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383 messages, Last post on Oct 08, 2009 at 11:35 AM
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The premium stereo sounds great to me. Yes, you do loose the cassette player but you get the in-dash 6 disk CD player. I guess there wasn't enough room for 6 disks and a cassette player. It also (supposedly) comes with 9 speakers plus a built in amp and 7 1/2 inch subwoofer for a total of 10 speakers. I can only find 9 and when I went back to the dealer and asked about the 10th speaker, he pointed out some brand new literature that says it only has 9 speakers. Everything I have says 10 (window sticker and official Rondo sales brochure), but 9 is plenty for me. 
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Replying to: crewzin (Mar 20, 2007 4:23 pm)
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Replying to: bluedevils (Mar 21, 2007 4:06 am)
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Replying to: bluedevils (Mar 21, 2007 4:06 am) Sunroof/premium stero are packaged together.
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Replying to: ramblinmo (Mar 21, 2007 9:11 am)  Your so right, Premium Stereo/Sunroof = $1200 One package.
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On my way to fitting out the wife's Rondo. Already bought the color coded cargo tray from WeatherTech. From AutoAnything.com I had a custom made solar Sunshade and from the KIA dealer I bought a full front nose bra. Unfortunately, one of the straps that hold the bra in place came off in my hands when I was test fitting it. I guess there were about 2 threads holding it on. The dealer jumped right on it though and ordered me a whole new bra. Already had the windows tinted and now spucing up the engine a bit. Some chrome wire looms, a bit of red/black paint and a polished stainless steel upper radiator hose on order. Will get to covering the battery, fuse box and air cleaner as time goes on.  
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Replying to: crewzin (Mar 21, 2007 8:03 am) It isn't necessary to move up to a $30-40k car to get a really good-sounding stock stereo. For example, the stock stereo in our 2002 Kia Sedona EX sounded noticeably better than the Rondo's. It was one of the best-sounding factory stereos I've ever heard, along with the one in a relative's older Nissan Altima from a few years back. Both of those were low to mid $20s vehicles. The numbers on paper for the Rondo's premium sound system are very impressive, but I just didn't feel the actual sound quality was as good as the specs would suggest.
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Replying to: bluedevils (Mar 23, 2007 4:44 am)
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Velvet Blue EX, 4 cyl, Sunroof & JBL, 5 seat, cargo tray. Paid list ($21,070) minus $1,500 rebate and 2.9% financing. I wanted the gray interior and ended up with beige as the car had been swapped with another dealer > 250 miles away. I'm pretty sure I forgot to specify the gray interior to the salesman. Called the wife to see if she cared as she liked the gray also. She didn't care. Maybe the beige will be a degree cooler in the hot sun. All the local dealer had on his lot were LX in gray, black and one velvet blue. Getting one from another dealer allowed me to skip the paint protection and fabric treatment that EVERY new car on the lot is tagged with that adds $800. Traded in a Sedona EX 51K miles and received about what Edmund's states trade in value is. Trade in is still not pretty on Kia's. If KIA was not offering the $1,500 rebate plus the 2.9% financing, I doubt that I would have done this deal. Really looking to get out of the very heavy Sedona and into something smaller and a bit better mileage. My average on the Sedona was about 19mpg, best ever was 22mpg on long trips. The Sedona was also having a recurring stalling problem that the dealer couldn't quite nail down other than replacing the air mass sensor once and later re-seating connections to the air mass sensor. It did seem to solve the problem for a 5 month stretch at a time. I didn't want to be paying shop rates after the warranty expired for someone to figure it out. I drove the LX twice when I did my test drives. It seemed very well mannered and handled very well. I'm not sure about the EX and the 17" Michelin tires. It seems a bit more twitchy and seems to need more attention to keep it tracking compared to the 16" tires on the LX. Bumps are a little sharper compared to the Sedona, but it doesn't wallow and feels less tippy than the Sedona. I was getting a very intense two toned whistle with the sun roof open when driving home, but there was a pretty good cross wind and it didn't happen later driving a different direction. The sun roof seems farther back on the roof than most. |
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Replying to: crewzin (Mar 22, 2007 12:23 pm)  Nice pics. Pics showing tinted windows were great too. I'm considering tint, but will see what summer brings here in Philly. |
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