awfabia

Hi.

There was a thread I posted a few comments on but can't find it now. Also still posting on the other Forum more now. Seems to be too many idiots here lately.

We started looking in Jan/Feb following a £600 bill for a N0x sensor on the Yeti, and then everything went wrong,. Originally were looking at a second hand model but found they weren't Approved for towing and the dealer tried to get us an ex-demo model but couldn't. Went onto one of the internet dealers to get a price, then went back to the dealer with it. He couldn't quite match it but was willing to add a tow bar, so we ordered. Then we got lock down!

Went for the self-charging as we don't have a drive or garage so can't have a charging point. If we could I would have gone for the plug-in.

Was dues to collect in June but the dealer suggested we wait until the beginning of July, then got delayed by a day when the tow bar was delivered late. So collected on the 2nd of July and they threw in a set of rubber mats as well.

Did a thousand miles in the first month as we wanted to tow the caravan down to Cornwall to see our grand daughter.

Build quality seems as good as the Yeti and it is just as comfortable on long journeys. It's slightly bigger and has a bigger boot and better rear leg room. And it is very quiet. We went for the base 2 model as that comes on 16" tyres. Handling is more than adequate. It has all the toys I need, including auto lights and wipers, reversing camera, and intelligent cruise control; that worrying the first time you use it.

Around here is never going to be good for fuel consumption, but I'm easily getting 50 mpg. When we went down to Cornwall with the van we got 30mpg, which was in line with what I expected. We are going down again at the month, without the van this time, so it will be interesting to see what we get then.

Audio system is OK but I miss the Yeti's SD card system. This has a USB socket and I use a memory stick, but I can't seem to get it to do albums, so it plays all the track 1s, then tracks 2, etc. At least you get some variety. It also comes with Android Auto but I still haven't worked out how to use that yet! And if you think the Yeti handbook is confusing don't look at a Kia one!!

Can now see why everyone raves about DSG. Got used to it very quickly and it is so easy. Tried Sport mode just for fun and it can certainly shift if you want it to. And the regenerative braking is great fun.

Cons:

Headlights are crap!! I know I was used to HID's on the Yeti but I've already bought a new set of bulbs to fit and will be looking at LEDs later.

Miss the active headlights bending around corners 
Kia forums are rubbish!! And the 2 FB groups aren't much better.
Lane Keeping Assist, might be great if you use motorways a lot but it can't cope with single track roads and you have to switch it off everytime you start the car.
Stupid bing bong sounds as it goes through it's self test mode before you can drive off, again can't be turned off.

Overall very happy with our choice.
And I've already been off-roading through the forest as I'm currently doing a contract with Natural Resources Wales doing inspections of quarries and mines.

Graham