Am I still happy with my Kia Rio Cinco car. Yes I am eventhough the thermostat decided it didn’t want to work properly. Okay sometimes car beak down its bond to happen. I do have to admit at one point in time I think we all where going to need to get some hair loss shampoo because it was so uncomfortable and I was about ready to pull my hair out with frustration. I was told last night Kias are not good cars, but I didn’t really take their perspective on it because this was the first time I had trouble with my car. I have had the car since November and have had cars which by know where in the shop at least 2 times, not this little car. Other then a Oil change this is the first time I needed the car in the shop.
The good thing about the car is even with the car running way hotter then it likes to, and having the heat blasting the gas mileage was still good. I got over 260 miles and only had to put in just over 8 gallons of gas so that not terrible not as good as the car does normally but hey it had its heat on full blast on a 70 degree day.. I am surprise it didn’t receive more damage from me driving to Illinois when the thermostat had crapped out on me. I am not sure why this car did that after just having it for a little while, but sometimes it happens.
I got my car back from the mechanic, after it was fixed. He called me before doing the work. The worst thing is when you are away from home and do not have your car. It one of the yickiest feelings I have dealt with coming home to visit. I was worried I would have to wait till monday but it was a fast fix. While one the phone with the mechanic he said we checked the car over and its a great car the only problem we found was the thermostat. Now I am not sure but it seemed that they didn’t charge me as much as they could have grant it the part was cheaper then the labor. But the labor was not long neither, the car must be fairly easy to work on for it to be completed this quickly. When I got back to get my car, the temp gage stayed in the normal range like when I first got it. I asked him if he gets many kias in with this problem and he didn’t have anything bad to say about the car. It makes me feel good to hear 2 mechanics tell me I got a good car.
I like my car a lot, honestly I was hoping that I was just being over concerned because of all my breakdowns in the past. So I will still get another Kia if given the option. I am very happy with the car even though it had troubles.. I guess you just have to be prepared for troubles.