Greetings everyone... My wife and I splurged this past April and snatched up a 2020 fully loaded moss green Telluride. Claire, our nickname for her, has more than what we were looking for but we'd been looking and waiting for over 3-months so we jumped.
We love her... just my wife and I took a 4,000 mile vacation, sleeping in her two nights, and learned every feature. We got the front windows tinted and I made a garbage can holder that fits right behind the center console. We've used Claire to tow a trailer to pick up building supplies...
The only negatives... Wipers. Kia removed intermittent settings and replaced it with auto but it does not do well in light rain... The high setting is to slow.
Towing and 7-pin harness... Why rate a vehicle's towing capacity at 5,000 but, in small print, not that to do so, the trailer must have electronic brakes. That requires a 7-pin harness... Which Kia does not include in their towing package and adding one could void the warranty.
Biggest negative... REMOTE START. While it is really "nice" to have a smart phone app and being able to schedule auto start. But the fact I only get a year of that service before having to pay a ton of money to keep that feature... That is insane. To add to that, I can't use it where I live due to poor cell service and when it does have a signal, it is slow. Auto start MUST be on the remote.
We love her... just my wife and I took a 4,000 mile vacation, sleeping in her two nights, and learned every feature. We got the front windows tinted and I made a garbage can holder that fits right behind the center console. We've used Claire to tow a trailer to pick up building supplies...
The only negatives... Wipers. Kia removed intermittent settings and replaced it with auto but it does not do well in light rain... The high setting is to slow.
Towing and 7-pin harness... Why rate a vehicle's towing capacity at 5,000 but, in small print, not that to do so, the trailer must have electronic brakes. That requires a 7-pin harness... Which Kia does not include in their towing package and adding one could void the warranty.
Biggest negative... REMOTE START. While it is really "nice" to have a smart phone app and being able to schedule auto start. But the fact I only get a year of that service before having to pay a ton of money to keep that feature... That is insane. To add to that, I can't use it where I live due to poor cell service and when it does have a signal, it is slow. Auto start MUST be on the remote.
