Used Kia Soul for Sale in Pittsburgh, PA

I was in dire need of a good car. Tried finding a good used car with less then 100k miles on it but everyone wanted damn near $7,500 for one. So, I decided to buy a brand new small car for ~$15,000. I purchased a 2015 Kia Soul with a 1.6L engine and a manual transmission. I'm 6'3", 220 pounds and I have lots of head room and leg room in it. This is the first car I have ever drove that I could not drive with the seat fully back, there's that much leg room! Even in the back seat I have plenty of head room and leg room, that's a rare find even on more expensive cars! The 1.6L engine is on the smaller side but with the manual transmission I can nail the peak horsepower curves for some impressive acceleration. No problems quickly reaching highway speeds. The engine make a cool deep throttle sound at 3500 to 5500 rpm in hard acceleration. Interior is awesome, I've owned it for nearly 8 months and drove for over 20k miles and I'm still finding neat features about it. The cargo area is smaller then most but it can handle one overloaded grocery cart full of groceries easily. I installed a small trailer hitch on it and use a cargo hitch basket for long trips with the kids. The internal storage area and the cargo basket will carry luggage for four people with plenty of room to spare. The only negative I've seen is the back two corners do have a larger then normal blind spot, but I consider this a very minor problem. UPDATE- After 1 year and 3 months and 33k miles of driving my new Kia Soul I still love it! Added a trailer hitch which I use for a trailer hitch tray. Perfect for hauling push mower, weed wacker and gas can. Even use a small trailer with my Kia Soul to help clean up the yard from tree trimmer and such and to help friends move their belongings. Absolutely no problems with it. Found the idea MPG at 40-50 mph, I can reach 38mpg at those speeds. High speed expressway driving greatly reduces MPG to 33MPG due to wind resistance and a high reving 6th gear. Still wished Kia would have made a 7th gear but I believe most people would not understand that you could only use 7th gear under certain idea conditions. UPDATE- After 1 year 9 months and 45,000, no problems at all with my 2015 Kia Soul. I'm still loving it! :-) *****GAS MILLAGE IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IS LISTED******* 29-33mpg driving it like I stole it LOL. 35-38mpg if taking it easy at 45-55mph on highway. UPDATE- After 2 years and 3 months and 55,000 miles: Took out a 10 point buck with it. Knocked the [non-permissible content removed] antlers right off him. I was surprised to find almost no damage to the car, nothing worth filing an insurance claim on. Hit a huge pot hole which bent the rim. Beat the rim back into shape and all is good again. Surprising there was no damage to the front suspension. Gas mileage still a lot better than listed. Tires are worn pretty bad, will need to replace then at 60,000 miles.

The SOUL is a decent vehicle given its price point, but it's not worthy of 4 and 5 stars many reviewers bestow upon it. Its a reliable average commuter vehicle with weak gas mileage and underwhelming performance. Improved interior appearances and better fabric help, but crape those away and actual performance issues become apparent relatively soon. Automatic transmission is quirky to the point that it displays the slow responsiveness ala early CVT transmissions. Normal acceleration begets transmission hesitation and lost power when shifting from 2nd-3rd-4th. With vehicle ratings of 164HP and 151 lb.ft. torque, acceleration is surprisingly strained (especially at highway speeds), indicating numbers are inflated. Cruising on slightly undulating highways yields frequent transmission shifts. Steering and braking are effective, but vague. At highway speeds, wind noise has become more excessive over time although it was originally reported as being "normal"; it's not. After four years of ownership, the car displays less and less soul. Noticeable cabin wind noise has drastically increased whenever driving above 40 MPH. Minor dashboard rattles have surfaced. Stereo sound quality has been a big disappointment with surprisingly marginal in operation. Suspension grinding noises have slowly become more pronounced, similarly reported as normal. The car is generally an average, reliable daily driver, but appears to suffer from poor engineering, with some lesser quality control and lesser quality components. While appearances are good and options look very good on paper, actual performance is weak; when it comes to actual driving and function of those components long-term (e.g., weak climate control, and average steering, suspension, handling, and transmission), components display obvious weaknesses and are of generally lesser quality relative to their pricing.