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Anyone got a Kia Picanto? Some qs
Heya, so, i'm thinking of buying a Kia Picanto. I heard it's a good car, but that the boot is too small. Now, I read several reviews that the boot was so small that you couldn't fit a spare tyre in the car. However, I read one review that said that although the boot seems small, if you lift up what would be the base of the boot, there is even more space to fit stuff like maps, tools and a spare wheel. The reviews seem to contradict each other, so I was wondering if any of you have a Kia Picanto, and if so, is there extra space under the boot to fit a spare tyre or not?
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I know someone who has a Kia Picanto and they'd be happy for you to look at it and check it out for yourself.
It's your local Kia dealer.
It's your local Kia dealer.
My mothe has one.
The Euro NCAP safety rating for the car given its age is apalling. The fuel consumption is good, but there is an unexplained problem with the car which they are unable to fix under the free warranty.
As for the boot, it isn't very big at all. You can probably fit four bags of grocery shopping in the back. As for the spare wheel, as you've heard you do lift up the floor of the boot and there is more space. In my mothers car, she didn't receive a spare wheel but instead all sorts of tyre repair stuff. I think spare wheels are an optional extra. You can't really use the space to put extra stuff in there.
The Euro NCAP safety rating for the car given its age is apalling. The fuel consumption is good, but there is an unexplained problem with the car which they are unable to fix under the free warranty.
As for the boot, it isn't very big at all. You can probably fit four bags of grocery shopping in the back. As for the spare wheel, as you've heard you do lift up the floor of the boot and there is more space. In my mothers car, she didn't receive a spare wheel but instead all sorts of tyre repair stuff. I think spare wheels are an optional extra. You can't really use the space to put extra stuff in there.
I've got one 
The main part of the boot's about two foot high from floor to parcel shelf, less than a foot deep at the top and about two foot deep at the bottom. However, if you life up the floor there's about the same size volume underneath (probably bigger) with enough space for a spare tyre and room to spare
The downside is that there's a gap between the floor and the back of the boot so bits of paper keep falling down behind the spare tyre and are really fiddly to get out 
It's a really cheap car (mine does >300 miles on a tank and costs less than £35 to fill up), but the acceleration is non-existent and I think there are only two airbags in the whole car Also, I have the really budget version so there aren't any pockets on the back of the seats, there's no storage around the handbrake and there's no middle seat belt in the back.
The main part of the boot's about two foot high from floor to parcel shelf, less than a foot deep at the top and about two foot deep at the bottom. However, if you life up the floor there's about the same size volume underneath (probably bigger) with enough space for a spare tyre and room to spare
The downside is that there's a gap between the floor and the back of the boot so bits of paper keep falling down behind the spare tyre and are really fiddly to get out It's a really cheap car (mine does >300 miles on a tank and costs less than £35 to fill up), but the acceleration is non-existent and I think there are only two airbags in the whole car
Also, I have the really budget version so there aren't any pockets on the back of the seats, there's no storage around the handbrake and there's no middle seat belt in the back.
I think you'd be better of buying an Austin Metro for £100 than to buy a Picanto.
Residuals is gonna be rubbish, parts like most pacific rim cars tend to be expensive and not as long lasting.
Drove one briefly as a courtesy car. I would rather buy an older Toyota Yaris or a Nissan Micra..........or perhaps a Fiat Panda than to put money into a Picanto.
Residuals is gonna be rubbish, parts like most pacific rim cars tend to be expensive and not as long lasting.
Drove one briefly as a courtesy car. I would rather buy an older Toyota Yaris or a Nissan Micra..........or perhaps a Fiat Panda than to put money into a Picanto.
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It wasn't me that negged you, but I'd have thought that being able to carry a spare wheel in the car would be an important thing to check...
yeah and surely it's easier just to go into a kia showroom or into a dealer and find out?
besides, most cars now come with pincture repair kits so you don't have to lug a spare tyre around.
I'm currently awaiting my new picanto and the showroom man showed me that there's a space under the floor of theboot for a spare wheel. They supply filler stuff to repair your tyre but won't supply a spare wheel, that's an extra but there's space for it if you want to buy one. Also, what's nice to know is that there's these two options with the back seats on how far tilted forward they are. If you choose the tilted forward one you'll get a bit of back space. Also, if you need the extra boot room you could just put the seats forward (they're 60/40 split seats too). Boot space was something i considered when i decided to buy a new car, but all those really cheap cars are minimal on it so really it doesn't matter!
Wait, wait just hang on a moment here....
You're telling me they give you stuff to repair your tyres by the road side now? Ok so how many people will know how to do that? I knew enough people that called out the RAC/AA to change a wheel, let alone repair a puncture at the roadside. Jesus, are we talking about actually finding the hole and plugging and gluing it and then pumping the tyre back up again? Or that crappy stuff you squirt inside your tyre? And what if you get a blow out? Or a slash in your sidewall? Freaking crazy.
You're telling me they give you stuff to repair your tyres by the road side now? Ok so how many people will know how to do that? I knew enough people that called out the RAC/AA to change a wheel, let alone repair a puncture at the roadside. Jesus, are we talking about actually finding the hole and plugging and gluing it and then pumping the tyre back up again? Or that crappy stuff you squirt inside your tyre? And what if you get a blow out? Or a slash in your sidewall? Freaking crazy.
Nuffles
Wait, wait just hang on a moment here....
You're telling me they give you stuff to repair your tyres by the road side now? Ok so how many people will know how to do that? I knew enough people that called out the RAC/AA to change a wheel, let alone repair a puncture at the roadside. Jesus, are we talking about actually finding the hole and plugging and gluing it and then pumping the tyre back up again? Or that crappy stuff you squirt inside your tyre? And what if you get a blow out? Or a slash in your sidewall? Freaking crazy.
You're telling me they give you stuff to repair your tyres by the road side now? Ok so how many people will know how to do that? I knew enough people that called out the RAC/AA to change a wheel, let alone repair a puncture at the roadside. Jesus, are we talking about actually finding the hole and plugging and gluing it and then pumping the tyre back up again? Or that crappy stuff you squirt inside your tyre? And what if you get a blow out? Or a slash in your sidewall? Freaking crazy.
Its the squirty stuff, I believe. Its all in the name of weight saving which cuts emissions. Crazy indeed. I know I'd rather have a spare, even a space saver as its bound to be safer. I know there are instructions about use of the liquid/foam and the speed you can travel but I'd still prefer to have a spare.
I can't understand why run-flats aren't standard on more cars, but there ya go, I suppose. I know they're harsher than standard tyres but still, they'd help cut road deaths by a bit as I've seen people driving on nearly flat tyres and as we all know flat tyres destabilise a car in corners/high speed maneuvers.
Kevmeister
Its the squirty stuff, I believe. Its all in the name of weight saving which cuts emissions. Crazy indeed. I know I'd rather have a spare, even a space saver as its bound to be safer. I know there are instructions about use of the liquid/foam and the speed you can travel but I'd still prefer to have a spare.
I can't understand why run-flats aren't standard on more cars, but there ya go, I suppose. I know they're harsher than standard tyres but still, they'd help cut road deaths by a bit as I've seen people driving on nearly flat tyres and as we all know flat tyres destabilise a car in corners/high speed maneuvers.
I can't understand why run-flats aren't standard on more cars, but there ya go, I suppose. I know they're harsher than standard tyres but still, they'd help cut road deaths by a bit as I've seen people driving on nearly flat tyres and as we all know flat tyres destabilise a car in corners/high speed maneuvers.
Cut emissions? My spare tyre is bolted to the roof rack on top of my car
That being said my tyres are some of the best you can get being 5 ply across the tread and 3 ply walls whereas most tyres have a 2 ply tread and 1 ply sidewall. At ~£130 a piece I'm bloody glad I got 4 nearly new and one brand new spare with the car when I bought it
People insist on buying cheap tyres and then wonder why they blow out or puncture, let alone the sketchy handling in the wet.
To be honest I'm not sure which I'd rather have if I had to, a gunk-filled punctured tyre or a space saving spare. A car will never in a million years brake in a straight line with a space saver on, nor will it handle properly. So why is it that I often see them in supermarket carparks? How is doing the shopping more important than your car being safe to drive? A moot question, actually, now I think about it.
Most people aren't really educated about the things they use and don't seek to educate themselves about them, look at the amount of people using computers and how few of them know how to do something simple like uninstall a program or what any of the wires/sockets at the back are for.
The driving theory test should really be a proper theory test that actually requires you to learn about using cars instead of stuff about road signs that you can fluke your way through.
The driving theory test should really be a proper theory test that actually requires you to learn about using cars instead of stuff about road signs that you can fluke your way through.
The 'show me tell me questions' on the driving test are a joke. Anything i needed to know about fixing on the car was yellow so i just thought 'hmm, oil, well yes, there's a yellow thing, that's the one'.
Depends on the car, the Corsa I did my test in had all the bits were yellow but had I done it in my own car they would have all been black.
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