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You engage your four-wheel-drive (4WD) setting on your vehicle when you require a bit more traction to get moving. Two-wheel is moved to 4WD inside the transfer case as a result of the gears housed inside. You may need to shift the drive manually, or if you have a newer model vehicle, it does it for you automatically when it senses the terrain requires 4WD.

The general idea is that the gears work with the driveshafts of the front and rear axles to slow the wheels down and synchronize their speed, so they all rotate at the same rate. In…

If you have ever driven in heavy snow, you know how hard it can be to see out of your windshield. Imagine if you didn't have windshield wipers. visibility would be reduced to almost nothing. Regular windshield wiper blades may not be enough to shove away heavy snow and ice.

Switch to winter windshield wiper blades when the snow starts to fall. These blades are very good at shoveling away snow because they are made of a stronger rubber. They are surrounded by a hard rubber shell that is very good at preventing the buildup of ice. These blades…

If you are looking to make a vehicle purchase, you have to make sure that you know what you will be required to pay to own that vehicle and keep it for yourself. You need to know what you will be paid beyond a car payment when it comes to that vehicle, and that’s where our team at Kia of Waldorf can come in handy for your budget.

It is important for you to realize that you will be paying for insurance to keep your car covered, and that insurance can be pricey. You may want to do an…

Leasing is a great way to get a new car or truck for less. Since you are only paying for part of the vehicle, your monthly payments are lower. Of course, the one drawback to leasing is that your lease at some point comes to an end and you have to return that vehicle you've been driving. The good news is, you have options.

We here at Kia of Waldorf have to hand it to our esteemed South Korean automaker: it produced a straight-up stunner of an SUV with the recently reimagined 2017 Sportage.

And what makes us say that?

Pair up with Autotrader pundit Jabari Jones to find out; his appraisal of the Sportage is available in the clip below:

We have nothing but appreciation for the Sportage's entry-level engine, a 2.4-liter four-cylinder.

Standard on the LX and EX trims, the four-cylinder is rated at a respectable 181 horsepower and 175 pond-feet of torque. It syncs with a six-speed automatic transmission…