Future nomad minivan?

[MrNoodly]

Kia has a high-roof luxury minivan they sell in Korea and might import to the US. If so, maybe a decade later you'd be able to pick one up on the used market for something less than the speculated $56K price. Hey, it even has curtains, so that's one less mod you'd have to make. 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35118830/kia-ultra-luxury-minivan/

<a href="https://ibb.co/Kzw0mdG"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/tPXm3gh/kia-carnival-hi-limousine-exterior-1609775118.jpg" alt="kia-carnival-hi-limousine-exterior-1609775118" border="0" /></a>

Not holding my breath.

 

[Allan Greenblazer]

KIA= Korean Inferior Automobile.
I've heard of engine failures with 62,000 miles. Hyundai and Kia are like Chevrolet and GMC the same company and I would advise anyone to stay away from them. It might cost a bit more, but a Toyota will last hundreds of thousands of trouble free miles. My 2007 Tacoma had 412,000 miles when it was hit and totaled. It didn't even burn any oil and ran perfectly. Everything was original on the engine never even had to change the radiator hoses. Original starter, alternator, radiator, power steering rack and pump all working flawlessly. I do live in Phoenix, AZ so the heat did a number on the rubber motor mounts and transmission mounts and those were changed also I did have to replace the u-joints on the driveshaft at the same time as the motor/transmission mounts these are wear items that may have affected the mounts or u-joints. I mean that these may have been related. I changed the oil, tires, brakes, air filter, and spark plugs. You will not likely find any Korean vehicle with that many miles and any that had anywhere near that kind of miles will most likely be on it's second or third engine and or transmission. This may not matter if you buy a new Korean vehicle and sell it before the warranty is over, but I would encourage you to follow Scotty Kilmer on YouTube to learn from an honest mechanic which vehicles are well built and which are endless money pits.

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[Gypsyjoe#1]

I don't know about KIA, but my ex wife had a 1987 Toyota van that she turned a million miles on and the only thing other than routine maintenance that was done to it was I had to change the belt tensioner pulley twice. When she turned a million miles as the original owner the Fort Wayne Toyota dealer contacted Toyota and they went through it including the body and completely rebuilt it free of charge for turning a million miles!!!!

 

[desert_sailing]

The next must have vehicle accessory..... air purifiers.

I forget how much of a luxury fresh air is for some folks.

 

[WQTraveller]

Am I the only one that sees a hearse?

 

[uncagingmyspirit]

[emoji3059]
That is gorgeous. If I didn't like my stand up space, I would seriously consider it.

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[jacqueg]

Am I the only one that sees a hearse?

I knew it reminded me of something. 

A friend of mine in high school had a hearse for a while. It was ginormous, you could easily take 8 people to the drive-in movie in it. And we did. Great fun.

Built like a tank too. However, it got remarkably terrible gas mileage, so he only kept it for 6 months or so.