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Date Posted: 07:37:42 06/23/11 Thu
Author: Eric (Kia, what a peace of crap)
Subject: Re: 2011 Forte Cheaply built, poor gas mileage
In reply to: Eric 's message, "Re: 2011 Forte Cheaply built, poor gas mileage" on 07:22:31 06/23/11 Thu

>>On 04-28-2011, I bought a 2011 Kia Forte the gas
>>mileage its rated for is 23-34MPG. I tried giving the
>>car 700 miles for good fuel economy, I now have 1870
>>miles on the car and filled it up at lease 9 times at
>>13.5 gallons and still get 17 miles to the gallon.
>>
>>On May 17th I inquired about the fuel economy of this
>>vehicle with the Kia of Silver Spring Mgr. Laura
>>Jerley, the sales person Heidy Murry and Kia Motors.
>>Kia Motors stated the optimal mileage is only known
>>after the break in period of 5-10,000 miles. THAT
>>SUCKS
>>
>>One of his service technicians stated that the
>>catalytic converter could be bad and burning up. (The
>>fact is poor fuel economy in today's newer engines
>>that are made to get more than the 161/2-18mph can be
>>caused by a defective, clogged or burned up catalytic
>>converter, which is also a serious fire risk).
>>
>>I saw on the internet previous owners of the Kia Forte
>>say for the fuel economy to be good you MUST use the
>>sport gear shifter package (Which I was told was
>>completely optional by the salesperson Heidi Murry)
>>(what a deceptive selling practice)
>>
>>The Mgr. Laura stated that once you bought the car
>>there's no recourse for a customer such as a refund or
>>any relief. (meaning the customer is screwed)
>>
>>From the GM Betty Ann, on down silver spring Kia, the
>>King automotive group and any Kia cars need to be
>>avoided. The fact is that they treated wonderfully
>>BEFORE the check was given to them. After driving it
>for weeks the doors and everything that under the hood
>rattles and the dealer resuses to fix cheaply built
>parts. The sales person
>>Heidi Murray deceived me lying to me. King Automotive
>>and Kia of silver spring will lie and use deceptive
>>business practices in order to sell cars, than throw
>>you under the bus after the check is cashed, and needs
>>to be avoided when buying a car.

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