Very nice!!! Dude I must say I am sooo surprised on how much Kia improved. I used to hate the crap out of them. But I think Kia deserves the company of year for the most improvement. I actually drove your car as well and boy it was great especially it being a Kia. So smooth, and very roomy. For an everyday car I have to have a roomy car because I drive like a lazy person. I am surprised on how"luxury" the brand has come too. I next want to test drive a Kia cadenza which is Kia's flag ship car.  If you dont mind me asking what was the price of your car as well as your monthly payments for how many years as well as your interest? Also do you get any extra goodies to your deal like a year of extended warranty with no deductible, free state inspections, free dent pop outs/rim replacement, a extra electronic key, 5-10 free oil changes ect..? The Kia optimas that I seen dealerships in my area fully loaded was for $37,000. Make sure you keep that thing clean!! It looks great man I would hate for it to get all dirty.

Kia has done some great things.  They have gotten some design help from Ferrari and BMW.  There quality has steadily been improving over the years.  Based on your pictures, it looks like they have done a nice job on their interiors.  Although I am not found of leases, this sounds good.  The thing to watch with a lease is the residual value and the mileage rate for miles you drive over the included mileage.  If you can stay under the mileage, you should be fine.  I drive too much to lease, so the economics for me, with even your deal, would not be good.  I just find it amazing that Kia, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Chevy and others have the average price of car at $40,000.  It was no that long ago you could buy a new car for $10,000.  This amazes me.  Wonder when this will stop, as my salary since then has not gone up 400% and neither has the UAW's.  Looks like you made a good choice.

RushXTC
 
It's a $41,000 Lease to buy. (48 months lease, only need to pay 47 of them)
 
I'm going to be paying $699 monthly and I gave 0 down. It was 0% APR, I got the 0 Down 0 APR 0 First month payment.
 
The price was to be $720 monthly, But I asked if they could do $700 even and they dropped it down to $699. I really love this car! I was looking at the Kia Cadenza, It's pretty much the same thing except the body is a bit longer. I did get an extra electronic key worth like $300 =P I love the push to start feature! They're only doing the first 6 months of service (Which is like 1 oil change, lol). I only get 12,000 miles per year, But I only put like 20,000 miles on my Mustang in 2.5 years, So I'll be fine. Also, I agree about Kia, Like I said before I never thought I'd own a Kia. I was really looking forward to buying a challenger R/T and with the price I'm paying for the kia, I would've got the lowest of the V8 challengers anyways =P
 
 
I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to keep the car after the lease is over, I might return it and get a different lease.

Well since you said your leasing it, you dont actually own the car your basically borrowing it. Now since your leasing it that is BOY that is one hell of a monthly payment brother. I hope your not screwing yourself over with a monthly payment for a vehicle like that. If it was a sports car I understand because your young(me too). Now for me the push to start feature was kind of stupid. Its a useless feature imo that adds extra work for nothing to start your car. Also you know how you can walk up to your car and unlock it with the key fob in your pocket, but my question is what do you do when you cars battery is dead or if your key fob's battery is dead? How do you unlock your car with a key fob that has no actually key leg on it? Usually cars with a key fob like that have no actually key holes in the door handles. Also 12,000 miles per year thing is the industries average of how much a person drives a year so its typical you get only 12,000 miles. I generally drive about 5,800-7200 a year. Maybe you should of actually bought the car and traded in your mustang to put a down payment to make your monthly payments a little less expensive. You said your car is faster than it so LOL ya why not. But I can of get a idea on how much you love your mustang based on your past posts about it. Boy I sure do love my Cobra with all my heart lol. 

HAZMAN_THE_GREAT

RushXTC
 
It's a $41,000 Lease to buy. (48 months lease, only need to pay 47 of them)
 
I'm going to be paying $699 monthly and I gave 0 down. It was 0% APR, I got the 0 Down 0 APR 0 First month payment.
 
The price was to be $720 monthly, But I asked if they could do $700 even and they dropped it down to $699. I really love this car! I was looking at the Kia Cadenza, It's pretty much the same thing except the body is a bit longer. I did get an extra electronic key worth like $300 =P I love the push to start feature! They're only doing the first 6 months of service (Which is like 1 oil change, lol). I only get 12,000 miles per year, But I only put like 20,000 miles on my Mustang in 2.5 years, So I'll be fine. Also, I agree about Kia, Like I said before I never thought I'd own a Kia. I was really looking forward to buying a challenger R/T and with the price I'm paying for the kia, I would've got the lowest of the V8 challengers anyways =P
 
 
I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to keep the car after the lease is over, I might return it and get a different lease.

Well since you said your leasing it, you dont actually own the car your basically borrowing it. Now since your leasing it that is BOY that is one hell of a monthly payment brother. I hope your not screwing yourself over with a monthly payment for a vehicle like that. If it was a sports car I understand because your young(me too). Now for me the push to start feature was kind of stupid. Its a useless feature imo that adds extra work for nothing to start your car. Also you know how you can walk up to your car and unlock it with the key fob in your pocket, but my question is what do you do when you cars battery is dead or if your key fob's battery is dead? How do you unlock your car with a key fob that has no actually key leg on it? Usually cars with a key fob like that have no actually key holes in the door handles. Also 12,000 miles per year thing is the industries average of how much a person drives a year so its typical you get only 12,000 miles. I generally drive about 5,800-7200 a year. Maybe you should of actually bought the car and traded in your mustang to put a down payment to make your monthly payments a little less expensive. You said your car is faster than it so LOL ya why not. But I can of get a idea on how much you love your mustang based on your past posts about it. Boy I sure do love my Cobra with all my heart lol. 

If you think push to start is useless, you're not the target market for that feature. To me the feature is worth 110%. I usually have my left pocket stuffed with keys and other things, not having to remove them, to get in and start the car reduces the time it takes to do that completely. Especially if I am wearing a jacket, tighter pants, etc.
 
As for the keyfob, every fob has a key built inside of it, and a keyhole in the car tucked away. So yes, I can turn the engine over anyway. However, a 700 dollar monthly payment on something you don't even own equity in, is just insane especially when you considered a 20k car previously. Heck that's 100 bucks less than my monthly rent.

Congrats on the new car! KIA is part of the Hyundai group so I can't say I am that surprised on how much they improved.

That is a nice car. My only complaint about it is the GPS which I thought was lousy. Better to buy a TomTom and use that.

FattysGoneWild
Its nice. But, I think you got caught up in the moment. $700 lease for that long not to own it. Pass. That is just me though. Grats either way. You made a fine choice.

Yeah, You're not the only one that thinks that. Believe me, It seemed like a good idea last night, LOL!

Nice looking car! Congrats 

It was all you posted about when getting your next car. I like seeing people achieve their goals. Challengers are more rare to see then a KIA Optima, there is something about driving a car that you don't see on the road as you drive yours that makes it more special.

RushXTC

kram36
It was all you posted about when getting your next car. I like seeing people achieve their goals. Challengers are more rare to see then a KIA Optima, there is something about driving a car that you don't see on the road as you drive yours that makes it more special.

In los Angeles a challenger wouldn't be that special, I see about 15 different ones each day. Same goes for chargers and mustangs lol!

Glad to see you got a KIA Optima and you're happy with it.

Not sure if I could handle that monthly just yet xP but it appears to be a nice car, they sure have come a long way. 
I'm really considering another car this year, the question is how much can I save up for the cause lols.

New Car, Turbo and ya got an Auto?
 
Edit: $40K? I could build me a Cabin in the Mountains for that and a run some fiber.

Please tell me thats at least a Gold Plated ($20K worth of gold) AutoSports shift?
 
Could of got a Shinny New, 
 
Subaru WRX, for less....Or a nice used one and sink $20K back into it.......

Agreed! 
Rush, double check that math?

wrinvert
that's sti/evo money...

You ever been in an STI or an Evo?
 
That was obviously a joke, but what's not a joke is the fact that both have terrible interiors. The Optima is FAR nicer in the cockpit than either of those two, by a light year. You should know more than anyone here.