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Replying to: spectraman (Jan 24, 2006 12:17 pm) |
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gave me a deal like that! $12,600+TTL for a 2006 Kia Spectra EX? Wow! If you dig the Spectra that's your deal. I am planning on taking a look at several new Kia's available here. Two 2006 Kia Rio LX sedans in 5-speed form. One is Silver and the other Sapphire Blue. The Rio LX comes with tons of airbags and an AM/FM/CD changer, A/C, the 5-speed manual transmission and hand-crank windows, non-power door locks and I believe non-power side mirrors. IIRC they do have heated side mirrors, so that may not be true about the non-power side mirrors. Anyone reading chime in and correct that if it's wrong, OK? Anyway, my point is that I will probably test drive a Spectra SX and maybe a Spectra5 when shopping, too, so any comments new Spectra owners provide now about their rigs are taken with appreciation and are added into the early 2006 car shopping fun mix-bag by me. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 26, 2006 1:33 am) |
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does have a AM/FM CD player, though. Meaning you can play one CD at a time, which suits me just fine. Heated mirrors are not available, but I don't need heated mirrors, though, either. It's down to the 2006 Kia Rio5 or 2006 Kia Rio LX for this padre from Pocatello. Test driving and trading is a week or two away now, barring some Suze Ormon advice to the contrary.  See if y'all can guess where I'm comin' from on that one.
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Hey Gang. I posted the following on the Edmunds Sentra board a little while ago. I figured you wouldn't mind reading it. I also looked at the 2007 Sentra on another website, and it's a whole 'nother car versus what I drove today. From the photos, it's right back in the old ball game style and ergonomic-wise. -SM "I just picked up a rental 2005 Sentra today to drive while my KIA Spectra EX is in the body shop. It's front bumper fascia was scraped by a nimrod (NO... not me! in a parking lot. First the good news.... I found the Sentra to be a decent running car that appeared to like to rev high before shifts. The car was pretty rattle and squeak free for 35k rental miles too. Other than that though.... I wouldn't trade my new design Spectra for one of these in a million years. The interior is so uncomfortable and ergonomically wrong when compared to the new KIA that it would take several paragraphs to describe the shortfalls of the Sentra. The Sentra also lacks sooooo many of the little standard touches that are standard on the Spectra. So.... before you flame me, I'm not saying the Sentra is a bad automobile. BUT I do agree with the poster above that it is readily apparent that this baby's ready for an overhaul! I'm sure the next one will be right in the thick of things competitively. -SM "
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Replying to: spectraman (Feb 02, 2006 8:50 am) Another thing I noticed about the Sentra is the utter lack of leg room in the backseat when the front seats are set in comfortable positions similar to my Spectra. The lack of space in back (of a car that seems bigger on the outside than the Spectra) would have been a deal killer for me all by itself if I were seriously thinking of buying one of these:  -SM |
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