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Originally Posted by Titty Meat
Do you remember how much you paid for it? I have this idea I could get one for around 350 or less a month.
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We bought our 2011 Optima EX in 2013. It had 22k miles and we paid around 19k, if memory serves. Still driving it today. Wife loves it. Leather, heated/cooled seats, moon roof (or panoramic I think is what some call it). It gets pretty good gas mileage (33mpg hwy). Good get up and go. Also has good handling so you can have a little fun with it.
And when we got it, I liked the styling much better than many other sedan type cars. I read that the designer for Audi had joined Kia and that was his first design with them. I now see that other manufacturers have tried to copy some of that styling over the last few years.
One issue that I found out about recently was a manufacturing flaw involving the engine
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Kia is recalling the 2011 -14 Optima; 2012 – 14 Sorento and the 2011 – 13 Sportage.
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This, of course, ended up affecting my 2011.
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The problem is that metal debris wasn’t removed from the engine during manufacturing and that debris can clog oil passages, leading to engine failure.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jensen/.../#12b635284cb7
Briggs Kia in Topeka did replace the engine last fall/winter when it suddenly started acting up. I realize that all manufacturers have their screwups from time to time but this one was a pretty major one. At least they finally did the right thing.