Seaph03nix
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Hi all.
Just bought a 2022 Kia Stinger GT2 with low miles a month ago. Super stoked to have my own Stinger. I've seen them on the road for years and always thought they were striking and looked like a lot of fun. Started doing research about the specs and features, and was more impressed. I had never been in one literally until I went to the dealership for the very one I bought, and was even more impressed with the interior and everything. Some people are wary of the Hyundai/Kia brands, saying they aren't reliable or are the opposite of prestige, but that's not my experience. Having had a Hyundai Veloster Turbo as my first car, I loved it, and I think Hyundai/Kia have improved dramatically over the past 10/15 years in both reliability and prestige now with Genesis. So went ahead and bought the stinger that day, a month ago.
The Veloster was my first car, lost in a crash, totaled, some 5 years ago, just as the new and used car markets were out of whack with COVID. I tried a risky but somewhat successful strategy to not overpaying at that time - I bought a 10 year old car with relatively low miles, as the 10 + year old car market was less inflated and hot than new and < 10 year old used cars. I bought a v6 Camaro. Always wanted to have a muscle car for some time. My strategy sort of worked, especially since I was able to get a really good, legitimate extended warranty that covered repairs for a while, for a great price; but I reached the upper limit of the total repair amount that warranty would cover, and then repairs got expensive in the last year. I started looking into the car markets again, and after years they finally had cooled and normalized in the last year, so it was time to get out of the Camaro. Had my fun, but the repairs were not fun anymore. I think I was able to get a pretty good deal on the stinger I switched into now, so I'm pleased with that.
I've been posting on reddit on r/kiastinger and r/stingerGT but my posts/topics are a bit more detailed, like ideas, projects, modifications I have in mind, and haven't gotten many responses there, so I thought I'd join here and try and see how it goes.
My Stinger is snow white pearl outside and wine red leather inside. LMK if anyone would like pictures, I'll share some - I just figure since the car is stock right now, it looks the same as any stinger in that particular combination, that you can pictures for online by googling.
Just bought a 2022 Kia Stinger GT2 with low miles a month ago. Super stoked to have my own Stinger. I've seen them on the road for years and always thought they were striking and looked like a lot of fun. Started doing research about the specs and features, and was more impressed. I had never been in one literally until I went to the dealership for the very one I bought, and was even more impressed with the interior and everything. Some people are wary of the Hyundai/Kia brands, saying they aren't reliable or are the opposite of prestige, but that's not my experience. Having had a Hyundai Veloster Turbo as my first car, I loved it, and I think Hyundai/Kia have improved dramatically over the past 10/15 years in both reliability and prestige now with Genesis. So went ahead and bought the stinger that day, a month ago.
The Veloster was my first car, lost in a crash, totaled, some 5 years ago, just as the new and used car markets were out of whack with COVID. I tried a risky but somewhat successful strategy to not overpaying at that time - I bought a 10 year old car with relatively low miles, as the 10 + year old car market was less inflated and hot than new and < 10 year old used cars. I bought a v6 Camaro. Always wanted to have a muscle car for some time. My strategy sort of worked, especially since I was able to get a really good, legitimate extended warranty that covered repairs for a while, for a great price; but I reached the upper limit of the total repair amount that warranty would cover, and then repairs got expensive in the last year. I started looking into the car markets again, and after years they finally had cooled and normalized in the last year, so it was time to get out of the Camaro. Had my fun, but the repairs were not fun anymore. I think I was able to get a pretty good deal on the stinger I switched into now, so I'm pleased with that.
I've been posting on reddit on r/kiastinger and r/stingerGT but my posts/topics are a bit more detailed, like ideas, projects, modifications I have in mind, and haven't gotten many responses there, so I thought I'd join here and try and see how it goes.
My Stinger is snow white pearl outside and wine red leather inside. LMK if anyone would like pictures, I'll share some - I just figure since the car is stock right now, it looks the same as any stinger in that particular combination, that you can pictures for online by googling.
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