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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Dude, KIA is bad?

I got a FUXKING MUSTANG !!!! MUSTANG DUDE !

U KNOW HOW MUCH SHAME I HAD DRIVING THAT GARBAGE? OMFG !

I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO THE GARAGE SO NO ONE SEES IT ! AHHHHH !
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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damm i'm waiting on the approval of mazda after my last flash the engine started to tumbal down hill.hope i never go thru this again.a good freind gave me an old beemer z3 with 126,000 miles on it and it's cool but in no way like my baby!i am surprised it has so much punch to it with so many miles!hope to get her back soon it's like a wound that won't heal!!
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nycgps
forgot to say

Dude, KIA is bad?

I got a FUXKING MUSTANG !!!! MUSTANG DUDE !

U KNOW HOW MUCH SHAME I HAD DRIVING THAT GARBAGE? OMFG !

I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO THE GARAGE SO NO ONE SEES IT ! AHHHHH !
A mustang....Ooooo that hurts. But at least it isn't FF. The KIA was extremly light but couldn't handle at all for as light as it is. In the KIA's defense it isn't a sports car, but tell me why this PT cruiser feels like it handles better than the KIA and weighs 100 times more. I just don't get it. My meaning of life is shot.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 04:31 AM
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If it makes you feel better I drive a Tercel to work every single day, not only that but its green and I am 6'5 so its like a giant in a midget car. Nothing beats the 1.5L with like 90hp tops and its got a freaking 3spd. AT so I cant go over 65 without blowing the motor up. But I still **** off the mazda boss's when they try to get me to get a mazda through the company, I just say can you beat 36mpg.....give me a nice raise or promote me and I will get a mazda but for now I will drive my toyota gaycel.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Sleepy-z
If it makes you feel better I drive a Tercel to work every single day, not only that but its green and I am 6'5 so its like a giant in a midget car. Nothing beats the 1.5L with like 90hp tops and its got a freaking 3spd. AT so I cant go over 65 without blowing the motor up. But I still **** off the mazda boss's when they try to get me to get a mazda through the company, I just say can you beat 36mpg.....give me a nice raise or promote me and I will get a mazda but for now I will drive my toyota gaycel.
If gas milage wasn't a so important, you should go FI on your tercel.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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My wife had a Tercel. And about the only thing that air can do to it that is considered 'forced' is involuntary LANE CHANGES!



My god that thing couldn't hold it's lane under a light summer breeze. I swear I went airborne over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge a few times.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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1.replacing rotary engine number one = Free under warranty

2. replacing rotary engine number two = Free under warranty

3. complaining about the piston engine = PRICELESS!
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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1.) Getting rotary engine replaced = Free

2.) Getting a new car = Price of car

3.) Still visiting a rotary forum and complaining about it in every post = Priceless
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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You think THAT is a complaint?
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Heh, nah, I've seen the last 25+ posts of yours, that last one was tame.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Shoafb
1.replacing rotary engine number one = Free under warranty

2. replacing rotary engine number two = Free under warranty

3. complaining about the piston engine = PRICELESS!
Well yeah, they are unsmooth engines after all. I'm just a smooth kind of guy.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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I got a Spectra once when my 8 was in the shop, and I've never been more terrified of a car in my life. It's cars like this thing that make people think you can't take a corner over 20 mph.

I had people blowing past me off red lights, even with the pedal to the floor. I had to brake twice as early because the brakes seemed more of a game of chance than anything. Cornering was terrifyingly vague...and if all this wasn't bad enough, the whole car felt like it was ready to crumple in on itself, so the (very likely considering its performance) idea of an accident was just that much more scary.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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So yeah, you know where i am coming from with the spectra ! isn't KIA owned by hyundai ? The only thing worse than a hyundai is a lower quality hyundai.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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Well yeah, they are unsmooth engines after all. I'm just a smooth kind of guy.

Yea, but it's a bit unfair to say a piston engine is the problem... more so a Kia piston engine may not be that smooth.... but at it's price point it is not meant to be.

your talking 30k car rotary vs ... what is the retail on a kia?
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Shoafb
Yea, but it's a bit unfair to say a piston engine is the problem... more so a Kia piston engine may not be that smooth.... but at it's price point it is not meant to be.

your talking 30k car rotary vs ... what is the retail on a kia?
Should be $5, if even that. Yeah i know i don't have a problem with PE, im just a rotray fanboy, and thats how i will remain.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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If you think you can get away with it again, go ask for a RWD vehicle. I was also offered a PT Cruiser, and I told them I couldnt drive a FWD Vehicle very well. I drove it from the Car rental place at the body shop to another branch of the rental place and picked up an HHR. Not too shabby even in the corners for a 4 banger, and it had a lot of hp for its weight as well.

Oh course being a woman they bought it hook line and sinker.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rddragoness
If you think you can get away with it again, go ask for a RWD vehicle. I was also offered a PT Cruiser, and I told them I couldnt drive a FWD Vehicle very well. I drove it from the Car rental place at the body shop to another branch of the rental place and picked up an HHR. Not too shabby even in the corners for a 4 banger, and it had a lot of hp for its weight as well.

Oh course being a woman they bought it hook line and sinker.
I don't know if thats a good idea because when i went to take the spectra back, the lady working got all butt hurt when i told her that i didn't like it. She goes " You'll be asking for it back, just watch you'll see !" She was really serious about it. I think maybe she owned one and i pretty much told her she owned a crappy car.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Should be $5, if even that. Yeah i know i don't have a problem with PE, im just a rotray fanboy, and thats how i will remain.
They really should treat you better then putting you in a Kia.

It would be great if Mazda had loaner 8's out there for when an engine does need to be replaced. It' kinda adding insult to injury to have your car in the shop and have to drive a Kia!
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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They rent based on car size anyways, you had a 4 seater so they gave you a 4 seater similar in size. kinda why if you wreck a van you get a van, wreck a crown vic you get a tauras. I was hit once in my corolla gt-s, my dad was given a small similar size car, only problem was he is 6'3 300lbs so he looked at the car and said there isnt a chance I will comute in that car so they gave him a tauras.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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So i guess my dealership got my engine in. They said they will have it dropped in on tue. or wed. I asked them if they knew where it come from just to make sure, and they said they still don't know. Damn dealership.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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yeah that sucks dude We all know how that feels to b without ur 8
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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yeah that sucks dude We all know how that feels to b without ur 8
Yeah your telling me! I'm browsing every video review i can find on the rx8. watching every single one. I probably watched the top gear review 50 times.
God bless The Stig
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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Lol dude I feel for you... I had a PT Cruiser rental and it was such a load of ****. It has got to be the most embarrassing car to drive around, and the interior was garbage. PLASTIC everything, the shitty seats, the shitty radio, the shitty shifter thing that was 20 feet tall...

The car would NOT go up a hill in Malibu (Pepperdine).. the max speed was 7mph and I was flooring it! Id rather drive a Kia Rio or something...

Then they gave me a Mercedez Benz C class Brand new!
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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It's Chrysler engineering that makes the rest of the world think americans are dumb. It's Chryslers fault americans are overweight. It's Chryslers fault there is a war going on right now, hell it's even Chryslers fault my girl won't go make me some pancakes.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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Well there are 2 ways to check if its mazda reman.
1. The alternator bolt(14mm) that hold it to the front housing cover, basically to the bottom right of the alternator, there would be a stamp on the front cover to the right of the alternator bolt that either says cat reman and there number or mazda remanufacturing on it.

2. The parts department should know where it came from. Just go the parts department and tell them you had a reman engine put in your car and you want to know where they recieved the motor from, the VA plant or the SC plant. They recieve the motors, service department has no idea because all they do is write up the orders and parts handles getting the parts/eniges.
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