Well hello everyone I'm Kenny..and in 4 days I'll be the proud owner of a black Kia Forte Koup EX.
To make a long story short I was involved in a wreck, lady hydroplaned and lost control and fishtailed me head first into a concrete guardrail at 70mph..needless to say my car was totalled. Anyhow I made some mistakes credit wise when I was younger so I was screwed when it came time to get a new car, thankfully my aunt helped me out. Sadly she wouldn't let me go over $20,000..I've always loved the look for the Forte Koups and I knew it was what I wanted before I even test drove it..
With the $20k budget the EX was my only option..with that said..anyone here that has test drove both, is the power difference that significant? I really want to do some minor bolt on modding to get that HP up because I'm a fan of speed =) I just think that if I could have talked my aunt into $2 grand more it would have been well worth it but I couldn't...
So I guess my main question is, is the HP difference that big of a deal between the EX and SX? Would modding make up for it? I guess what I'm really looking for is some encouragement that getting the EX wasn't the wrong way to go..anyhow glad to be here to discuss with you all
Kenny
To make a long story short I was involved in a wreck, lady hydroplaned and lost control and fishtailed me head first into a concrete guardrail at 70mph..needless to say my car was totalled. Anyhow I made some mistakes credit wise when I was younger so I was screwed when it came time to get a new car, thankfully my aunt helped me out. Sadly she wouldn't let me go over $20,000..I've always loved the look for the Forte Koups and I knew it was what I wanted before I even test drove it..
With the $20k budget the EX was my only option..with that said..anyone here that has test drove both, is the power difference that significant? I really want to do some minor bolt on modding to get that HP up because I'm a fan of speed =) I just think that if I could have talked my aunt into $2 grand more it would have been well worth it but I couldn't...
So I guess my main question is, is the HP difference that big of a deal between the EX and SX? Would modding make up for it? I guess what I'm really looking for is some encouragement that getting the EX wasn't the wrong way to go..anyhow glad to be here to discuss with you all
Kenny