Journal #8934

Nice! Drive safe and without events and may the car serve you well.

I think your old car had the most basic package, otherwise it's hard to find cars after 2000 without air-con and electric windows.
What's the spec on this one? (the engine?)

My 2009 was the absolute basic model, same as the new one in fact. Times have changed it seems...

New car is only a 1248cc compared to the previous 1399, but it actually feels much more powerful.

Fuel?

Petroleum sadly, but efficient at least. Stop/Start when idling, lots of indicators to ensure you get the most MPG and so on.

Saw the post on twitter, but didn't really comment on it - Looks like a pretty good car, here's hoping this one lasts you at least a decade as well!

You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!

Btw, I recommend using FuelLog (Android app). I've been using it for just a little over a year now, trying to log in each time I fueled up the tank, and for each revision and change of parts, insurance, etc. It gives you detailed statistics and the average running costs.

Turns out running a car isn't very cheap.

"New car is only a 1248cc compared to the previous 1399, but it actually feels much more powerful."

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Some factors - weight (obvious that cars of this year are lighter and faster than ever), gearbox (better ratios/more gears).

Take for example my 1997 BMW 318i E36 - I call her the PanzerWagen because of how heavy the bitch is, but compared to today's standards, this thing can take a serious RAM and still be repaired to almost a new condition. However, I saw a 2014 Honda Accord get torn apart like a sardine can... Newer cars are light weight and all sure, but they're even able to get dented when kicked by a football...

We also had a 2014 Nissan Altima - both cars were a 4 Cylinder engine, but the Altima (if I recall correctly) had 6/7 gears, one of them, but the car was so light and fragile that the little engine it had PULLED the damn thing to 0-140 kmph faster than the PanzerWagen would go, whilst my tank could only pull 200 @ about 4700 RPM on it's 4th and Final gear.

Gearboxes are AMAZING.

"Turns out running a car isn't very cheap."

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No it isn't. As is smoking and other things.

Also congrats

You actually make a good point. My old Rio was much heavier than I realised. We had to winch it onto the recovery truck only to realise the back nearside wheel had seized up after three months on the driveway. Took three of us to lift the one wheel off the ground.

Always nice to get new things. Have fun with it! What are you doing with the old one?

Old one was scrapped by the dealership and knocked £2,000 off the price of the new one.

Kia die-hard huh? Nice.

I am a Honda die-hard. My first was a 1996 Accord, then a 2008 Accord, and now I drive a 2018 Civic Hatchback.

Honda for life!