re: Kia Telluride - over MSRP?

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there’s a reason there’s months long wait for ordering one

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Pop culture

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What are your problems with it?

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There are too many safety features and controls that take control away from the operator. Something as simple as unlocking or locking the car doors when and how you want to. There are several things that give you convenience or ease at the expense of control and decision making power. I guess it makes since then that our lazy populace would swarm to it

Other than that, the engine lacks low-end torque and gets poor gas mileage for being a mid-size SUV. It'll average around 25 mpg on the highway, but around 18 in the city. That, combined with a ridiculously small gas tank, means a lot of filling up. I did the math on the last tank and we got about 21 mpg average for the tank. The driver's seat is uncomfortable for long trips and the center console is too low to comfortably rest your elbow on while driving.

It does run much better on 93 octane since it has a very high compression ratio, somewhere around 13.5:1. Oil changes are a breeze, and driving 70mph and above it seems to really float. It's a joy to drive on the interstate. It has a good bit of room in the back too.

It has it's good qualities too, but for what we paid those bad qualities are unacceptable in my view.

We have the EX model with premium package FWIW.

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There are too many safety features and controls that take control away from the operator. Something as simple as unlocking or locking the car doors when and how you want to. There are several things that give you convenience or ease at the expense of control and decision making power. I guess it makes since then that our lazy populace would swarm to it

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I mean in a few years you're not going to have any options with this. Well, assuming this chip shortage issue gets sorted out.

Why is a Kia Telluride so hot? I just don't get it.

They have some cool looking headlights and cooled seats, but everyone I have known has had head gasket issues within a 100k miles and a windowed block. I guess they were forward thinking with that warranty.

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I mean in a few years you're not going to have any options with this. Well, assuming this chip shortage issue gets sorted out.

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I disagree. My F150 has most of the same safety features without the lack of control.

Terrible time to buy a vehicle. But good luck

If you’re smart you’re not buying!!

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We got the EX + Premium package.
Trims go LX, S, EX, then SX as the top.

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well congrats because we paid $10k more than you for a lesser package

Dude don’t feel bad. When they started selling the 2021s I joined like every telluride Facebook group and I played hardball with dealers from Houston to Pensacola to try and get one for MSRP. I refused to pay a dollar over it. After like 4 months of that, and not wanting to wait on a dealer from far off to order and ship it, I settled with 1k over. There was also a couple thousand dollar price hike from 20 to 21. I put way too much effort into it.