buying a 2nd hand car Civic 03, Lancer 03, MR2

[hanns76]

Hi there experts, im new to cars came from a bigbike. i really dont know much of cars, im planning to buy a 2nd hand car from sulit.com, these are my options

- Honda civic 2003 VTIs A/T
- Honda civic 2003 VTI M/T
- Honda civic 2003 LXI M/T

- Lancer 2003 MX

- Toyota MR2 1995 up converted or Orig LHD

my budget is around 300-350k. im really a newbie on cars really want to know the basic information about this models.

im sure the MR2 is just for style not really sure about the maintenance.

and about the civic's and Lancer. which is best in terms of

Fuel,
monthly maintenance,
availablity of parts,
and what are the things to look or know before buying the unit (hope not a victim of ondoy).

also is it safe to buy cars at sulit.com?

thanks for your will be advices, will highly appreciate it. will be using the car mainly in metro and sometimes out of town like tagatay or subic.

[basti08]

Since you are still considering couple of compacts. I assume it'll be your only car. I suggest you scrap the MR2 out of your list.

Between the two, im partial with the Civic.

[hanns76]

Thanks sir for the quick reply, by the way, anyreason for the civic vote?

also ditch the MR2's, why po any issues with MR's? like ko kasi yun style niya.

thanks for your additional input sir

[basti08]

sa akin kasi, kapag 1st car, dapat all rounder but it's just me. it is still all up to your preferrence, after all it is your money.

a sedan is a good errands hopper, may also be modified to perform like a sporty car, may be used as a family car.

im partial to the Civic, primarily because it has a superiorly performing engine. it is fast and fuel efficient. feels more solid inside too than the Lancer.

[hanns76]

thanks sir,

by the way just read some topic about buying second hand cars, they say sentra has that myth of having a low resale value? kaya i didnt put it in my list.

kung harley lang yan for sure i can distinguish if its a good or a bad one hehehe. thanks again sir

[speed unlimited]

Cruiser pala hilig mong bike. Mas pabor nga sa mga gusto ng second hand car dahil mas mura nila itong mabibili at reliable pa at malakas aircon pwedeng panlaban sa matagalang traffic at init ng panahon. Goodluck na lang sa pipilin mong sasakyan.

[niky]

thanks sir,

by the way just read some topic about buying second hand cars, they say sentra has that myth of having a low resale value? kaya i didnt put it in my list.

kung harley lang yan for sure i can distinguish if its a good or a bad one hehehe. thanks again sir

The Sentra does have low resale... which means you can get a newer one within your budget. Same with the Lynx.... 350 is enough to get you a top-of-the-line RS with a 2 liter engine and a sunroof.

[dale323]

The Sentra does have low resale... which means you can get a newer one within your budget. Same with the Lynx.... 350 is enough to get you a top-of-the-line RS with a 2 liter engine and a sunroof.

+ 1 with the RS. Lancer sana kaya lang...






maganda rin ang RS.

[tidus1203]

Civic ako in this one for reasons of reliability over the Lancer and for reasons of practicality over the M2...

[renzo_d10]

Between your choices ....

Honda Civic VTI-s ako. Top of the line kasi eh. Why go to the level of the LXi when you can afford the VTIs ? :hihihi:

Lancer 03, forget it. Pangit.

MR2, not worth the time. Marami pa hassle.

Ford RS, if you're considering this ... dito ako. Hehe, maganda eh.