First Kia (White GT Limited Purchase)

[Russ]

Hi! New to this forum, living just west of Toronto and just purchased a white Stinger GT Limited. First Kia owned and just looking for pearls of wisdom from other owners regarding care and maintenance

 

[MerlintheMad]

Howdy. What is a "Limited" in Canada? Not the color, obviously. As far as I know, "Limited" in the US are the Sunset Yellow, which reportedly only have 400 examples to be sold here (I saw one the weekend of my test drive; and by Monday it was sold).

 

[Russ]

We only get two trim levels of the 3.3 and the limited is the top trim

 

[Salman]

Congrats @Russ and welcome to the forum

 

[Russ]

Thanks!

 

[westcoastGT]

Hi! New to this forum, living just west of Toronto and just purchased a white Stinger GT Limited. First Kia owned and just looking for pearls of wisdom from other owners regarding care and maintenance

I like the way you roll ..........

 

[tofu]

Howdy. What is a "Limited" in Canada? Not the color, obviously. As far as I know, "Limited" in the US are the Sunset Yellow, which reportedly only have 400 examples to be sold here (I saw one the weekend of my test drive; and by Monday it was sold).

GT Limited = GT2 but with more stuff.

I also have a white GT Limited west of Toronto! Welcome to the gang.

 

[bumble bee]

Welcome, enjoy your ride and this forum.

 

[SteveCo]

Welcome, and congratulations on a wise purchase - you're going to love the car. Not much I can say about care and maintenance, other than I love the car and the way it looks, so I go above and beyond to keep it clean ... Black or Red interior?

Consider updating your profile when you can, with your location and a bit of info on the car. Very resourceful forum, this, and it helps a great deal if people can see what you have, and where you are.

 

[Russ]

I went with the red leather. It wasn't my first choice until I actually saw it. The think the nappa leather is really classy. I have seen red leather in other cars that I found tacky but this is nice

 

[SteveCo]

I went with the red leather. It wasn't my first choice until I actually saw it. The think the nappa leather is really classy. I have seen red leather in other cars that I found tacky but this is nice

Agree. Very nice combination with the White Pearl (bias on full display).

One thing on the maintenance side I would recommend is paint protection film on the front to guard against stone chips and the like. I'd also recommend finding someone other than the dealer to apply it - I paid about half what the dealer wanted and got extra coverage as well.

 

[Russ]

Funny you mention that, I have an appointment with a local shop that is installing it next week. Good advice that I took from this forum after reading about some of the paint issues and rock chips. It's not cheap but a 10 year warranty from scratching and discoloration so hopefully it's worth it.

 

[Soca Boy]

Welcome to forums and congrats on your purchase, I owed KIAs in the pass and all I did to them is regular maintenance. From a Canadian to another, I recommend adding 3M to the front and under coating for our winters. Mine came with the Alberta package which added rubber mats/block heater/wheel locks.

 

[Russ]

Noted and I appreciate the recommendation

 

[DiabloStinger]

Welcome. Just don’t drive into the back of a truck and blame your warning systems. My $.02 from another member!

 

[Russ]

Advice well worth the $.02