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bldevine

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:17 pm
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DOES ANY BODY IN THE GROUP HAVE ON OF THESE I AM LOOK AT BUYING A USED ONE
FOR 8,000 HAS 32,000 MILES SUPER NICE LOOKING I HAVE TRIED TO LOOK THESE UP
ON THE INTERNET SEEM TO BE ABOUT A 50/50 SPLIT ON LIKES AND DISLIKES SEEMS
TO BE A SOLID SMALL SUV RUNS GOOD ECT
THE DOWN SIDE IS THE DEALER IS 50 MILES FROM HOME AND THE UP SIDE IS I DRIVE
10 MILES A DAY ROUND TRIP BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND AROUND TOWN MY CURRENT
TRUCK IS A S-10 BLAZER TALK ABOUT A MONEY PIT TIME TO DUMP IT AND GET SOME
THING DIFFRENT I HOPE THAT I AM NOT GETTING ANOTHER MONEY PIT THAT HAS
PROBLEMS NEED SOME FEED BACK PRETTY FAST I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK MONDAY AND
LET THEM KNOW IF I WANT IT OR NOT ALSO HOW IS THE INSURANCE COST ON IT
THANKS BYRON DEVINE
YOU CAN REPLY DIRECT BACK TO ME AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS BLDEVINE.DeleteThis@SBCGLOBAL.NET

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:40 pm
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go for it. it's a solid well made car. I've been told it's a japanese car
surronded in Kim Che'. if you change the oil and filter regularly, stick
to one brand of oil, it will run forever.
I drove my Sportage from Suburban Long Island to Oneonta NY drove around
there and didn't gas uptill half way on the return trip. 450 miles on 15
gallons. I get just under 30 mpg if you use the cruise control on the
highway. Only 2 complaints are the dumb placement of the drink holder, and
brake dust on the cool mags. that you can fix by changing to titanium pads
Bendix makes. drink holder, your stuck with.

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bldevine

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:40 pm
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hey thanks for the vote of confidence i bought the sportage today i like
driving it more than any thing
i even got a decent trade in from my s10 3700
made me real happy later group
"byron devine" <bldevine.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:SQ5od.30873$Qv5.28427@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
 > DOES ANY BODY IN THE GROUP HAVE ON OF THESE I AM LOOK AT BUYING A USED ONE
 > FOR 8,000 HAS 32,000 MILES SUPER NICE LOOKING I HAVE TRIED TO LOOK THESE
 > UP ON THE INTERNET SEEM TO BE ABOUT A 50/50 SPLIT ON LIKES AND DISLIKES
 > SEEMS TO BE A SOLID SMALL SUV RUNS GOOD ECT
 > THE DOWN SIDE IS THE DEALER IS 50 MILES FROM HOME AND THE UP SIDE IS I
 > DRIVE 10 MILES A DAY ROUND TRIP BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND AROUND TOWN MY
 > CURRENT TRUCK IS A S-10 BLAZER TALK ABOUT A MONEY PIT TIME TO DUMP IT AND
 > GET SOME THING DIFFRENT I HOPE THAT I AM NOT GETTING ANOTHER MONEY PIT
 > THAT HAS PROBLEMS NEED SOME FEED BACK PRETTY FAST I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK
 > MONDAY AND LET THEM KNOW IF I WANT IT OR NOT ALSO HOW IS THE INSURANCE
 > COST ON IT
 > THANKS BYRON DEVINE
 > YOU CAN REPLY DIRECT BACK TO ME AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS BLDEVINE.DeleteThis@SBCGLOBAL.NET
 >
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hager15

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Since: Nov 22, 2004
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:40 pm
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glad you bought it. I found the insurance a little higher with GMAC. My
wife works for them so we get a discount, Then I found GEICO to be 3/4 of
them, even with the discount.
Only bad habit I found was sometimes the Sportage doesn't know what gear
it wants to be in, and shifts down to passing gear, especially on a wet
surface, the rear breaks away from the high torque if you are not careful.
Also the ground on the antenna gets corroded from salt in the wheel wells,
and makes the FM signals fuzzy. I installed a sheet of red rubber I got at
Home Depot for 91 cents where the cable comes through the firewall,
problem solved.
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