I took the Kia out to Frank Raines near Patterson, CA a few weeks ago with some friends with ATVs and a Jeep. I made it through most of the climbing without a scratch until I was coming down this banked tight turn where the back end just lifted up and slid into the tree. Left a nice mark on the car, lucky I didn't hit the window.

I was surprised at how well the Sportage did climbing the steep hills, although the video's don't do much to show how steep they actually were. I had to put it in 4L a few times to make it up but overall I did better than the Jeep I was with who ended up breaking an axle. I'll try and upload a few more of the videos soon. They were all filmed upside down so I have to process them... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
You can see some pictures and the videos here: https://plus.google.com/114853784402478008821#114853784402478008821/posts

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mattrodd18/videos
If one of the videos is upside down it hasn't finished processing yet.

-Matthew