News for Aug. 20, 2002

The Kia/DVD deal

8/20/02, 12:53 pm EST - Tehanu

Some Kia dealerships got so clogged with LOTR fans test-driving Kias in order to get their free DVD that they've taken to giving them away rather than go through the hassle of giving test-drives to people who aren't really interested. Ringer Brian, who got his DVD from them (there's a 2-week wait) said "Bad news, it's the FULL-screen version." [whoops, had to change that - I misquoted him originally.-T]