, Tempe & Glendale mainly, I have a mate that used to live there he's moved to ABQ now. Anyway I thought only OAP's & Asians drove them, real men drive something like these.

Seriously though it does look nice, living in such a dry state though I would've been tempted to go with an old Yank tank myself, no chance of any rust etc & cheap 'gas' prices.

i would love like a jeep or something but just not my style yet, and getting through a drive through in that thing! No thanks haha

got it on finance yeah?

Money down and financed the rest yes, is that a problem?

Looks quite good that, Lynden!

How are things pal? All good?

thabjs mate, yeah everything is well actually. Just loving life at the moment!

Damnit. I wanted to **** you off but... its a nice looking car. Hope MURRICCAAAAA be treating you well!

Haha yeah it's smart, nice to drive aswell and people do some crazy s**t to these on the forte forums! Murica is sweet!


but of an update, ordered some new boot and grill badges as I hate the kia ones, got the new style ones....

Also toying with the idea of this little oem lip spoiler as it sets the back off nicely, will also be taking the forte and koup badges off

Most probably going to end up on some eibach springs as well then it's done!


thanks

lynden

 

[lbrench]

Little side on and ass action

 

[Dano']

I really like that

 

[Daz.]

I like that too!

 

[domjolly]

Lovely looking car...can't make my mind up if I like the wheels or not though.

 

[Alan]

Pretty smart mate.

 

[lbrench]

I like them for now, they suit the colour really well.

I was reading up on the car and apparently Kia actually hired Audi's old head designer and this was his first project which is pretty cool, the side on shape reminds me of the 2011 camaro just bigger.

Badges should be arriving today, will be nice as it's so hot here I don't need to heat the old ones off to get them off haha

 

[lbrench]

And thanks for the positive comments, I will get an interior picture today, the seats are sports seats and super comfy, like half cloth half alcantara/suede. they really hug you in, really nice to drive in

 

[lbrench]

Switched the badges out today from the Kia ones to some new style 2014 Kia badges, looks so much nicer!

Had to do it fast as it's so hot out today it's insane, sweating just walking taking the rubbish out, no fun at all!

Old ones

Also took off the forte badge, new look

And the rear

Next is same badges for the wheels, shark fin Ariel, small lip spoiler and eibachs then it's done.

was driving round with the roof open yesterday and the exhaust sounds great as well

 

[lbrench]

Tempted to remove the Koup badge and paint the silver part black so it's the red K and the rest is black but not too sure yet. Also need to get the windows tinted before summer really kicks in

 

[Daniel]

How hot is it/does it get out there??

 

[lbrench]

I will do it's in Celsius haha right now it's like 27 but will get to 36-37 by 4 o'clock and highs in the summer last year it was 48-51 for about 50 days straight, it's not like Spain where it's hottest noon-2pm it gets hottest here at like 2pm-4pm

 

[lbrench]

How hot is it/does it get out there??

..

 

[Daniel]

My ginger skin would fry!

 

[Mork of Ork]

That's why I always visited my mate for Thanksgiving so the weather was a bit cooler.

 

[lbrench]

Yeah it's getting silly hot now, especially when you first get in the car, luckily the AC is great in the Koup

 

[rctempire]

Looks good that. I saw the Kia Optima with those badges on, seriously looks great.

Looks a good size car that Kia. Can you just go to a Jiffy Lube and get them serviced there and then too?

Hope America is good too.

 

[_Tom]

Nice looking car that.

Shipped your stuff yet?

 

[lbrench]

Looks good that. I saw the Kia Optima with those badges on, seriously looks great.

Looks a good size car that Kia. Can you just go to a Jiffy Lube and get them serviced there and then too?

Hope America is good too.

of course, drive through oil changes haha

Nice looking car that.

Shipped your stuff yet?

thanks and no I ended up just basically selling it all to people I knew and just started over!

 

[ChrisR]

I will do it's in Celsius haha right now it's like 27 but will get to 36-37 by 4 o'clock and highs in the summer last year it was 48-51 for about 50 days straight, it's not like Spain where it's hottest noon-2pm it gets hottest here at like 2pm-4pm

I've just come back from a couple of weeks working in Atlanta, temps got up to about 30/31 but the weird thing was it built up throughout the day and carried on right through the evening with it only starting to drop well into the night.

Was a pity I didn't know about that when I got there, first day leaving the office about 7 thought I'd walk the just over a mile and a half back to the hotel as it looked nice and sunny still and was early evening so would be a bit cooler.

That was a mistake, temperature was still stupid hot and carrying two bags wasn't much fun, don't think have ever sweated so much just walking.

 

[lbrench]

Just bought some Eibach springs and hopefully changing to a CAI in the next few weeks aswell, will post pictures when they are fitted

 

[Pacman.]

I've just got back from Arizona myself.
If you get a chance get up to Flagstaff great night out on the piss .

 

[Matt W]

That looks great!

 

[lbrench]

I've just got back from Arizona myself.
If you get a chance get up to Flagstaff great night out on the piss .

You got out before the heat then haha I'm actually going up towards flagstaff this weekend, going to sedona doing some cliff jumping and hiking the creeks.

That looks great!

thanks, I'm really starting to like it, also it handles well and looking forward to dropping it a little on the eibachs

 

[_Tom]

^
Watch out for rattlers..

Saw loads of these in Egypt. Look smart.

 

[lbrench]

Haven't seen a rattle snake yet actually, seen a bunch of Xila Monsters, scorpions and coyotes though, also the windows tinted today, a must in this heat, looks a lot nicer, eibachs should be on within the next week or so