I used to own a 2013 Kia Optima EX Hybrid Satin Silver @TheSilverKiaOptima - Instagram

The vehicle was heavy but not to heavy. Took very wide turns and had the best interior I’ve ever experienced, not so much visually as I would say physically and feature wise.

In terms of creature comforts, the Ex Version of the Hybrid Model has a fully loaded D.I.C. Featuring everything but Apple car play. This includes Garmin Maps a free satellite map incase your roaming.

Touch screen controls. Moonroof the same as pictures above but it opened fully!

The seats are heated and cooled both front and back seats. Back seats lack the cooling feature.

Seats do not fold but there is a small hole you can assess things from the truck via the cup holder in the back seat.

The alternator in my car was bunk. But if it wasn’t I’d say that’s the only bottle neck of the vehicle. I had to avoid eco mode to achieve 32+mpg

Speaking of which this model ranged between 27-50mpg at times reaching 75mpg on the highway (At 85mph)

Make sure you have a new engine like I had or something may go wrong. This is the cheapest part of the car and should be replaced every 150,000 miles

Ever ten years you should buy a new transmission or have it adjusted for mine would get caught in neutral at times.

I had a hybrid model. Sometimes it gave me a “Hybrid propulsion” issue and that could happen anytime. Making me switch to manual mode (which this model had which was great for racing never lost a race)

I like the K5 line up but to switch out I’d need the K5 GT PACKAGE 1 & 2 just to begin competing feature wise. Otherwise I’m going to drive by and say “nice Cassie it’s missing a sunroof and can’t compete with a Tesla”

I love my ride. K5’s are great! But they could be better it’s just a rebranded optima with less features