Bought a car today :)

After nearly 15 years of driving old, high mileage worn out cars I was finally able to treat myself to something new and nice! 

2018 Stinger GT2 AWD. Every option imaginable. Sticky rubber. Let the fun begin

IMG_20181013_151557 by _Storz_, on Flickr

IMG_20181013_155752 by _Storz_, on Flickr

Cool car, how do you like it so far?

Well I've put a total of about 10 miles on it, but I absolutely love it! It is deceptively quick!

Congratulations. The Stinger is a sleeper to all but car guys like us. It will be fun when some BMW guy looks down at "just a Kia," and you blow his doors off. That's a cool car.

Love the color, congrats on the purchase!

love that color.  ya know I see TOO many similarly styled Beemers and Porkers around town so when I see the odd Kia Stinger I actually look at it.  It's handsome.  I hope it treats you to miles of smiles. 

I just read  a column in Octane magazine this afternoon about how strange it is that the styling of BMWs has taken a second seat to Kias.  The Stinger is a pretty nice looking car.  

Nice, there are two of those at my work garage, they look pretty great in person. 

stuart in mn said:

I just read  a column in Octane magazine this afternoon about how strange it is that the styling of BMWs has taken a second seat to Kias.  The Stinger is a pretty nice looking car.  

also strange that you can buy the Kia with a manual but can't buy a BMW with one.....

Great choice - I love that color!

Nice! I agree, the color is great 

In reply to Storz :

funny my 1.6 is deceptively slow.  Loud.  Pedestrians look around but I still get smoked by Chevy Sparks.  The 2.0 has a little more grunt so occasionally I look down and see I'm breaking the speed limit which reminds me of an article by a British journalist in most likely the weekend Guardian driving a Dodge Daytona about how he didn't realize the speed from the mid-90s.  

A new car like the Stinger would take a day or two to adapt to. 

Nice!

Appleseed said:

Congratulations. The Stinger is a sleeper to all but car guys like us. It will be fun when some BMW guy looks down at "just a Kia," and you blow his doors off. That's a cool car.

I'm a BMW guy since '71.  I currently drive a '76 2002 with e30 M3 engine, a '98 M3 and a '16 M3.  I've driven a stinger & was very favorably impressed.  I'm not looking down on "just a Kia".   Nice ride,  I expect you will enjoy it.

Sweet! Congrats!

irish44j said:

also strange that you can buy the Kia with a manual but can't buy a BMW with one.....

Not according to their website, unless you count flappy paddle shifting.

NICE!  Congrats man!

Too bad I almost flattened one of them today in a parking lot. Blonde that was driving it decided to run a stop sign and then stop right in font of me. Luckily I saw it coming and was already covering the brakes when I realized she wasn't going to stop. That 4x4 full size truck loaded with a bed full of lumber would have done a number on the side of that car. 

Thanks all. Just got back from a nice cruise on (at least for this area) some fun twisty roads, this is a proper GT car :)

In reply to Storz :

EXCELLENT color my man! What a good looking car. Hope it drives as good as it looks and gives you hundreds of thousands of miles of smiles. 

Congrats and excellent choice!

Very nice. 

Storz said:

Well I've put a total of about 10 miles on it, but I absolutely love it! It is deceptively quick!

How fast is it in the 10?

Nice.  I really like these, and I think it's a great direction for Kia/Hyundai to take.

I'll be very interested to hear about your ongoing experience with it.  

I really like these. Ok now the “but”. I came up on one from behind and I was underwhelmed with its looks from behind. Now mind you it was not bad. I think I was expecting more. Not sure what “more” is at the moment. 

Lap of luxury over here! Great choice on the colour, too