Comments on: Automotive Idol http://www.jimallison.com/2008/02/16/automotive-idol/ Because the world needs yet another blog Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: jon http://www.jimallison.com/2008/02/16/automotive-idol/#comment-262 jon Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:46:05 +0000 http://www.jimallison.com/2008/02/16/automotive-idol/#comment-262 Kia is a great bang for the buck. And by the way, Hyundai owns Kia, not Honda. I personally am strongly considering the HHR. The handling, mileage, and cargo space were my biggest concerns and combined with the aesthetics, I hold the HHR in top place. If blind spots are one of your concerns, I'm not sure the HHR is the best in it's class. I believe the Kia has the better warranty as well (only for the FIRST owner). Kia is a great bang for the buck. And by the way, Hyundai owns Kia, not Honda. I personally am strongly considering the HHR. The handling, mileage, and cargo space were my biggest concerns and combined with the aesthetics, I hold the HHR in top place. If blind spots are one of your concerns, I’m not sure the HHR is the best in it’s class. I believe the Kia has the better warranty as well (only for the FIRST owner).

]]> By: Puck http://www.jimallison.com/2008/02/16/automotive-idol/#comment-259 Puck Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:06:53 +0000 http://www.jimallison.com/2008/02/16/automotive-idol/#comment-259 Yeah, the hatchback (Kia Spectra5) was definitely the way to go. We've been very happy with our purchase. We tried quite a few in the Kia's class when we were looking at cars. Honda also had a similar model -- Honda actually owns Kia and the back of the vehicle was identical -- but now they have the new "Honda Fit" which seems to be smaller. I think the main points were the Kia had a 5 year warranty and we didn't want to be paying off a car for 5 years and not have it always covered, and that the Kia just felt better driving. Our 2nd choice was the Mazda, though it was a bit more expensive and we couldn't figure out why. Yeah, the hatchback (Kia Spectra5) was definitely the way to go. We’ve been very happy with our purchase.

We tried quite a few in the Kia’s class when we were looking at cars. Honda also had a similar model — Honda actually owns Kia and the back of the vehicle was identical — but now they have the new “Honda Fit” which seems to be smaller. I think the main points were the Kia had a 5 year warranty and we didn’t want to be paying off a car for 5 years and not have it always covered, and that the Kia just felt better driving. Our 2nd choice was the Mazda, though it was a bit more expensive and we couldn’t figure out why.

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