So a Car took away our right of way. Not our fault. Air bags deployed and car absorbed the crash energy well. Insurance company declared Kia a total. No broken bones.
So..will begin search for a new car. Sat in new Sorento and not initially impressed with what they did. I will post what I eventually get. If not Kia I may be signing off the forum. Should know in a few weeks.
Will keep folks posted.
And I must say that I am pleased with Kia crash protection engineering.
I also had a total write off on my 2015 Sorento in June. Hit a Moose head on, one of the things that concerned me was no air bags deployed!
Head on collision that caused $22k in damage and Sorento declared total loss and air bags never deployed.
Mine was two years ago, DUI lost control of his camaro in the wet and I was able to avoid a head-on, hit my side and spun me off the road. Only side impact airbags went off - as it should be. I was totally unharmed. My 2011 EX had only 45k on it. I bought a 2015 SX.
Why not go with a leftover 2015 if you don't like the 2016?
^^^^ Regarding moose accident - Having lived in Alaska for 7 years, I saw several car/moose impacts. Those moose have looonnnng legs and most of their body mass is higher than the hood of most vehicles except HD pickups. I'm guessing (and it is just a guess) that on impact, the legs were the only thing that made contact with the front bumper and grille. The torso and head (90% of the mass) probably impacted the windshield area. Don't know if that would trip the front airbag sensors or not.
I bought two new to us vehicles within a year and search for 6 months or more for both.
Key criterias were a V6 min ~300HP
- automatic and NO CVT transmission
- min 3500lb tow rating
- AWD or equiv
- seats 5 adults (even wider bodied ones 6ft tall)
- engineering aspects access to oil filtr etc
This eliminates a lot out there not as most lines are pushing 4 cylinder engines. Even RAV 4 which is too big for a 4 as well IMO.
I just returned from a trip to Ottawa and area. The Sorento go an average of 30MPG Canadian which included driving around Ottawa and Gatineau QC for a couple of days !! NO Air conditioning was used.
My Highlander 4WD 3.3L 2012 was the first one I bought for myself and gets 27MPG pretty consistently in mixed driving. I have yet to do a dedicated highway calc without any town/city driving but the Sorento is clearly much better with readings by the computer in the 8.x - < 9L/100 on the dash until I mix in enough town driving it breaks into the 9.x area.
This is excellent in both cases especially that the Highlander is a 5 speed Auto and the Sorento is a 6 speed auto transmission.
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