{Not Quite} Susie Homemaker

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5 Reasons that Kias Make Great Family Cars

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Thanks to this little ol’ blog, I’ve had the opportunity to take week-long test drives in a few different Kia vehicles. I started out with the 2012 Kia Rio SX 5-Door, then the 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid, then the Kia Sorento SX, and finally the Kia Forte {review coming this weekend}. Thanks to these experiences, I have determined 100%, without a doubt, that my next car will be a Kia.

Kia makes great cars that anyone would enjoy, but that are particularly perfect for families. We’ve put two of the Kias {the Optima Hybrid & the Forte} to the ultimate family test- a road trip- and determined that they are perfectly suited for family life. Here’s why:

5 Reasons that Kias make great family cars!

1. Road trips can be incredibly boring, especially for a young child. There’s always the radio to listen to, but our road trips involve a four hour trip, with 3 hours of that being in the middle of the desert, often with little reception. Enter satellite radio! Now, it does require a subscription, and I know that other vehicles besides Kias have satellite, but I’m counting it because mine doesn’t even have the OPTION to have it so I loved that it came satellite-ready.

2. The interior fabrics are impressively stain proof. Not that I would know this from experience {ahem}, but should your three year old spill their chocolate milk in the backseat & all over the floor mat, simply rinsing it with water will do the trick if the chocolate milk is still wet. It will also make for some interesting stares if you choose to do this on the side of the road with water bottles because it’s a loaner car & you’re freaking out that you just broke it forever. I don’t think the material is literally called “stain proof”, it just IS in our experience.

3. Kia makes several varieties of vehicles, from the small Rio to the larger Sorento. They are all great cars from our experience, and so you just have to pick the one that’s the right fit for your family!

4. Kias are ridiculously affordable. When I first found out I was going to be getting a Kia to review for a week, I didn’t expect much. I’d seen the sticker price & figured you couldn’t get much for that. I was so, so wrong. I still have no idea how they manage to keep those cars so affordable when they have so many great features!

5. They’re smart. It’s the little things, like the placement of the car seat attachment in the Kia Forte, which makes it much easier {and safer} to install car seats. Anything that makes installing car seats easier is a huge winner in my book. &There are several other smart features like that- including the ability to retract your side mirrors to fit into tight spots. {Which I could have used that time I hit my garage with my car’s mirrors. Oops.}

Each vehicle individually has several more features that make it perfect for a family, but these characteristics have been universal with each Kia in my experience. &While we don’t have an exact timetable for buying a new car, we are positive that our next car will be a Kia. Right now, I’m partial to the Optima Hybrid but plan on test driving a few to be sure.

Have you ever had a Kia?

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Comments

  8. All it took for me to want one was the funny commercial where the guy parks in the too-small parking space and has to get out of the back of the car. It made me laugh. 😀

    Of course, stain-proof fabric and all that other stuff helps.

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  20. LOL I have done that before with rentals….it’s like instant panic mode and quick what do we have in the car to fix this haha. But seriously even semi stain resistant fabric is so important when you have little one’s.

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  22. Out of all the cars that I’ve had in the past, KIA is by far the one with exceptional customer service. I love the new styles and will continue to be a KIA fan with a new care in the next few months.

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  36. I’ve always wanted to drive a Kia, we don’t need a huge car so the Kias have always seemed like they would be a great fit.

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  37. With a kid, stain proof is a huge deal. Really. When we’re in the market for a vehicle, I’ll definitely give the Kia a look

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  40. So this: “The interior fabrics are impressively stain proof.” … that’s HUGE! It would definitely play a role in my buying decision!

    Which KIA do you think you’d purchase?!

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