2001 Kia Sportage Product Spotlight

Today we are introducing a new feature; the Product Spotlight. We will be focusing on certain models that sell extraordinarily well on our website diyrepairmanuals.com. The first vehicle we will be looking at is the 2001 Kia Sportage. This compact SUV from Kia definitely falls under the category "kind of sucks". According to Wikipedia it shares many of its components with a Mazda. The engine was underpowered and it lacked many of the amenities the American public wanted. Only slightly bigger than a Geo Tracker it never came close to getting the same market share. It sold poorly even i its native South Korea. In 2002 it was dropped in from the Kia lineup to be reworked. There is nothing really remarkable about the 2001 model except that it remains our number one best selling Kia owner's manual. Go figure.

The End Of An Era

Ford has decided to end its mercury lineup at the end of 2010. This is indeed a sad day for car enthusiasts. You can't walk down the street without seeing at least one Sable or Cougar. But after years of declining sales maybe it was time to cut their losses and put the old dog down. RIP Mercury.

Evil Spam

We have been getting hit hard by spam bots of late and we just wanted to say thats enough already!

What Is BP's Next Move

First the containment dome failed to work, then the so called top-kill produced ziltch, now BP is possibly going to make the problem worse by cutting off the pipe for a cleaner seal on another containment dome. I say it's time to end our reliance on oil altogether and start using alternative methods to fuel our vehicles. But in the meantime I guess hybrids and electric vehicles will have to do. We have a nice selection of service manuals for both at our website www.diyrepairmanuals.com. And remember a well maintained car uses less fuel than a poorly tuned one.