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Yah, what I said - mid-life crisis![hihi] I'm in the same boat for the most part. I always wanted a performance vehicle of some sort, but too young, too broke, or both! Ford Probe, then Nissan Maxima, now Mazda6, but nothing that was truly a BMW M-series "type" of vehicle. Besides: A. BMW =...

I've let Kia Corporate know of this configuration "issue" (at least to me and some others looking at a GT AWD w/Drive Wise), and it appears to be a "northern" configuration if you will, but it's uniform across the entire country. This leads me to think it's a cost cutting measure. They are...

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Interesting... I just chatted with a dealer who's worked at his Kia dealership for 4 years and said the configurations - any GT or GT1 w/AWD and Drive Wise are configured with 18's standard. Nothing with AWD and Drive Wise GT or GT1's coming in with 19s. None of them. And I have seen the window...

Interesting to see how the Stinger is clearly hitting up the mid-life crisis demographic - mostly. Of course, there are not many younger adults that can afford a car like this, unless getting into the leasing game or going into massive debt - or both - and older folks tend to have had their...

I can confirm this also. It is nearly black when the sun is not shining. When the sun is out, and it is washed it looks very silky, or very liquid. But overall, it's still too close to black and too dark. I've decided on Micro Blue. That said, I've confirmed that Kia, whenever selling a GT or...

Well, it's open road, until it isn't. The greater Seattle area is anything but open road. It's a nightmare as soon as it rains... The fine folks of Seattle paid taxes for 5 lanes of highway, then the state or city takes away 2 of the lanes and charges to drive on them. Wow... So if you are...

The poll didn't contain my option: Business/Sales car (primarily). I drive around 24k - 25k miles a year all over the PacNW. The idea Kia came along with a Grand Turismo, Italian style - it was like they read my mind. Sport, power, comfort mode and away I drive for 3 - 6 hours on the road on...

So I'm going after a GT w/AWD and the Drive Wise package, and then a snag. For the few out there with this package, it appears Kia has made the "wise" decision to throw on 18" rims with all-seasons. Ack!... Hopefully someone in Product Marketing will figure it out.

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Have you test driven a GT version yet? It'll give you a really good idea at what you are dealing with here.

That makes a lot of sense. I'm 47, but I'd consider the same thing living in Chicago also. It is age, or is it environment? The survey I pointed to shows more millennial buying cars than Gen X-ers like myself did. Interesting... But hey, to keep it somewhat on the Stinger, isn't this car going...

So we've been told... Certainly, while the economy was quite slow and Millenials struggled for jobs this was a trend. No car, ride sharing, etc... But now? This says otherwise: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/30/millennials-like-buying-cars-after-all.html Hmmm...

Remember kids, respect your elders (that means me) - I'm 47 so... ; ) A year or two ago, Mazda had the youngest average car owner age of around 42. I thought "Wow, old people own a lot of cars!" Get your head around it and it's older people that "should" be able to afford cars. Kids want them...

mldavis2, Thanks for the vote of confidence in blue paint! Good to know. Mine will also be kept outside, with lots of rain and such in the Pacific NW, so sun isn't the only monster on my car's paint. And yes, recoup tooling, line and development costs ASAP. Kia is doing what most companies do...

Evidently I do not - yet - have permission to create a post/article, so I will just share what I would like to have done: Title: Elusive GT's Found! Basically, today I discovered TWO GT's in the Pacific NW w/AWD AND, AND, the Drive Wise Package. There we go! Panthera Metal and Micro Blue...

This is why I initially meet, but then switch to emailing my contact and when they call - 100% predictable, I'll talk to them, but then go back to email. When they call - again. In that conversation I'll move back to email. If they don't want to sell a car that way I move on. Last time it was...

Question (Likely for MurlinatoR): On a lease, as in a purchase, there is the sticker listed "Destination Fee." However, does a lease also carry with it an "Acquisition Fee" or is that a dealer added cost, NOT from KMF, and thus negotiable, thus just another created markup?... I'm hearing the...

I live in the Portland metro area, so that is great. Maybe when it stops snowing I'll need to get over there and take a looksee! Just from this image it looks like it contains a lot of fleck. I'm not oppossed to that, but was hoping it was leaning more towards the Mazda Machine Gray Metalic...