Minnesota Kia Car Dealers

31 grand for a korean made car that is basically going to loose about half it's value regardless of what your told as soon as you drive off the lot.. That is utterly ridiculous. NO new car today loses half its value as soon as you drive off the lot. Have you checked used car prices lately? As an example, my 7-1/2 year old Elantra has a KBB private party value that is 56% of purchase price. And the new Optima is a much more desirable car than that old Elantra. Another example... KBB private party value for a 2010 Optima LX 5AT (not as nice a car as the 2011) with 15k miles in excellent condition is $15,580... maybe a thousand or so less than what such a car sold for new. Not anywhere close to losing half its value, even in the first year or two. And that's where depreciation is the steepest. BTW, the Optima is made in the USA now.

According to some of your other recent posts, you own a made-in-Mexico Mercury Milan and a ... Sorento?!? Uh... isn't that a Kia? Not a lot of American Ford products there....

It's amazing what a great antidote a detail job is for New Car Fever. Usually works for me. For awhile at least. :)

I've only applied the Scotchgard once per car. But I keep my car interiors pretty clean (or try to, with kids and a dog). Maybe you would want to apply it again after a steam cleaning or shampooing. I bet the black and beige is very sharp. I've never owned a black car, because of the high maintenance factor. But they look great when clean.

I use Meguiar's Gold Class liquid on my cars and have had good results. I have to park two of them outside now (the other two get the garage; one is at school with my oldest son); one of those is nine years old and the other almost six, and the finish still shines like new. One of those is white, the other bright red (which like black tends to show everything, as does my dark blue Rabbit). Personally, I enjoy waxing a car and would rather pay $10 once a year or so for a bottle of wax and wax each car 2-3 times a year than pay $895. Also I have a can of Scotchgard I've had for years and use that on cloth interiors as soon as I drive the car home--takes about 10 minutes to apply. But, it's your money, and maybe you don't like the effort involved in waxing a car. BTW... any wax will act as an "anti-rust agent" by protecting the paint and scratches from the elements.