The new BMW Kia Sorento

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 02/21/2015 at 20:01 • Filed to: None

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This lovely vehicle pulled up next to me while I was running some errands today. Best I could tell, this might be some kind of kit. You can kinda make out the raised edge of the plastic piece holding the kidney grilles.

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Textured Soy Protein 02/21/2015 at 20:07

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Why?

Mike > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/21/2015 at 20:09

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So you can be a pretentious asshole in a $10k car.

Garrett Davis > Mike 02/21/2015 at 20:12

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You can buy a nice looking BMW for 10k. No excuses, KIA owners.

scoob > Garrett Davis 02/21/2015 at 20:15

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Reliability? Wait, nvm.

Mike > Garrett Davis 02/21/2015 at 20:17

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The problem is keeping that BMW going. A $10k BMW is going to cost you well more than $10k over the life of the car. There's a reason I just drove home a used Mazda3 instead of a used 3-series, despite both falling into my price range.

Jcarr > Textured Soy Protein 02/21/2015 at 20:22

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My parents traded their 2004 Sorento for a 2011 328xi a couple years ago. If I had known about this then, I could have saved them the trouble!

VonBelmont > Mike 02/21/2015 at 22:02

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Get one for <$10k and put the savings into repairs

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Textured Soy Protein 02/21/2015 at 22:30

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I think it's silly to assume a level of status based on one's belongings, whether it's a BMW crossover or a Louis Vuitton handbag or a pair of Gucci loafers or whatever... and it's even sillier to assume that same status when the thing is a knockoff of the real thing. So, yeah, the Kia Sorento driver needs a dope slap.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/21/2015 at 22:35

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It's for KIAs that have blown turn signal globes, just stick the kidneys on and BAM! No need to use turn signals ever again.

Mike > VonBelmont 02/22/2015 at 00:51

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For someone like us, sure. But for the the kind of person that's going to drive an X-series, or ESPECIALLY this, I don't think they're gonna think that way.

As for me, I skipped the 3-series because of a number of reasons. Insurance was a bitch, my mom was given a license to be a bit overly controlling when she somehow ended up with the insurance payout, and I would've ran out of money for repairs before I would've been able to buy another car, anyway. The Mazda/Subaru option ended up being the best compromise. Believe me, I would've loved to have flown out to California to go buy a Volvo P1800 instead, let alone an E30 or E36.

sellphones2493 > Textured Soy Protein 02/22/2015 at 09:21

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Just saw the same thing here Connecticut a few days back. It makes it look Chinese...