"TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
02/10/2019 at 06:24 • Filed to: Kia, Kia Ray, Light Car, Kei Car, Korea, Jeju
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"TchmilFan" (tchmilfan)
02/10/2019 at 06:24 • Filed to: Kia, Kia Ray, Light Car, Kei Car, Korea, Jeju | 2
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...this...
It’s the Korean equivalent of a Kei car. I lack details about the car classification, but I believe they’re called “Light Cars” here. “Here” being Jeju Island, south of South Korea mainland.
Anyway, the Kia Ray is , er, interesting.
You have to put up with a fair bit of engine noise if you drive eagerly. Scared to throw it around too much as it’s a rental and a little on the tall side. As a whole, it’s fine and fills the niche it has been created for, there are small niggles everywhere, but I’d be happy with it as a short journey/city car. (A particular pain is the shoe-ruining super high parking brake pedal.)
Had the opportunity to drive it on the touge-esque “1100m” mountain road - that was fun until my partner got anxious and insisted she took over driving duties.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> TchmilFan
02/10/2019 at 07:13 |
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i thought it was an EV at first
so how well does it hoon?
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TchmilFan
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/10/2019 at 07:53 |
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I think there’s an EV version - there are a lot of EVs on the island.
Hoonage ill-advised, partner gets annoyed and many speed and CCTV cameras here BUT when I got to drive it up the hairpins on Hallasan it seemed like it would be fun. I didn’t get to do the downhill :-(
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> TchmilFan
02/10/2019 at 08:38 |
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That is a cute little car I like it. Part of me hopes that gas shoots to 7 dollars a gallon so that American can have tiny cars too.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/10/2019 at 08:38 |
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That big false grille does kind of scream electric car.