Kia Sephia - Worth it?

[darahhitam]

Hi all,

My wife is contemplating on getting a 2nd hand Sephia for its current low price. This is for her own use to/from work with occassional long distance drive.

Any known common problems associated with this model?
Any premature tear and wear?
Parts sourcing? Any chop shops specializing in selling Kia parts? Or Mazda parts will do?

Thanks in advance.

 

[TOE PECK]

definetely not...such an idotic car..with expensive spareparts...design is ugly....2nd hand value just bomb down..ur just lucky if somebody just wanna take it off ur hands later..

 

[BlackSamurai]

darahhitam, what price do you query for sephia? heard some can get below 20K.

 

[darahhitam]

definetely not...such an idotic car..with expensive spareparts...design is ugly....2nd hand value just bomb down..ur just lucky if somebody just wanna take it off ur hands later..

Hahaha, yeah, the front design is fugly, but the thing is, my other half still wants it. I'm feeding her with "mod" photos of my own choices within that range (B13 Sentra, Y10 AD Resort, 96/97 Sonata, Alfa 146, Volvo 850, among others)

Couldn't agree more on the rest, but spareparts are freaking expensive or just slightly more expensive than protons?
I was asking around, and parts are like, 20-50 bucks more expensive that local made cars...which is negligible.

Anyway, thanks for the input.

Cheers.

 

[darahhitam]

darahhitam, what price do you query for sephia? heard some can get below 20K.

Samurai-san,

Yup, that range,but it's still above 20k for 99 onwards right?

 

[darahhitam]

Thanks all for the input. Cancelled buying the Kia Sephia/Spectra.

Ended up with Nissan Altima instead.

 

[BlackSamurai]

darahhitam,

so your wife is going to have a NISMO machine later. Hehe

this version?
http://www.feslerproductions.com/Vehicles/2004NissanAltima/Nissan%20Altima%20driving%20shot.jpg

 

[BlackSamurai]

or this one? Hehe

http://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Virtualcarimages/cars/NissanAltima3.jpg

 

[darahhitam]

Samurai-san,
Hahahaha, those are the newest Altimas?
The widebodied one looks tempting, will never be available on our shores I guess.

Mine is just the U13 chassis lor. A humble SR20DE inside...hehehe



Managed to racun her dude. Thank god. but she did tell me NOT to (again) tweak the car.
You know, the SR20DET, 4WD ATTESSA options, etc...hahahha

 

[TOE PECK]

good for you for choosing the nissan