Between my husband ceaselessly adjusting his seat to get comfortable and three children fighting in the back seat, I thought I would never make it to the movie theatre, less than 5 miles from our house. I am able to squeeze my family of five into the Spectra, although I would not recommend this to anyone who values their sanity. I also appreciate the standard side curtain airbags. The heat controls are user-friendly and the stereo is a breeze to figure out. It is refreshing to drive this car for a week and not have to pull out the manual. What the Spectra lacks in creature comforts it makes up for in simplicity and safety features. I can fit my iPod in this space, but not much more. Most disappointing of all is the size of the center console. Some other amenities that I really miss in the Kia Spectra are: A lighted mirror on the sun shade and an outside temperature gauge. I live in the land of giant SUVs, so feeling exceptionally low to the ground is intimidating and somewhat unnerving. It has a manual pump-action seat hoist that seems to get me just a couple inches off the road – literally. First of all, I cannot get the seat high enough. Holy distracted driver, Batman!Įnough about my dislike for the stick shift I am really unimpressed about some other aspects of the 2006 Kia Spectra as well. It seems that each time my phone rings or the children need me, I am also in the midst of shifting. With a manual transmission, I feel like I need another pair of hands just to take a sip or answer a phone call (with my headset attached, of course). As much as I believe in limited distractions while driving, I often have a coffee cup in the cup holder and a cell phone at the ready in the console. Sounds pretty girly, huh? I am really glad that I posses those skills, but the only one I use with any frequency is being able to drive a car with manual transmission.įor me, however, having an automatic transmission is a must in a mom-mobile. My father wanted to be sure that I could drive a difficult stick shift, change a tire, change the oil, and engage a manual 4-wheel drive system. I learned to drive in a Jeep, a very old Jeep.
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