# I hate the Kia company now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383 "2001-11-14T21:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/1 "2001-11-14T21:07:18Z")
Those of you dopers who live in the Kentuckiana area should know why. Their new commercial. It says, in a weird voice, something like, : > [@](#): > > The weather today in Kabul will be steaming hot, with American fire raining down. later, after info on cars, > [@](#): > > Please be sure to be remembering to bring any plants, animals, and any terrorists you may be harboring indoors tonight. How could those bastards use this as an advertisement for cars? Boycott Kia! No more Kias until that’s off the air! ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/2 "2001-11-14T21:14:13Z")
Isn’t Kia a South Korean company? ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/3 "2001-11-14T21:27:42Z")
It might be, but the only Kia company is the one here that sells cars. ---
**Author:** ![NPavelka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/edb3f5/32.png) [@NPavelka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NPavelka)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/4 "2001-11-14T21:56:55Z")
I never put much stock in the acuracy of weather reports anyway, but this one I hope to be correct. Nick ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/5 "2001-11-14T22:04:55Z")
Kia is a South Korean company, yes. My personal fake slogan for them is “Kia: The Car From Korea.” (Most of my fake slogans poke fun at the companies or their logo. For some reason, that one doesn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/6 "2001-11-14T22:24:18Z")
They had an ad a while back that was full of anti-Japanese slurs. They need to fire their marketing department, their ad agency, and anyone who has ever signed off on, paid for, and approved any of those ads immediately. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/7 "2001-11-14T22:31:25Z")
anyone who buys a Kia, or ANY Korean ‘car’ for that matter, has shit for brains and deserves everything they get. at least Kia KNOW that the only people who will buy their cars are brain dead fuckwits. ---
**Author:** ![Clarissa\_xx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/8 "2001-11-14T22:53:40Z")
They could use the chia pet jingle and go K-K-K-Kia! Or would this get them in trouble? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/9 "2001-11-14T23:29:17Z")
Is this a commercial from the Kia company itself or from a local dealer? Small dealers have been known to slap corporate logos on shoddy ads that they stick on cable for $500. ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/10 "2001-11-14T23:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by psychogumby \* > \*\*anyone who buys a Kia, or ANY Korean ‘car’ for that matter, has shit for brains and deserves everything they get. > > at least Kia KNOW that the only people who will buy their cars are brain dead fuckwits. \*\* Cite? :wally ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/11 "2001-11-15T00:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Is this a commercial from the Kia company itself or from a local dealer? Small dealers have been known to slap corporate logos on shoddy ads that they stick on cable for $500. \*\* Umm… I think that it’s for the local dealer because it tells the name of all the cities around herethat sell Kias. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/12 "2001-11-15T00:09:11Z")
Yep, this sounds like a dealer commercial. I’ve never heard of anything so awful. That ad is even worse than their cars! Sam ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/13 "2001-11-15T09:14:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AmbushBug \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by psychogumby \* > > \*\*anyone who buys a Kia, or ANY Korean ‘car’ for that matter, has shit for brains and deserves everything they get. > > > > at least Kia KNOW that the only people who will buy their cars are brain dead fuckwits. \*\* > > Cite? :wally \*\* Cite #1: All those Hyundai Excels that didn’t have the front ends welded properly. Makes speed humps so much more fun! \ ‘What was that, honey?’ ‘Oh, just the front axle detaching from the chassis again, happens all the time …’ Cite #2: Well, all those riceboy wannabes (that is, riceboys that can’t afford a Honda) that buy a stock Hyundai Accent and then spend just as much as they did on the car on such value added performance features as massive chrome cheese-cutter rims, those fibreglass body kits that make the front end look like Darth Vader playing a harmonica, and those rear spoilers that are wide enough to land a Cessna on. Not to mention more electronics than NASA used in the first space shuttle, hooked up to 17 individual speakers, including the obligatory 16" subwoofers that do wonders for the car’s already dubious structure, pumping 5000 watts of amplified electronic farting that can be heard two suburbs away. And those fucking stupid neon lights … Cite #3: Any used Daewoo. These cars are bought by cheap-ass sons of bitches that have no fucking idea that cars need maintenance, then they wonder why the engine shits itself in a family-sized way after only 80,000km (50,000 miles or so). The following conversation is happening more and more in garages and mechanics workshops worldwide … ‘Well, you see, here’s your problem sir … this oil has the consistency of molasses … when was the last time you changed your oil?’ ‘Changed my oil? But the guy that sold me the car said that this amazing new Korean technology has eliminated the need for oil changes …’ It sure has. You just junk the fucker when it reaches 5 years old or 100,000 km. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/14 "2001-11-15T09:16:35Z")
Q: How do you double the resale value of a Kia? A: Fill the tank. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/15 "2001-11-15T09:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magdalene \* > \*\*They need to fire their marketing department, their ad agency, and anyone who has ever signed off on, paid for, and approved any of those ads immediately. \*\* Don’t forget their engineers! After accidentally renting a Kia Sportage on a business trip, I’ll never buy one of their cars no matter what the ads say! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/16 "2001-11-15T09:29:39Z")
My best friend is named Kia, so reading this thread has allowed me to find many humorous double-meanings. Though she’d kill me if she found out. ---
**Author:** ![Macro\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Macro\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macro_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/17 "2001-11-15T16:22:06Z")
Kias are about the bottom of the barrel, as far as cars go. I wouldn’t ride in one, much less buy one. Don’t lump all Korean cars together, though. Hyundais have made amazing strides in quality in the last few years. In fact, the new Hyundai Santa Fe has neen pretty well received. Gone are the days when a Hyundai Excel would fall apart on the way home from the dealership (and no, I do not drive a Korean car). Give them a few years, and they’ll have the reputation that Japanese cars had five years ago (quality products at a low cost). Now, I can’t even afford a Japanese car! I looked at Altimas yesterday: $27,000 sticker price!!! And forget about the SUVs. Geeez. ---
**Author:** ![MIKE\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-kia-company-now/93383/18 "2001-11-16T04:11:02Z")
KIA: Keep It Away