Woman gets Kia Soul after passing drive test on 960th try
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/humor/" rel="tag">Humor</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/south-korea/" rel="tag">South Korea</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-kia-soul/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="2010 Kia Soul" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/kia-soul-630.jpg" /></a><br />
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We like to think of ourselves as pretty determined folk here the United States. After all, our forebearers forged our country out of a wild and unsettling terrain, fought off tyrants, cooked up some of the most amazing inventions of the last century and helped populate a symbol of diversity and freedom renowned the world over. That doesn't mean that we'd willingly subject ourselves to the DMV 960 times, however. Yet that's exactly what a Korean woman, Cha Sa-soon, did on her quest to obtain her driver's license. Despite copious studying, the 69-year-old Cha just couldn't manage to get past the written portion of the exam.<br />
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In April 2005, she began taking the 50-minute, 40-question test once a day, five days week, failing each time. Eventually her pace slowed to taking the test twice a week, but on the 960th try, she managed to get enough of the questions right to pass.<br />
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Local news outlets ran with the story, and it wasn't long before the tale caught the ear of Hyundai-Kia. The company asked people to post congratulatory messages online, and after an overwhelming response, Kia handed her the keys to a brand-new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/soul">Soul</a>. <br />
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We like her style.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/asia/04driver.html?_r=5&pagewa nted=1">The New York Times</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/08/woman-gets-kia-soul-after-passing-drive-test-on-960th-try/">Woman gets Kia Soul after passing drive test on 960th try</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/08/woman-gets-kia-soul-after-passing-drive-test-on-960th-try/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19623979/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/08/woman-gets-kia-soul-after-passing-drive-test-on-960th-try/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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