I fell in love with the Forte from the moment I laid eyes on it. We have a couple Forte's here at work that I've been able to take out for some quick spins, and I thought that it drove fantastically. I happened to swing by the Kia dealership when I took my parent's Beetle back to my hometown to get snow tires installed. I applied for financing after a quick test drive in a manual LX. The financing was approved and I picked up my Forte the next evening. Had it for 9 days now and Ive got about 1400Km's on it so far. Can't wait to start modifying a few things.