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My Cousin is living over on the dark side (Perth) and has an old RAV4 thats been serviced by Kmart , A recent fault was diagnosed by me as possibly coils then frigged about with by a Toyota dealer for two weeks (consultancy = $1600). Verdict, Kmart had installed aftermarket Chinese coils --- take car back to them. Consequently, Cousin is now asking me about the Kona Go. My only knowledge about it is- sat in one- comfortable- quite large for a 2.OL ; said to be a bit under powered. And no I didn't take it for a drive, it was blocked in by 10 other wrecks. Any advice please?
I just recently looked at them. The Go had the 2.0lt in it which was alright. The highlander and AWD models have the 1.6lt Turbo. Pretty similar inside to the I30 which its based off. Just the boot was alot smaller. Boot space was a big factor for me, it was shallower and also not as long (couldn't fit our pram in it). Handled alright etc for what it was
Shonky Kmart I’ve driven a friends Active Kona, handles well with the same chassis as the PD i30’s, the 2ltr is nice and smooth and only 10kw less than the higher turbo models, for some unknown reason Hyundai decided to reduce the output of the 1.6 turbo for the Kona Servicing is cheaper on the 2ltr anyway, only thing that I really didn’t like were the plain plastic door cards but that’s just superficial stuff as I liked the rest of the vehicle.
Best motor they have.
Then again, a works burger and $10k cheaper 2014 Hyundai ix35 - Pickles
How about "up-sizing" to Tucson?
Kona doesn't seem to be ringing many positive bells.How about "up-sizing" to Tucson?
Quote from: mickd on March 31, 2019, 09:45:07Kona doesn't seem to be ringing many positive bells.How about "up-sizing" to Tucson? My Dark Side cousin has a Phd. and is also in constant touch with God. Between them they KNOW the Kona is for them.
Quote from: nzenigma on March 31, 2019, 21:31:09Quote from: mickd on March 31, 2019, 09:45:07Kona doesn't seem to be ringing many positive bells.How about "up-sizing" to Tucson? My Dark Side cousin has a Phd. and is also in constant touch with God. Between them they KNOW the Kona is for them. Good. She'll enjoy it.
Quote from: Surferdude on March 31, 2019, 21:52:25Quote from: nzenigma on March 31, 2019, 21:31:09Quote from: mickd on March 31, 2019, 09:45:07Kona doesn't seem to be ringing many positive bells.How about "up-sizing" to Tucson? My Dark Side cousin has a Phd. and is also in constant touch with God. Between them they KNOW the Kona is for them. Good. She'll enjoy it.
Quote from: Dazzler on March 31, 2019, 22:04:28Quote from: Surferdude on March 31, 2019, 21:52:25Quote from: nzenigma on March 31, 2019, 21:31:09Quote from: mickd on March 31, 2019, 09:45:07Kona doesn't seem to be ringing many positive bells.How about "up-sizing" to Tucson? My Dark Side cousin has a Phd. and is also in constant touch with God. Between them they KNOW the Kona is for them. Good. She'll enjoy it. I'm serious.Great car and I'd have one tomorrow if I was in the market right now.
I'm serious.Great car and I'd have one tomorrow if I was in the market right now.
I'd go for the normal auto, certainly.
If mostly city driving the standard auto will also be a better choice