An Introduction

An introduction:

I’m pretty young, in my twenties and for the most of my teen and early adult life I wanted a Volkswagen Jetta, don’t ask me why, I don’t really know, but for some reason I thought they were the coolest cars (besides a white Bentley convertible), and I always thought to myself, when I actually buy a car I will get a Jetta.  Then I got the job I have now at a rental car company.  I was driving a customer home and I was super excited because we had a Jetta on the lot and of course I chose that one to drive them home in, being super excited that I will finally get to drive a Jetta!  But you know how they say never meet your hero because you will only be disappointed?  Well, it was that kind of moment.  I drove it and I was so less than impressed, I positively did not like it.  Now some people can argue that I had just hyped it up in my head and there was no way it could meet my expectations, which would be a valid argument if the Jetta had similar features to other cars in that class (midsize) which it most certainly does not.  So I changed my mind about that car pretty quickly, and as luck would have it I ended up driving a Kia Forte, really liked it, and ended up buying one when the time came to purchase my own vehicle.

Why did I explain all of this?  Well, reader, it is to illustrate that working at my job has given me a unique opportunity to experience/get to know/get acquainted etc., with a lot of different makes and models of cars, which as you just read, helped me quite a bit with my own choices.  Now just my own knowledge did not seal the deal with my Forte; like the good, well-informed consumer that I am, I did more research on the car via the all-mighty internet. 

There are many and more car reviews out there and I found my fair share, so why then am I adding another one?  While most of the reviews are helpful, they are awfully technical, they deal with the nuts and bolts, what goes under the hood, and how it all performs, which of course is very important info.  But my own knowledge was a good supplement to the down and dirty mechanics of the vehicle. 

So this review blog is about the looks of the vehicle, the features (although I will not be crazy in-depth on most of them), how it feels, aesthetics, etc., and also my own opinions.  I clearly state that I am partial and prejudiced.  This blog is meant for the everyday Joe just trying to see if it’s really worth getting a 7 year loan to buy a car that  maybe they won’t like in anymore in a year.

I want to be helpful and hopefully someone will get some use out of my seemingly useless(?) knowledge.