Stinger 2.0 GT-Line RWD

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Hi All, i am from Malaysia, nice meeting you all.

i got a 2.0 GT-Line RWD 3 days ago, it come with AVM, 15 harmon kardon speaker etc as same as GT but lacking of that 3.3 engine and some other feature related to 3.3.

well, actually before i got the stinger, the Kia reseller arranged me a temporally replacement car for me to drive around because i sold my old car, the replacement car was a Honda CIVIC 2018 1.5 turbo CVT. i was driving it for about a week and i was really enjoyed its pick up power, it was small, lightweight but the acceleration was so fantastic, and on paper it is rated at only 172HP.

i was hoping GT-Line which rated at 255HP should do much better than that CIVIC. unfortunately it is not, although i had not pump in full throttle yet(still new at less than 300km) i already feel that in acceleration wise CIVIC is doing better.

that Theta II 2.0t just did not perform as good as shown in the paper. i guess due to Stinger is much more heavy?
but one thing for sure, Stinger are much fun to drive, stability, feature, cornering are way much beyond my expectation so generally is a very good car.

ok so here my few little question:

1. is there anyway to fixed the driving mode? i prefer smart mode but each time i start engine it goes to Comfort.

2. where is odometer? the old style A B odometer? i need it because sometime i drive my car for business trip and my company is paying me by how many kilometer i drove, so without the odometer i cant trace how many km i driven.
 
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I'm pretty happy personally with the performance of the 2.0 engine. Has good low end torque and 0-60mph in 5.5-6.0 seconds is very respectable in my opinion.

the driving mode resets to either comfort or eco upon start-up, depending on what mode you had it in before switching the engine off. There is nothing you can do in the settings to change this, unfortunately:

Sport+ = Comfort
Sport = Comfort
Comfort = Comfort
Eco = Eco
Smart = Comfort

On the steering wheel, on the buttons to the right of the wheel, press the top left button to cycle through the cluster menus, until it shows trip details (mpg, miles travelled, time taken).

The mileage gauge showing total mileage of the car is next to the speedometer
 

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