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Just as the title says, I'm probably a bit older than most of the members here, but I've been working on and modding cars since I was about 7(1983). I grew up around a uncle who has raced late model dirt cars for 40+ years, so as a child I was in the garage every day after school learning and helping, and at the track on the weekends. As an adult, I've owned a few dozen cars over the years, including multiple turbo Civics and Integras(the highest was at 462whp), a 520whp Ford Lightning(started as a tow vehicle for the Supra), Vette zo6, a couple turbo Mustangs, a few 1g and 2g AWD DSM's(Quickest one went 10.80 with full leather), and most notable of all of them was a 819whp single turbo 94 Supra, and a 2006 Mercedes E55 AMG that put down 570whp. I spent the first part of my life doing engineering work for 2 different plastics companies and in 2005 decided to hang that up and started turning wrenches at a Dodge dealership. 6 months after that, I realized the real money was in selling the cars, not working on them, so I transferred to sales and sold in Florida until 2009 and after my Wife's career brought us back to my family in Pa, I started to sell Dodges again and in 2011, we decided to have our 2nd child, and halfway through the year, I realized that with both of us working 12+ hours a day, 6 days a week, was not a good environment to raise kids, so I walked away and started my own business. The last dealer I worked at, also had a Kia store so I was able to get a real good hookup as a company employee before I left. We had to wait about 4 months for the Sportage SX's to hit the ground, as all that was available was EX's (late 2010-early 2011). I wanted the power of the SX, and both of us wanted the color. I was told I was the 2nd person in Pa to take possession of a Techno Orange SX and have only ever seen in person one other SX in that color. After that, I took a break from modding cars(I couldn't find anything for the Sportage anyways) and concentrated on getting my business going and spending lots of time with the kiddos. A few weeks ago, we were at the Dealership getting inspections done and absolutely fell in love with a loaded Abyss Blue Forte Koup SX. So after a phone call to the owner, and a peek at the invoice, we signed a few papers and took her home. So far, we love the car and only have put about 160 miles on it. Since then, I searched the net and a few days ago found this site, which seems to be great. I've been busy reading a lot of posts and finally decided to introduce myself, so hi, my name is Bill, and I might now be a Kiaholic 
