Hello from Europe!

[robz32]

Welcome aboard and congratulations. That is a ver nice colour combination. Keep us posted when you pick it up.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Now I have the Albanian flag. Very funny that it keeps changing based on the last location I logged in from

Yeah, the GPS app on the forum does that. Sometimes one our Aussie friends (I forget which one) "shows up" in the "US" because of a quirk, where he works. He has asked Sal to lobotomize the location app because it is basically useless, because of all the times that it doesn't work. So far, nothing has been done.

 

[eflyguy]

I asked directly on many occasions, but just figured out a way to block it so I no longer lose sleep over it..

 

[StingerNick]

Well, thank you for the good news . I just ordered the winter tires and now waiting for the confirmation on the 18" rims. If all will be ready at the dealership on Friday I'll be able to pick up the car on Saturday morning. Very excited!!

PS: Now I have the Albanian flag. Very funny that it keeps changing based on the last location I logged in from

Welcome to the Ceramic Silver world! I love the color and you will too! Please post photos when it arrives

 

[7Andrei7]

Just received news that it arrived to my local dealership and I can pick it up tomorrow morning. Wohoo!!

 

[robz32]

That great news. Post some photos when you pick it up. Eager to see if there any major differences with Stingers from other markets.

 

[Ozstung]

Just received news that it arrived to my local dealership and I can pick it up tomorrow morning. Wohoo!!

No sleep for you tonight!! Its like turning the clock back to Christmas eve as a child.
Mandatory photo please. Lol.

 

[7Andrei7]

Yes, I barely slept. Here she is. Waiting for the papers. Sooo excited!!

 

[7Andrei7]

First stop

 

[Ozstung]

Nice enjoy, no wonder your English is so good everything displayed is English I suppose you're then forced to learn it.

So the dealer didn't put petrol in the car? Over here they are suppose to fill it up before you get it.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Nice enjoy, no wonder your English is so good everything displayed is English I suppose you're then forced to learn it.

So the dealer didn't put petrol in the car? Over here they are suppose to fill it up before you get it.

I bet that "first stop" was to top off after a nice long, introductory drive!

 

[StingerNick]

No sleep for you tonight!! Its like turning the clock back to Christmas eve as a child.
Mandatory photo please. Lol.

I was thinking the exact same! Can’t wait to see photos. Good luck!

 

[StingerNick]

First stop

Wow! Congratulations! Let us know how your first day went. Join the conversation at the “Ceramic Silver” thread.

Ceramic Silver / Ghost Grey Discussion

 

[7Andrei7]

@Ozstung Yes, pretty much everything used to come standard in english over here. Now you can opt for romanian but I guess I’m used to english.
And no, the dealers never fills them up. They give you all sorts of stuff but not gas. Strange
And about that, did you all get a mini Stinger with yours?

The car is amazing! I drove it already for 550km today. Basically the whole day . The feeling is great and the interior is a bliss. I love the lights inside and all the gadgets.
One thing annoys me: I need to turn on the auto-hold after each restart of the car. Do you know how to make it stayon forever?
Some more pics:

 

[StingerNick]

@Ozstung Yes, pretty much everything used to come standard in english over here. Now you can opt for romanian but I guess I’m used to english.
And no, the dealers never fills them up. They give you all sorts of stuff but not gas. Strange
And about that, did you all get a mini Stinger with yours?

The car is amazing! I drove it already for 550km today. Basically the whole day . The feeling is great and the interior is a bliss. I love the lights inside and all the gadgets.
One thing annoys me: I need to turn on the auto-hold after each restart of the car. Do you know how to make it stayon forever?
Some more pics:

I made a step by step on how to permanently push that button. Should take about 30-45 mins to complete.
How to permanently turn off the Auto Start/Stop button

It’s super easy!

I’m jealous of your mini Stinger

 

[eflyguy]

.. turn on auto hold, not turn off ISG.

 

[7Andrei7]

So, I am turning ON the auto hold but after I turn OFF the engine, next time I start it, the auto hold is by default OFF. So I have to press the auto hold button again (once) to activate it. I am not interacting in any way with the ISG. Never touched that button. My previous car had a menu option to chose if auto hold should be on or off by default. I can't find it in the Stinger menu.

 

[eflyguy]

Sorry - I was replying to StingerNick who is talking about his fix to disable ISG, and pointing out you were talking about keeping Auto Hold on.

There is no option for keeping Auto Hold on that I am aware of, but I don't use it so I've never looked for it.

 

[7Andrei7]

Ah, sorry, now that I read your post again it's very obvious but somehow first time my mind saw it as an instruction to fix my problem
I feel that the auto hold is a very useful thing as you don't need to keep your foot on the break while at a stop light.

 

[eflyguy]

Lots of things on this car many people wish could be set as default but unfortunately Kia decided we wouldn't need it..