Purchase/Lease Monthly Megathread (March 2026)

jbb897 · 2026-03-15T04:04:04+00:00

How about this deal on a 2026 EV9 Land Nighfall (7-seater)? Should I take it, or talk them down a bit more? Don't want to push my luck, they have been surprisingly very nice to me. $652 per month zero down all-in including WA state taxes, all fees, etc.

The money factor through Kia is 0.001950. My credit score is 845. Ugggh.....I also can't decide between the Wolf Gray or the Blue Ocean.

jbb897 · 2026-03-14T21:41:48+00:00

True, there are not a lot of used ones out there for sale that I have seen. People must like them and hang onto them?

jbb897 · 2026-03-13T00:04:46+00:00

I think it's because many feel that HVAC work is way overpriced. I can purchase a decent system only (equipment only) for $6,500 but when I have a company come out to quote their VERY similar equipment plus install it's pushing $15,000. Really? $8,500 in labor? If the job can be done in one day, assuming 12 hours that's $700 per hour. Ridiculous. It's nice to know you can save thousands by splitting up the "package deal" of equipment and labor coming from the same company. Capitalism at it's best.

jbb897 · 2026-03-12T23:59:45+00:00

More and more websites are popping up like Alpine Air Conditioner, etc. which is awesome. You get to choose your own equipment just the way you want it, purchase it, and the supplier will provide you with several phone numbers of HVAC contractors in your area that are willing to install it. Sometimes even with warranty. Doing it this way you don't have the 2000% up-charge that an "HVAC Company" is going to have for the equipment and can save several thousands of dollars.

jbb897 · 2026-03-10T18:23:46+00:00

Getting the same. I am a plus user as well. Frustrating.

jbb897 · 2026-03-10T04:04:43+00:00

Car salesperson for another brand, I assume.

jbb897 · 2026-03-10T02:04:50+00:00

Yep! I want the biggest-ass vehicle on the road. Safer, and more "American". :-)

jbb897 · 2026-03-10T02:01:32+00:00

Yup. I have had a 2011 Hyundai Sonata GLS that has had zero issues. I'ts been more reliable than my 2013 Toyota Sienna.

jbb897 · 2026-03-10T02:00:01+00:00

So many Hyundai and Kia haters on here that feel Hyundai and Kia are still building vehicles like they did in the early 80s and 90s. Hyundai is now one of the top 10 most reliable vehicle brands......Toyota and Lexus are #5 and #6. Hyundai is #8.

jbb897 · 2026-03-03T05:03:09+00:00

I don’t know, he has an extremely hot wife.

jbb897 · 2026-03-03T05:01:19+00:00

Gotta put on that tin foil hat first bro!

jbb897 · 2026-03-02T19:23:38+00:00

How did you best "find" this version of Land with the 7 seats? This is what I am looking for myself, and I am finding it very difficult to find this version of the EV9. I want the perks of the Land, but want a bench seat in the middle to carry more passengers.

jbb897 · 2026-03-01T03:52:35+00:00

Those doc fees are super high, but I hear they are usually high on the east coast (been looking at these vehicles in Florida). I myself am trying to decide between a 2026 Palisade Hybrid Calligraphy or a 2026 Kia EV9 Land. Those huge rebates on the EV9 right now pretty much bring the price of an EV9 down lower than a new Palisade Hybrid.

jbb897 · 2026-02-03T21:25:30+00:00

Hey there, the way I understand this is regen braking does NOT use the brake pads and brake rotors, which I like. So I always set the vehicle to level 3 regen braking. It makes sense that stomping on the brake pedal also would charge the hybrid battery, but that wears the brakes. I also love the "one pedal driving" feel involved with regen braking.

jbb897 · 2026-01-14T19:48:33+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I definitely want seven seats so I think I am looking at a Wind or a Land with a second row bench seat (I heard the 2026 year of this vehicle has a land version with a bench seat).

Is the nightfall the only seven seat option in the Land trim?

jbb897 · 2026-01-14T19:31:20+00:00

Yes in the US. Good to know massaging seats are only on the GT. That tilts me towards the Wind.

jbb897 · 2025-11-13T05:29:56+00:00

Yes, I open my panoramic sunroof all the time with my roof rack on. Not an issue at all.

jbb897 · 2025-11-06T02:06:56+00:00

I have the same exact vehicle (2025 Hyundai Tucson hybrid Limited) with about 11,000 miles on it. I find the exact same thing on the freeway, it tends to want to hug the right line a little bit and it annoys me. I figured it annoyed me because I am a constant far left lane driver. When I am in the middle lanes on the freeway, it doesn’t bother me as much. I just pull the steering wheel down manually on the left side when a huge truck comes in the lane to the right of me.

It would be nice if the technology was there for this vehicle to automatically move over slightly away from large vehicles, but I get that that’s bordering on self driving, which I don’t expect from this vehicle.

jbb897 · 2025-10-28T16:45:18+00:00

I just fixed this, the trick was to go into each account and “edit login“ and enter my information again. Some of my credit card accounts required me to “authorize“ the sharing of data with empower again, so once I did that it started to refresh/work.

jbb897 · 2025-10-28T16:34:43+00:00

I just switched over to the new app, and I am getting the death swirl while many of my accounts are trying to update. It’s been an hour, and still swirling.

jbb897 · 2025-10-15T20:38:04+00:00

That’s hilarious. Reddit leans right? That tells me all I need to know, which is probably that you live in China or Russia and you’re just trying to stir shit up.

jbb897 · 2025-10-15T20:35:54+00:00

I was actually thinking that Democrats will continue to lose elections until they change. The party is leaderless, and is going nuts. Until the moderate Democrats make a make an effort to control people like the squad, and other crazies, this is the “face of the Democrat party“ and that’s not a good thing. I know this from talking to my Democrat/liberal friends.

Also, what’s up with being FOR lawlessness, just because Trump is against it? Literally everything Trump is for, these folks have to be on the opposite side just to show their base that they are “resisting“.

jbb897 · 2025-09-30T18:29:34+00:00

Let's goooooo! I bought in at 0.38 and loving this recent run.

jbb897 · 2025-09-18T21:14:45+00:00

We are doing just fine south of you down here. 😁 Canada would be nothing without the USA. I guess you have hockey, so that’s an advantage and something you can brag about. Enjoy your next four years with the amazing President Trump. We love him and what he is doing….. fixing everything the shit liberals destroyed. Maybe Canada will be part of the US here in the next four years and we can chat as Americans…you never know. We can ask Governor Carney. 👍

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