Hey, that is cool! Limited range but if it works for your daily needs you don’t need anymore. Living in the boonies needed enough range to be able to get to and from the big city without a recharge when we went electric.
2016 Yellow KIA Soul with 16k miles.
It’s a neat little, cheap car that holds a lot for its size.
Chris
Amen! In my country it can’t be free, since it’s taxed as a benefit… But it’s the closest thing to being free.
VW Passat SW 2016
Company car, soon to be replaced
Or perhaps getting a Marauder:
I learned after buying that they burn oil but was not aware of the oil/coolant problem. No sign of that here so far. The defect we did encounter was the diff pin problem. The differential pin is a rolled pin and wheel slip can cause it to work its way out and once it does bounce around and destroy the transmission. We had that happen at a bit over 30k miles. Fortunately I found a seller on ebay with brand new s-series 5 speeds for somewhere around $850 including shipping, less than the $1200 the dealer gave us for a junkyard trans. The replacement was delivered to the dealer the next day from Michigan and now has almost 50k on it and still going strong.
The SW2,SL2, and SC2 had the DOHC engine.
Those are surprisingly nice cars. I had no idea until someone I know got a deal on a slightly used one. It’s the Exclaim trim with the panoramic glass roof, heated and cooled leather seats, and all the other toys. I call it the ‘Mini Escalade.’ :partying_face:
In case you hadn’t heard, KIA recently announced free map updates for their navigation systems. You’ll probably need a larger SD card. The card slot is behind a little door at the top of the touchscreen.
The process is pretty easy. The update includes new map data, but also an improved display and menu system.
Check out this KIA site for more info.
I was not aware of that one. A buddy had recently bought a used SC2 (?) back in the early 2000s, and took it on a relatively long trip (250km round trip) and had the cylinder head go. Lets just say things were never the same again with the car or perception of the brand. And it was just slightly outside the mileage of the extended warranty :rage:
Looks like your car needs to see the dentist! 
I do a ton of towing, so I need plenty of grunt. I also need a vehicle that’s short enough to fit in our skimpy driveway while hooked to the trailer. I found a good preowned Lexus GX suv a while back, and I’ve doubled the miles on the odometer… now over 175,000. Still drives and rides like new even though it’s 13 years old. My mechanic says the GX is one of the best-built vehicles around. At the rate it’s going, we’ll probably have it for another 13 years or more.
Chevy truck, all I’ll ever need.
edit: That Mitsubishi i-Miev looks cool, never seen one of those.
My Trusty 2009 Nissan Frontier SE.
Purchased new and only periodic scheduled maintance to date.
Built like a tank. Great truck for my needs.
Subaru Outback Touring Edition 2015, H4, AWD
Manual transmission, a beast in Canadian winter, excellent in mud and trails when camping. Perfect spacious family car, super reliable so far. Super comfy on highway, has all the good sides from a truck (like 8’’ ground clearance) but with the smoothness of a big sedan.
Stateside, no manuals where ever available… never even knew they had them that generation. I’d consider importing one. Love this setup.
This is the fifth generation, the last one they produced with a manual transmission. In Canada, the last year with an MT was 2016 and if I’m not mistaken, they stop the MT in USA on the 2014 (4th generation). In USA, you could only get an MT on the base model, so not on the touring, Premium or Limited.
It’s so sad that they don’t offer the Outback or Forester with a stick anymore, I don’t trust their CVT.
EDIT: corrected the last year of availability in USA. Some sources says they were available on the fifth generation up to 2017 in USA but I don’t know if it’s true.
I’ve only ever saw one stick gen4 for sale over the years. I thought they quit offering manuals with the transition away from the EJ series engine mid cycle of gen4. Never knew of an FB+manual outback
2003 Volvo XC70. What can I say, I love a flat torque curve. First turbocharged car for me. Comfortable and can haul a bunch. Bought it on a lark as I took my old Lesabre in to a local car shop to see if they could fix a rusted out front cradle mount. He threw me the keys to the Volvo and said drive it for a couple of days while he would see what he could do with my Buick. I fell in love with it.
Probably not the smartest car purchase decision. Took it to a Volvo specialist AFTER purchase;-( Needed way more work than the car was worth. Dusted off my mechanic skills and OCD took over to learn all the new and specific Volvo things I needed to learn. Checked off nearly everything on the list with plenty of $$, blood sweat and tears. Worked out pretty well as that was 8 years ago and haven’t done anything other than normal maintenance since. Only real bad thing to happen was a carrier bering failed. $1k+ in parts to fix! No thanks! Loved the AWD but not that much! FWD is good enough for me. Still nice to have the clearance. Biggest downside is having to be gentle with the pedal as now the tires will squeal with very little throttle. Amazing how seamlessly that AWD worked.
All in all I really like the car. Amazing to me that an 18 year old car with almost 200k mi still looks like new and the doors close solid and quiet. Not a touch of rust which is amazing given where I live.
Now if they would have made a Lesabre wagon and figured out how to prevent it from rusting out like Volvo figured out, I would drive a Buick forever.
This is a great shot, excellent composition and good camera.
Being an amateur photographer it stood out at me right away.
What camera did you use btw?
Nothing special here. My truck is located outside the rear of my business and I used my Samsung Galaxy S20 phone camera.
Thanks for the compliment.
It has a good quality camera.
Sometimes simple photos work best, you got a full shot that is well cropped and a good angle (and a good subject)
And the background works with the subject, truck in a work location. You can also go with nature shots, themed shots and so forth. But i’ll stop rambling 