On Mar 18, 6:56 am, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:28:57 -0700 (PDT), "Capt. Rob" wrote:
You're waiting now for the season. If you couldn't wait you would
move to
Florida.

Why on earth would I want to trade a beautiful fall and winter season
of fun for a hot horrible season where people sail even less than here
in the winter? Kerplap!

Yes all tubes! Including the CD electronics! Bwahahahahaha!!!!

Yip. Jolida, modified by Underwood. Tube output stage. I also have a
good SS SACD player, but the Jolida is far better. Tech-SMACK!

The wall socket can be stunning too. That room is too small for
good sound.

Well then so are the sound rooms at Revel, Infinity and Martin Logan,
which I've been to. They are smaller than my 25X16 foot room, which is
now damped to perfection. Come to think of it so are the carefully
designed rooms at Sound by Singer and Wilson Audio...maybe my room is
too big! You should help those guys out! Booblair!

So you're trading it in because it is perfect? Wait another year or
two and
you won't be able to trade it for anything, even an old rusty
pocketknife!

Trade in value against an AWD MDX is just 2000 dollars less than the
Sienna we almost bought. The only problem is that the Sienna would
have cost 2900.00 more at the time and would have had half the
features and less power! So when we trade we SAVED 900 dollars with
the Kia, had more features, a higher safety rating and no problems! I
know two people with Sienna's now. One had MAJOR front end problems
and the other got a new tranny (under warranty) at barely 30K. After
the new tranny the Sienna is still plagued by problems. Toyota has
slipped! Chazoom!!!!

Please don't use the word "tranny" in ASA, Bob, it attracts Gayanze like a moth
to a flame.



You're right. I wasn't thinking. I meant "transmission."

"After our long term test neared completion, we admitted we were sad
to see the Sedona go. It had topped both the Odyssey and the Sienna
for comfort and required only a single service visit for the video
screen. The Toyota spent almost two whole weeks in service and the
Honda had electrical issues on three occasions. If there's one area
Kia needs to improve on it may be in detail and refinement. The Kia's
powerplant and transmission, while powerful, didn't exhibit the silky
smoothness of the competition. Still for real world usage, the Sedona
remains at the top of our list and made us question the higher costs
of the Sienna which provided fewer options. The Sedona has also held
onto it's stellar safety record besting all other minivans and most
small trucks in crash tests."

-Car & Driver



SMACK-SMASH-KO CRUNCHDOWN!!!!!



The Good Captain
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