Quote Originally Posted by akosila View Post
Hi there, Im new here in this forum but its almost 2 months now when i start reading in this forums and until now that i can't wait and i can't find the answers I wanna hear (or rather read :D )

My family is planning to buy me a new car, but they want it to use it for fetching the balikbayans and they want to have a compartment or place where to put the balikbayan boxes...

my choices are:

Honda Jazz 1.3 - kc i like M/T ,okay lang po kaya ito kahit 1.3 kahit taga baguio po ako? at pano pag nalagyan siya ng 2 balikbayan boxes? kaya prin po kaya? kasya po ba yung mga boxes kahit hindi naka fold yung rear seats?

Innova G MT - Masyadong malaki pero yun nga marami ring space for balikbayan boxes

Nissan Grand Livina - Smaller than Innova


So kapwa mga tsikoters can you please help me?
Sir bale sagutin ko na lang po ng diretso yun mga questions mo. I wont be able to give u an answer kung which is better for you kase only you can answer that and I think it will depend on your priorities and also sa inputs n decisions ng family members mo. i can only give you inputs which can help you or confuse u more


[SIZE=4]Jazz[/SIZE]: generally if you have a small engine, you'll have less power. for uphill you'll need more torque. diesel engine "usually" have more torque than gas engines (same engine size, but maybe you can change that with reprogramming the ecu). honda jazz/fit is classified as hatchback subcompact CAR, i dont believe that it was really designed for the purpose of hauling/transporting things. For me its just a marketing strategy and an added bonus for the honda jazz. and again for me the purpose of the honda jazz is a "point a to point b" car. I bought the honda jazz because i usually drive alone, its easy to park and drive considering the traffic here in manila, good fuel consumption, good looks, and that mostly point a to point b lang ako (house - office - house).

[SIZE=4]Innova: [/SIZE] is classified as a MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) or AUV (Asian Utility Vehicle). For me this means that its designed to transport a number people or probably bigger items/things. If you're going to transport more people, a van is more appropriate and so on... if you're going to transport huge items better get a pick up which can carry oversize items n heavy loads and so on...
The avanza is considered as a mini-MPV, so from there mini compared to innova.

[SIZE=4]Grand Livina[/SIZE]: is classified as a compact MPV. For me its more of a people carrier.


Nowadays its quite difficult to really draw the line and define what category a vehicle really belong. its just that there are some organizations who control the classification of vehicles based from standards defined by the organization, parang ganun.


Anyway another point is, not just because maliit ang size ng vehicle d ka na pwede mag carry ng a lot of things. pero what they didn't tell you that its limited sa weight ng pwede i-karga mo. ie. honda jazz is advertised that it has a rear cargo space of 384 Liter (384 Liters of pure water is equal to 384kg) even when carrying 5 adults. Some car manufacturers equates 1 person to 75kg. The curb weight of the car is from 1,085kg-1,122kg (as stated in the manual). Lets do the math, thats 1,122kg (curb weight of the car) + 375kg (75kg x 5 people) + 384kg (full cargo load assuming we can really put 384L of water to achieve 384kg) = 1881kg. As stated in the manual Max permissible weight is 1,470kg (taiwan models kase yun lang available, for other countries ask dealer for info daw). Max permissible axle weight (taiwan model again) front = 810kg, rear = 680kg... total of 1490kg. kahit na ano, overloaded na tayo. axle, chassis n suspension affected jan.

the tire size ng 1.5 is 185/55R16 83H. 83 is the load index/capacity of the tire which is 487kg per tire with a tire pressure of 35psi, so thats times 4 tires = 1948kg. yes kaya ng tires, may allowance tayo ng 67kg (1948kg load carrying capacity of the 4 tires - 1881kg our jazz with full load) but remember your tire pressure should be 35psi. thats really a small margin, sinasagad na natin yun capacity ng tire, if we dont put the right tire pressure pwede mag karoon ng tire failure. Pero not just because kaya ng tires it means na kaya na ng car...

anyway my point is hindi kaya ng jazz sagad sagad sa kargahan, and there's a lot of factors you have to consider since may mga limitations din. so if u really gonna put loads of stuff probably get another vehicle more suitable.


Anyway to end my long lecture hehehe kase medyo nang gugulo na ako, i dont think that there's a car that "got it all" hehehe not unless SM ang gumawa ng car "we've got it all" hehehe my advise is set u're priorities, decide which is more important.


*My opinion only, i might be wrong*