Just traded in my 2012 Kia Optima for a Steel Gray 2014 SV, picking it up on Wednesday, just a few scratches that need to be fixed and 3M tape applied.
I'm absolutely thrilled and can't wait. Don't get me wrong the Kia was fine it got me 100,000KMs without issues, but with the 2.4L under the hood it was just bland and not very pleasing to drive. Ride was harsh the interior was noisy and performance was just poor.

I had the pleasure of driving the Maxima on a long distance trip last year and boy what a difference that was. I drove for 8 hours straight and got to my destination feeling great not exhausted at all, drove back the same day and it was still a joy.

So I'm trading fuel efficiency (not really, the Optima averaged at 10.0L/100) for comfort, speed and IMO looks as well.

Anyway, hope to hang around the forums and run into some fellow canucks along the way.

 

Hi, congrats and welcome. Nice car.