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#1111 of 1409 Re: Kia Amanti 2006 Models [ericonline] by billh6

Mar 21, 2006 (8:01 am)

Replying to: ericonline (Feb 26, 2006 10:53 am)
We have 6 or 7 dealers here, and this past weekend two were advertising '06's and one advertised one new '05 left. I am beginning to be concerned that Kia does not advertise the Amanti anymore, nor do I see any on the road. I was down in Miami for a week and only saw one. One Amanti during my driving around the area. Not sure if having a unique vehicle is a good or bad thing. Although I wouldn't trade my car for an Azera or anything else (although I did have to claw my way with a credit card to fill up, so calling my dealer now).
Bill - Orlando

#1112 of 1409 Re: Kia Amanti 2006 Models [lovemyamanti] by billh6

Mar 22, 2006 (7:16 am)

Replying to: lovemyamanti (Mar 19, 2006 12:17 pm)
Daniel: Well, she's only had it two months. It was sitting in their new fancy showroom, loaded, cherry red, brownish leather with the wood grain. Nice looking. She just had to have one with leather and sunroof to try to compete with her big brother. She couldn't afford the Amanti. Well, they had none on the lot to sell at the time, only a pre-owned one, so there was little warranty with it. This dealer offers tires for life, where my dealer does not. I took my car in for oil change and was looking at the few Amanti '06's on the lot. They have two with the vinyl tops, looks like a convertible, which really made it look stunning, but a little over-dressed, if you get my drift, plus because of the top they did not have sunroofs, which I enjoy. One was the light gold with top vinyl or rag top and the other one was the charcoal grey with black top. It does catch your eye. I asked if it was after market and he said no, they come from Kia Motors like that. I wanted to trade, but bit my tongue, walked out, waiting for the changes in the '07. Bill

#1113 of 1409 Amanti at speed by shadow99688

Mar 23, 2006 (11:29 am)

Well drove an amanti at over 100mph, still fairly quiet, doesn't have a floating feeling like my eagle wagon did at 85mph or my tempos got at 95mph.
just might try it with my amanti when it is broke in, or maybe not.

#1114 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [amanti4me] by magmax

Mar 24, 2006 (11:40 pm)

Replying to: amanti4me (Mar 21, 2006 12:12 am)
Hello Amanti4me and congratulations. What colour did you get? It's interesting to compare the equipment mix in Canadian and American Amanti and Azera models and I really wonder why there's a difference. For example, our Amanti comes with a wood grain wheel while that's not on the US model; our Azera can't have the woodgrain wheel while the US model does. My 05 Amanti does have rain sensing wipers as well as heated seats front and back and also Xenon headlights, all standard equipment. I agree with you about the styling and prefer the look of the Amanti to the new Azera. But that nice new engine would be quite welcome in my Amanti. Maybe I'll just have to wait until the 2007 model year.
 
MagMax

#1115 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [magmax] by shadow99688

Mar 25, 2006 (11:41 am)

Replying to: magmax (Mar 24, 2006 11:40 pm)
I wouldn't have the wood grain on the steering wheel, it is too slick, if for some reason the power steering fails you want something that you can get a good grip on.
As for the headlights the first thing was go and buy Xenon bulbs for the headlights.
The rear heated seats would have been nice and it would have been great if the rear seats would have been folding.
Anyone notice that the car is a pig when it comes to dirty wet roads? mine throws mud/water/slush up over the hood on the windshield and all over the sides the mud flaps help very little, mostly keeping rocks from being thrown from the tires to the lower portions of the doors, The only other car I had that did that was my eagle wagon.

#1116 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [magmax] by amanti4me

Mar 25, 2006 (9:37 pm)

Replying to: magmax (Mar 24, 2006 11:40 pm)
Thanks MagMax and hello to you too. I got the pearl white Amanti. Was originally looking for the silver gray but fell for this color when I saw it. I would definitely like to have the wood grain steering wheel. I think it would add a lot to the look of the interior. I am still loving the car but have noticed a problem which I will have checked on. It seems that every so often at around 30-35 MPH I get a hesitation from the engine. Hard to explain but its as if the vehicle is down shifting or trying to decide which gear to go into. The vehicle only has 250 miles on it. Anyone experienced this?

#1117 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [shadow99688] by magmax

Mar 29, 2006 (2:00 am)

Replying to: shadow99688 (Mar 25, 2006 11:41 am)
Hi Shadow, It rains a lot here in Vancouver so for over half the year we're on wet roads and I noticed immediately that the Amanti gets its side mirrors dirty very quickly. I've never seen that on my previous cars but I guess the aerodynamics are such that there's a lot of spray thrown up on the mirrors. As for the rest of the car, I don't see much difference compared to my previous vehicles although I don't like the road grime that streaks the top of the chromed grille after I've driven behind anyone who throws up some spray. As for the wooden wheel, I've found that the grip on the so called wooden part of the wheel is actually almost better than on the leather around the spokes. I was surprised because I figured it would be slippery but it's not at all.
 
MagMax

#1118 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [magmax] by shadow99688

Mar 29, 2006 (2:17 am)

Replying to: magmax (Mar 29, 2006 2:00 am)
I had 1 car with wood grain steering wheel and it was really slick, car didn't have power steering and front tire blow out made it almost impossible to steer the car, I had to grab the spokes in the steering wheel.
 
My amanti has actually thrown muddy water from the road over the hood and splattered the windshield, some of it may be from the tread pattern of the studded nordic mud & snow tires, they have a V pattern to push water out from the center of the tread.

#1119 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [shadow99688] by wolverinejoe80

Apr 05, 2006 (5:36 pm)

Replying to: shadow99688 (Mar 29, 2006 2:17 am)
new kia opirus/amanti facelift spyshot
 
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#1120 of 1409 Re: New Purchase [amanti4me] by haggard

Apr 15, 2006 (7:32 am)

Replying to: amanti4me (Mar 21, 2006 12:12 am)
Any details you can provide on your deal? AutoTrader shows several dealers from Eastern PA to central NJ with as many as 6 new '05 Amantis in stock (mileage listed in the low teens). Ads say anywhere from 7K to 10K off. Anyone know where (or if) you can find out about how much support the dealers are getting to move the '05's?
Absolutley love the car, but really not clear on where the price should be. Thanks.

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