Comments on: Kia Owners Talk: Rich’s Kia Spectra5

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:12:02 +0000

My husband got this car and I like it but there are a few flaws

1) it sucks for power lol oh well that is ok especially when going up hill lol
2) the horn sucks lol people laugh when I use it
3) the dam think goes through tooo much oil ………….what can we do with this before the warnty is done

Help lol other then that I like the car

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:40:52 +0000

Just hit 3.75 here. How did you get so lucky??

By: Rich (LOTR)

Rich (LOTR) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:01:43 +0000

Jason- A week ago I did a test on a pretty flat (for central PA) stretch of road. I filled the tank all the way to the top of the spout. Then drove down Intersatate 81 to Carlisle exit then drove back to where I filled it. I set the cruise for 60 MPH I had the air turned off. I drove 42.5 miles round trip and used .932 gallons. Which if you do the math works out to 45.6 MPG!!! I can’t wait to get the HAFC installed and tuned. Here gas just hit $3.50 per gallon and if I could get 90 – 100 MPG I’d be in ecstatic.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:03:38 +0000

Definitely keep us up to date with the Hydro Assist Fuel Cell! I think we’d all love a 50% increase in fuel economy, as well as better performance and more horsepower! What kind of mpg are you getting before the HAFC?
Interesting enough, you can still get a Catback exhaust on the Rio, but no longer for the new Spectra and Spectra5 as Rich points out. The hypergrounds are still available for the 2008 models though, and the Iridium spark plugs. Has anyone used those? How do they affect the performance and fuel economy of the vehicle?
Great line: …but big enough that I’m not cramped into a toaster.

By: himi

himi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:48:10 +0000

Hi there Rich, welcome to KIA-WORLD!
Your car certanly draws lots of attention with Lord of the rings theme! I absolutely love the image of golden ring on your front bumper!

By: Rich (LOTR)

Rich (LOTR) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:25:39 +0000

Hi and thanks for the comments. I’ll try ad get you some pics of the Blue LEDs Boris. LOL Patrick, there are bigger fans out there than me. One of them paid me $2600 for a collection of Foil cards from the LOTR trading card game! The picture of me dressed as Aragorn was one of the last with me with my long hair and beard. I had grown my hair for almost two years in that photo. I grew it for just that look as I was going to Toronto for the largest gathering of fans in this hemisphere. There were 15,000 fans that decended on Toronto for the Gathering of the Fellowship during the opening week of Return of the King. One of the funniest costumes I saw was a guy dressed as the “one finger”, you know when Gollum bites off Frodo’s finger to get the ring. He was the finger with the ring on.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:32:11 +0000

Nice car! That paint job is awesome! I have been to Harrisburg, Jonestown to be exact. My dad drove a truck for Swift transportation, and they have a terminal on State Route 72.

By: Boris (K-sport)

Boris (K-sport) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:27:18 +0000

wooo! that looks wicked. great job! I love the paint job. blue and silver look great. I want to see those blue LEDs.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:19:36 +0000

hey just finished goin thru ur cardomain site! u must be the biggest LOTR fan! luv da pic with ur beard and long hair.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:15:00 +0000

hehe voted for showoff of the week and rated ur car to the max on cardomain! that paintjob must have cost a fortune!!! my favourite part of dis car is the exhaust at the centre. that looks sweet.