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From: D Walford on 29 Apr 2010 01:50
On 28/04/2010 10:37 PM, hippo wrote:
> D Walford wrote:
>>
>> On 28/04/2010 9:23 PM, Noddy wrote:
>>
>>> The new Sorrento is a very decent bit of kit for the money, and as it
> shares
>>> the same mechanical package as the Hyundai Santa Fe I don't expect there'd
>>> be a hell of a lot wrong with it.
>>
>> Korean cars have come a long way in a relatively short time.
>> One thing the early Sportages had over other similar vintage soft
>> roaders was that it did actually have some off road ability which did
>> attract some buyers and you seemed to get a lot for the money, too bad
>> they weren't screwed together all that well.
>>
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
>
> One of the reasons Kia is seriously outselling Hyundai in the UK now is
> that they have a *7* yr wty, where Hyundai still have 5.
>
Is there a klm limit as well as time?
7 years is a hell of a long warranty but if it was 7yrs or 100,000klms
the time is irrelevant for most people.


Daryl
From: hippo on 29 Apr 2010 02:05
D Walford wrote:
>
> On 28/04/2010 10:37 PM, hippo wrote:
> > D Walford wrote:
> >>
> >> On 28/04/2010 9:23 PM, Noddy wrote:
> >>
> >>> The new Sorrento is a very decent bit of kit for the money, and as it
> > shares
> >>> the same mechanical package as the Hyundai Santa Fe I don't expect
there'd
> >>> be a hell of a lot wrong with it.
> >>
> >> Korean cars have come a long way in a relatively short time.
> >> One thing the early Sportages had over other similar vintage soft
> >> roaders was that it did actually have some off road ability which did
> >> attract some buyers and you seemed to get a lot for the money, too bad
> >> they weren't screwed together all that well.
> >>
> >>
> >> Daryl
> >>
> >>
> >
> > One of the reasons Kia is seriously outselling Hyundai in the UK now is
> > that they have a *7* yr wty, where Hyundai still have 5.
> >
> Is there a klm limit as well as time?
> 7 years is a hell of a long warranty but if it was 7yrs or 100,000klms
> the time is irrelevant for most people.
>
>
> Daryl
>
>

100,000 *MILES* - not bad then, I think that's on all the newer product
lines and the few ageing ones are still 3yrs/100,000Km.

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From: Milton on 29 Apr 2010 15:29

"hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in
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>

>
> One of the reasons Kia is seriously outselling Hyundai in the UK now is
> that they have a *7* yr wty, where Hyundai still have 5.

7 years...wow..that's some warranty. Wasn't that long ago when Ford and
Holden were offering 12/12 warranty or 12months/12,000 miles if you will.

Regards

Milton

From: Noddy on 1 May 2010 20:55

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> In fairness, the Prado is pretty truck like at anytime except noodling
> along sightseeing on a smooth highway.

It is indeed.

Not my cup of tea at all, but then it's horses for courses.

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Regards,
Noddy.


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