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Yes, but I don't think that he has a website any longer. Somebody posted this info yesterday. Mark's Performance Products. 18011 Westlawn St., Hesperia, CA, 92345 phone no. 760-948-1346 email @ markpipe@net0.net -
I understand about the dealers. I won't buy from an aggressive dealership. I searched online before we went to look. The first one we stopped at advertised on their site that they had 40 2011 Sorentos in stock. We got there to find that they actually had maybe 15. The first thing I noticed was that on every car, they had added a price sticker that added $1795.00 for an ignition cut out theft device. I hate dealerships that add anything to the sticker and then claim that it's already installed so you have to take it. I told the salesman that IF they had what we wanted, I would absolutely NOT pay for any such dealer added options. He said that he would talk to his manager but thought that they were already installed and we had to take it. They didn't have the exact vehicle that we wanted anyway so much to his displeasure, we left. I then simply drove through a second dealers lot and saw that they didn't have the vehicle that we wanted either. The last stop was the dealership that was actually closest to my home. No ripoff dealer options added. It is also the dealership that I used for service on my '04 Sorento and even though I bought it used and not from them, they always treated me very well. They had a nice selection but again, not exactly what we wanted. They did a vehicle locate and did a dealer trade for the exact model, exterior and interior color and options that we wanted and went the next day and picked it up. It was a very easy negotiation. The salesman had our '04 appraised for trade value and came back with their first offer. It was actually better than I expected. I sold cars for a few years so had a very good idea where we would be. I looked it over and told him that we were close but not quiet where we should be. I made him an offer that was $1,000.00 less than they started with. I told the salesman that I wasn't going to play any games. I said that is what I will pay. If you can't do it, then that's fine. We'll shake hands and maybe can do better next time but there would be no back and forth and this was it. He came back in about 3 minutes and told me that we had a deal. That was it. I feel that I got a good deal and they should have been OK also. It was a very pleasant experience.
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You find it by reading ALL the posts. I've actually enjoyed seeing what everybody else drives. WOW...some of you folks drive some really nice cars and trucks and one thing that surprised me is how many miles some of you have on your vehicles. I guess it shouldn't have though because there are many in this group who know how to maintain their vehicles and keep them going. Why white? I really don't know. Eileen and I both really like white vehicles. The '04 that we traded in was also white as have been many of our cars and trucks over the years. She briefly considered bright silver this time but within a few minutes said "no, I want white again". In my opinion, the white is easier to keep looking good over the years as it doesn't show small scratches, swirl marks and etc. like darker colors can.
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HEY...I posted it yesterday. Higher up in this same thread.
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Yes, another Kia Sorento. Here are the details. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showpost.php?p=428311&postcount=75
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Well the '04 Sorento that we traded only got about 17 MPG city and 20-21 HWY if we were very careful how we drove it. The new one that we bought is rated 21 city and 27 HWY I think it was. If it gets that, we will be very happy with it.
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That's funny. Only tried it once so far. 31 here also.
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Don, It was never a question of me wanting it moved to the Fun forum. The issue was that I did not want to make it a permanent "sticky" thread at the top of the Watering Hole. It is a good thread and a fun thing to do but many people have asked to have various threads "stuck" at the top. I can't stick everybody's favorite because then there would be pages of sticky threads and the regular ones would start several pages back. Then the complaint was that without it being a "sticky", it was too hard to for people to find. So I moved it to the Fun forum and stuck it there. Now it's easy to find but there are a very few who don't like it not being in the Watering Hole. I'm sorry, as hard as I may try, I can't please everybody. I will leave it as is or would be willing to move it back to the watering hole but NOT stuck at the top. I never understood why it would be hard to find. Those that care about finding it easily can simply add it to their subscribed threads and then it would be very easy to find.
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I've tried many and really think that the Edsets are the best. http://www.edsets.com/
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There is a thread here somewhere where somebody tried that Bazooka system and the review wasn't very good. Do a search for Bazooka and you should find it. I've pretty much given up on getting great sound from the external speakers. I tried the Pioneer speakers and the Polk speakers and found both to be marginally better than the stock speakers. The best solution that I've found is the Edsets headsets. After trying about every other brand out there in high and low end models, I am finally pleased with the headsets now that I've gone to Edsets. I'm convinced that you can add amps or do whatever else you wish but the system will never sound great with the small speakers and there is just no good way to install larger ones. I went ahead and found the review on the Bazooka system. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35681&highlight=bazooka
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I've found few of these that actually work as advertised. This one sounds promising. If you have a problem with your face shield fogging up, it sounds like this is worth a try and not terribly expensive. http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/clarity-defog-it/
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Well I'll try it again later but for some reason, it isn't loading for me. Even when I go to the actual YouTube page. It shows to be loading but never plays. Other videos on that page play but this one doesn't.
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I agree. For less than $100.00, you can buy a nice set of Craftsman metric tools.
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You have to go to that forum. Posts in that section do not display on the home page. Also, just in case you are concerned, I did NOT miss your little "dig" in the first line of the first post. I do hope that we aren't going to debate this all over again though.
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I'm not sure what you are talking about. It is a "sticky" thread and is always at the top.
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Well, we looked at a lot of cars. I usually don't buy new and in fact, this is the first brand new car we have bought in the 15 years that we've been married. I usually find one a year or two old with somewhere between 12,000 - 20,000 miles on it. I had a price range that I wanted to stay within and found that to stay in that range with the cars that we were interested in, I was looking at mostly 2006 and 2007 models. Vehicles that we looked at included the Nissan Murano, Ford Edge, Toyota RAV4 and a couple of other similar vehicles. I was only interested in all wheel drive or 4 wheel drive models. Most of the ones that I found had mileage in the 30,000-40,000 range. My wife doesn't have expensive taste but she can tell me that she likes or doesn't like a car almost immediately when she looks at one. She really loved the '04 Sorento and was sad that we were trading it off. So, she wanted to look at another Sorento. I started looking for another used one but then just for the heck of it decided to take a look at the new ones. Kia started delivering the newly designed 2011 Sorento just last week. They are made in the new Kia factory in West Point, GA. So, she once again fell in love with a Kia Sorento. I had no problem with that as we both liked the '04 model. The '11 model is a completely new model that shares nothing but the name with the previous Sorento. I feel that you get a LOT for the money. They have a base model, LX model and EX model. We ended up buying the LX model with the convenience package. It has AM/FM/Sirius/MP3 stereo sytem, heated seats, backup camera, bluetooth phone system, steering wheel controls for all that and much more. You get a lot of great features for the money. It also comes with a 5 year 60,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty and a 10 year 100,000 mile drive train warranty. I just don't think you can get more for the money. Now our FAVORITE car is the Infiniti RX35 but they are way out of our price range even used. If money were no object, there would be one in the driveway now. So....she now has another Sorento and a huge smile. We almost always look for white cars and this one is no exception.
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Are we going to have this discussion every few weeks? I hope not. It has been cussed, discussed, polled, voted on....etc. etc. etc. Yes, there is some religion here. It was never said that there couldn't be. We are talking about people who believe in the power of prayer requesting such prayers in times of need. That is allowed. That is NOT the same as religious debate which is NOT allowed.
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Yea, I never ran the CarFax again so don't know if it ever showed a problem or not. If the previous owner just had it cleaned up and traded it and did not file a claim, it wouldn't show up. CarFax is good I think but not fail proof.
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Just to clarify, I'm really not looking for recommendations, I've already traded her car. Just haven't revealed what she got yet. I'm just curious about what the rest of you drive. We have been married 15 years and she has had a wide variety of different types during those years. Ford Taurus, Mitsubishi Diamante, Honda Prelude, Jeep Grand Cherokee 4X4, Monte Carlo SS, and her latest was a 2004 Kia Sorento 4X4. Her favorite was the one that we just traded, the Kia Sorento. She LOVED that thing. We had no problems at all with it but I bought it slightly used with 12,000 miles on it. I thought I checked it out very well and the CarFax showed no issues either but shortly after buying it, I found evidence that led me to believe that it had been under water. I found residue that appeared to be a mix of sand and salt in places high up such as the steering column, inside door panels, etc. Never had any problems during the 4 years that we owned it but I could see the flood damage starting to take it's toll and knew that it was time to trade it off. My car is a 2007 Dodge Caravan. Not my choice as I really am not a van person but it's a company car and they bring me a new one every 120,000 miles. Since I don't pay for it, I can't complain and I've never had any problems with the Caravans.
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I don't think I've ever seen this question asked. I'm curious because it was time to replace Eileen's car and we looked at a lot of vehicles trying to decide what to buy this time. I pretty much left it up to her but it got me wondering what the rest of you here drive. So....what are you driving and are you happy with it?
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Yes, and the "quote" doesn't count but I think you know that.
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They are no longer made. Your only hope is to find a used one somewhere.
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Back to Oil again...
Freebird replied to Seaking's topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
This is just not true and we've been through it here several times. I looked up all the data on Mobil 1 at one time but am not going to take the time to do it again. Mobil 1 IS a true synthetic though. -
I don't think your dues are due yet but you can pay them whenever you want. I think that most start expiring sometime in April. Anyway, if you to renew via credit card or PayPal, just go to your UserCP and scroll down to paid subscriptions.
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Thanks for the report. I think I have it fixed now. Please let me know.