He’s got that “my team” fixation I think. Like for some reason we owe Kia some sort of brand loyalty or an obligation to be a “Kia booster”. See it all the time now. Sports, politics and things people buy. It’s all about their “team” identity. Sad really that their personal worth is so tied up in their “teams”.
I like Kia as well and love this car, which is why’s i bought it. But I’ve bought Fords, Chevy’s, Nissan’s, Acura and Toyota’s in the past because they had a great vehicle I wanted at the time and enjoyed while I had it. I’m a stinger fan, I’ll probably never buy a Rio or Sorento just because I bought a Stinger.
How many miles do you have on your Silky Silver GT1 now? Just curious, since you just said that you're sparing her from "excessive mileage" (and bad weather).
How many miles do you have on your Silky Silver GT1 now? Just curious, since you just said that you're sparing her from "excessive mileage" (and bad weather).
You're in the middle of your working life. So I can understand completely the differences between a DD and a Fun car. Being retired, I have no need of a daily driver. But, in winter, I do miss my van now. But also, I do not want three cars for the two of us. So I just make sure I get to an under body spray car wash each time the weather makes the roads wet again. Around here, even after a beater of a snow storm, the roads are plowed off within a day (main arteries) and 95% dried out the following afternoon. So often, I can avoid the saline solution entirely just by driving only when the roads are dry. Last winter was typical of how it's going to be: four good sized snow storms, a dozen or more light snow or rain storms, making the roads and their saline wet all over again. Of course, one of those is gone in minutes and the roads are dry again within a couple of hours. Judicious timing makes the difference between driving dry or having to make another trip to the car wash to get the underside sprayed out.
It's not like we're out here swapping out 4-rings or 3-pointed stars onto our cars. I've seen more than my share of people with 328i's slapping M3 badges on or C250..AMGs.. 
Those deserve laughter and ridicule. Using either OEM Kia emblems or different versions of badges that say or imply Kia, on a Kia.. I don't see the issue.
All this over badges..?
I re-badged simply because the ones I put on are WAY cooler than Kia's North American badge
But it sure does confuse a lot of people and receives a lot of looks.
