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Why are you so convinced that anything will ever need to be done to your headlights? You just bought a brand new car, enjoy it. It's under warranty for 5/60. After that, if you still have it, you can worry about looking up replacement costs for headlights and whatnot. It's an LED assembly, they last forever.
I don’t like the idea that if 1 light goes out you have to toss the whole headlight assembly...not very environmentally friendly, expensive and just a bad design in general...i know every car has dumb parts of the design (my headlights on my legacy)...I hope these lights do last forever and I hope her car runs over 300k miles without many repairs for what it cost...we drive cars into high mileage...I want to get to the point that a repair costs more than the car is worth before I get rid of it so I’m not wasting money on a new one...240k on my old 05 Mazda 6 before I got rid of it only doing wear and tear repairs...have 193k on my 13 Subaru Legacy now with only wear and tear repairs (lot of bulbs and extra oil due to the oil consumption issue)...she needed a new car cause her 14 loaded maxima only made it to 133k before the transmission threw a code...I will want to bury this new car...but wear and tear items should be easy to replace by the consumer and not cost you a lot of money...if lights are covered by warranty that’s great as long as I don’t have to pay for labor or anything should they go out...I don’t even want to ask how hard it is to do the rear turn signal bulbs in the bumper...someone hits your bumper and you’re out a tail light, some sensors and you have to get your bumper repaired, not exactly brilliant vs just putting the signals up near the rear brake lights like everyone else so you have access to swap them out from the trunk easily...in my opinion more electronics in cars = more chances for something to break which usually requires a dealer to fix and I hate going back to a dealer...I like things simple...while this car is really nice, it was not my choice but I do hope it treats us well
 
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Buying a new car now days is a bad idea because they are not simple anymore. Probably have at least ten times more computers for sensors, cameras, HUD display, warning displays, cruise control, drive modes, fancy mirrors, … All new model cars have all kinds of nice features that people want. Good thing Kia warranty is better than most. Plus, I got the ten year warranty from Kia Muncie of Indiana for the electronics.
 
Buying a new car now days is a bad idea because they are not simple anymore. Probably have at least ten times more computers for sensors, cameras, HUD display, warning displays, cruise control, drive modes, fancy mirrors, … All new model cars have all kinds of nice features that people want. Good thing Kia warranty is better than most. Plus, I got the ten year warranty from Kia Muncie of Indiana for the electronics.
Exactly...the base/mid trims are usually where I reside but my wife wants all the bells and whistles...I want point a to point b plus a few features that are must haves...anything extra I’d rather not have...once my legacy goes...I want reliability above all else...leather or fake leather because dogs...no cvt...60/40 folding rear seat...be able to connect 2 phones to Bluetooth...would be nice to have the dual driver seat memory but I can deal without it...can’t really think of much else that I require...I try to keep it simple
 
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Buying a new car now days is a bad idea because they are not simple anymore. Probably have at least ten times more computers for sensors, cameras, HUD display, warning displays, cruise control, drive modes, fancy mirrors, … All new model cars have all kinds of nice features that people want. Good thing Kia warranty is better than most. Plus, I got the ten year warranty from Kia Muncie of Indiana for the electronics.

Yeah when picked up mines they broke it down to me on the regular warranty. Electronics was like 3 years.. then 5years bumper to so called bumper... then 10 years for the drivetrain... i ended up extending all tapping out at 120,000 mile warranty.. zero deductible... happy as hell..
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heading up to pick up the car this afternoon...i'm sure the electronics questions will be coming as she starts driving/playing around with it
 
plans changed...car will be picked up saturday
 
plans changed...car will be picked up saturday


What happened?
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Has anyone seen an ETA that was 2 months and then came in much sooner? I ordered an EX with no options (Wanted bench), thought maybe it would be faster also. ETA issued today is 11/27. I've also noticed on Failcat they haven't pushed out any of these in almost 2 weeks. There were quite a few pushed out daily for a while. Wonder if something changed?
 
Has anyone seen an ETA that was 2 months and then came in much sooner? I ordered an EX with no options (Wanted bench), thought maybe it would be faster also. ETA issued today is 11/27. I've also noticed on Failcat they haven't pushed out any of these in almost 2 weeks. There were quite a few pushed out daily for a while. Wonder if something changed?
Our estimate was 6-8 months and it’s going to end up being under 3 months so we are happy
 
Family emergency


I hope everything turns out well with the fam!
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Picked it up this morning...put the smartliner floor mats in, the toughpro cargo mat, the car seat and all the other items she had in her car before...set up the seat memory settings and parked it in the garage...fit pretty well...still have to go through all the controls and settings but she likes it which is what matters
 
wife loves the car...we both hate the auto stop engine button...she has def not gotten into all the settings yet...just using the things she needs...still trying to figure out how to handle situating 2 dogs (plus our daughter) in the car easily for longer rides (mainly so the dogs are comfortable and stay put)

bought the calinkit 3.0...installed it and my wife was having issues with it disconnecting while driving so i updated it...basically you just have it connected to your phone in your car and then go to a browser on your phone and type in the address 192.168.50.2 and it will show you the updates if there are any...

items that are still on my to buy list...

-screen protector for the display (found 1 option on amazon but still looking as the ratings aren't great)
-27mm oil filter socket
-F106SZ Fumoto valve
-26320-3CKB0 oil filter
-auto engine off module (when on sale)

i have not found any other items that i consider must haves for this car
 
wife loves the car...we both hate the auto stop engine button...she has def not gotten into all the settings yet...just using the things she needs...still trying to figure out how to handle situating 2 dogs (plus our daughter) in the car easily for longer rides (mainly so the dogs are comfortable and stay put)

bought the calinkit 3.0...installed it and my wife was having issues with it disconnecting while driving so i updated it...basically you just have it connected to your phone in your car and then go to a browser on your phone and type in the address 192.168.50.2 and it will show you the updates if there are any...

items that are still on my to buy list...

-screen protector for the display (found 1 option on amazon but still looking as the ratings aren't great)
-27mm oil filter socket
-F106SZ Fumoto valve
-26320-3CKB0 oil filter
-auto engine off module (when on sale)

i have not found any other items that i consider must haves for this car
re: screen protector. I bought it on a whim, not even sure why...and I love it. It completely removes smudges from the screen and reduces glare. It does have to be inserted between the screen and the housing and slid down; initially, it looked like it was the wrong size, but then I read the reviews and it was fine.


I also got the EZ-pass silicone cover (black) so it doesn't look like a zit sitting on the back of the nav screen. It works flawlessly and blends in great.
 
re: screen protector. I bought it on a whim, not even sure why...and I love it. It completely removes smudges from the screen and reduces glare. It does have to be inserted between the screen and the housing and slid down; initially, it looked like it was the wrong size, but then I read the reviews and it was fine.


I also got the EZ-pass silicone cover (black) so it doesn't look like a zit sitting on the back of the nav screen. It works flawlessly and blends in great.
With the screen protector, do you have to press any harder to get a response? Thx!
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re: screen protector. I bought it on a whim, not even sure why...and I love it. It completely removes smudges from the screen and reduces glare. It does have to be inserted between the screen and the housing and slid down; initially, it looked like it was the wrong size, but then I read the reviews and it was fine.


I also got the EZ-pass silicone cover (black) so it doesn't look like a zit sitting on the back of the nav screen. It works flawlessly and blends in great.
good info...thanks...i'll probably pick one up...good to have positive feedback before i purchase
 
How difficult is it to install between screen and housing?
It doesn't just apply to screen like most screen protectors?
 
How difficult is it to install between screen and housing?
It doesn't just apply to screen like most screen protectors?
i read the reviews in the amazon item...it says at the bottom of the screen you have to slide it down between the screen and the housing
 




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