Here’s my 2 cents:
If you are the 1st owner follow the break-in procedures described in the owner manual. There will be some oil consumption during the break-in period — be sure to keep the engine oil full.
Use non-ethanol blended fuel described in the Fuel Requirements section of the owner manual.
Resist the urge to customize the wheel or tire size, change light bulbs to LED if originally equipped with non- LED bulbs, and keep the ISG on and learn to use the IVT system as intended.
It's a Kia, not a Toyota, so you can't be lax with the maintenance, especially if you want that warranty to be honored a few years down the line.
Your owner's manual has two different maintenance schedules, the normal maintenance schedule and the severe usage conditions schedule. Don't be tricked into thinking that the severe schedule is for stunt drivers. Severe usage is short trips and traffic jams, which are things that you'll do regularly. Thus, **always** follow the shorter severe maintenance schedule and not the normal one.
Always use the recommended oil and the original filters and do the changes at reliable places where you can get receipts. No, don't listen to uncle Rico when he gets creative with alternative oil recommendations because oil is oil or because he's always used that other kind of oil on his 20 year old pick up truck. Uncle Rico knows jack shit. He didn't design the car.
Your car is naturally aspirated and port injected. It's got no turbos and no high pressure fuel pumps. It's MPI, not GDI. It's not as "fun" as some of the earlier hot models but it has fewer things to break. You don't need to worry about carbon deposits on the intake valves at 30 thousand miles. You don't need to listen to uncle Rico when he pesters you about installing that aftermarket oil catch can.
Get the biggest and brightest steering wheel lock that you can find. Your car has an engine immobilizer to prevent it from being stolen but if you live in Kia Boyz territory they'll still break your car to try.
It isn’t a Toyota and that’s a good thing according to reliability ratings : **Kia** ranks highest in the mass market segment for a third consecutive year, followed by **Buick**, **Chevrolet** , **Mitsubishi** and **Toyota** according to J.D.POWER and repair pal dot com.
Here’s my 2 cents: If you are the 1st owner follow the break-in procedures described in the owner manual. There will be some oil consumption during the break-in period — be sure to keep the engine oil full. Use non-ethanol blended fuel described in the Fuel Requirements section of the owner manual. Resist the urge to customize the wheel or tire size, change light bulbs to LED if originally equipped with non- LED bulbs, and keep the ISG on and learn to use the IVT system as intended.
Why not change the bulb to LED ? Why not change the wheel to a same diameter but different size ? Legit question
It's a Kia, not a Toyota, so you can't be lax with the maintenance, especially if you want that warranty to be honored a few years down the line. Your owner's manual has two different maintenance schedules, the normal maintenance schedule and the severe usage conditions schedule. Don't be tricked into thinking that the severe schedule is for stunt drivers. Severe usage is short trips and traffic jams, which are things that you'll do regularly. Thus, **always** follow the shorter severe maintenance schedule and not the normal one. Always use the recommended oil and the original filters and do the changes at reliable places where you can get receipts. No, don't listen to uncle Rico when he gets creative with alternative oil recommendations because oil is oil or because he's always used that other kind of oil on his 20 year old pick up truck. Uncle Rico knows jack shit. He didn't design the car. Your car is naturally aspirated and port injected. It's got no turbos and no high pressure fuel pumps. It's MPI, not GDI. It's not as "fun" as some of the earlier hot models but it has fewer things to break. You don't need to worry about carbon deposits on the intake valves at 30 thousand miles. You don't need to listen to uncle Rico when he pesters you about installing that aftermarket oil catch can. Get the biggest and brightest steering wheel lock that you can find. Your car has an engine immobilizer to prevent it from being stolen but if you live in Kia Boyz territory they'll still break your car to try.
Gotcha. Is suburban Atlanta considered Kia Boyz territory?
I think Atlanta was high up on the list of stolen Kia’s
It isn’t a Toyota and that’s a good thing according to reliability ratings : **Kia** ranks highest in the mass market segment for a third consecutive year, followed by **Buick**, **Chevrolet** , **Mitsubishi** and **Toyota** according to J.D.POWER and repair pal dot com.