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🟡 Naval Attack | 7/10 🇲🇲 Attacks on Myanmar Military Vessels on Irrawaddy River The Kachin Independence Army attacked three Myanmar military transport vessels between September 12 and 13 near the Sinkhan Bridge, setting them on fire. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Myanmar #NavalWarfare #KIA

🟡 Naval Attack | 6/10 🇲🇲 Attack on Military Vessels in Myanmar The Kachin Independence Army attacked three military transport vessels on the Irrawaddy River between September 12 and 13, setting them on fire and damaging them. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Myanmar #NavalAttack #KIA

Kia EV4 im Test: Warum der 490-km-Stromer beim Bremsen versagt https://www.schmidtisblog.de/kia-ev4-test-bremsweg-reichweite-1814152/ #KIA

ICCU Monitor Logs Data in E-GMP EV Failures https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/iccu-monitor-logs-data-in-e-gmp-ev-failures/ #Carhacks #EGMP #Genesis #Hyundai #ICCU #IntegratedChargeControlUnit #Kia

Yesterday, I mentioned that later-generation Hyundai Sonatas didn’t come to the UK - although earlier versions did. This car isn’t a Sonata but it has a Sonata connection - it’s the original Kia Magentis, which is a lightly modified fourth-generation Sonata, thought to be the first example of Hyundai/Kia platform sharing after the two companies combined in 1998. I snapped this 2001/2 Magentis at a Kia event for UK journalists last year. #davidsdailycar #Kia #Hyundai #WeirdCarMastodon

#ManualTransmission #Cars have become enshittified in recent years. There is almost nothing out there that's like a small hatchback with a < 2l engine, naturally aspirated, yet which has a top gear that lets you cruise at around 2500 RPM at 100 km/h. The worst offender I found so far: 6-speed #Kia Souls. The overall ratio of 6th gear is about what 4th gear was in the 1998 Honda Civic DX hatch i had years ago. Why would I want to flip through 6 gears, just to get to 4th? And then continue driving in 4th after hitting the freeway? #FacePalm So far the only thing I found with non-sucky gearboxes are #Mazda 3s. They are a little large. Mini Coopers are good also, but they are finicky about fuel and built by BMW (expensive parts, maintenance, issues, ...).

It turns out that while the #Kia Soul has ridiculous manual gear ratios, Kia redeem themselves in the Rio. The 2018 Rio5 LX manual has a decently high 6th gear, allowing cruising at around 2500 RPM at 100 km/h. The engine is 1.6 l, naturally aspirated, rated as producing 130 hp. Hatchback, small engine, no turbo, tall overdrive gear: approved.

Weather was ok (-6C, low wind, sunny) today, so salt-n-shovelled a working patch of the driveway to fit the ramps. Pulled the #CDV from the #Kia. Not really stated anywhere, so for info a 2017 #Forte LX 6MT [Canada] indeed has an external slave cylinder next to oil filter. Easily removed. Clutch is much more direct, traditional feel and no longer shags me up. Also tightened oil plug (slow leak) and pulled/relubed driver door lock ~ no more graphite powder. Silicon spray lube now.