Thread: Driven: Kia Rio
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Old 06-15-2009, 08:17 AM   #2
John V
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Hey, I had one of these this past weekend as a rental! The best thing I can say about it is that it was pretty unobtrusive. There was really nothing horribly wrong about the car (except the auto trans, which pretty well ruins ANY car). The engine was super coarse when revved (and you had to rev it to get anywhere).

Interior wasn't too bad. You're right, everything fit and seemed well screwed down. No rattles to speak of, and it wasn't as tinny feeling as I thought it would be.

Gas mileage was pretty poor, though. I got 35MPG in mixed driving (some city plus 100 miles of freeway driving with stupid CA drivers doing the speed limit in the left lane... why does everyone out there drive so SLOWLY?)
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