Help me buy my 1st car.

**chard23** · December 15th, 2012 10:03 AM

mga sir,
ang 310k ba for a 2006 Altis J na may 55K+ odo ay too good to be true? sinearch ko kasi ito.
tinanong ko kasi kung kaya 280 sabi 290k daw last price. pag search ko naman ng mga 2006 altis. nasa 300-400 pa ung price. hindi kaya may sabit ung sasakyan or sindikato ? ayaw makipagmeet up sa malls, gusto lang sa lugar nila sa sucat.

**GTi** · December 15th, 2012 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by chard23

mga sir,
ang 310k ba for a 2006 Altis J na may 55K+ odo ay too good to be true? sinearch ko kasi ito.
tinanong ko kasi kung kaya 280 sabi 290k daw last price. pag search ko naman ng mga 2006 altis. nasa 300-400 pa ung price. hindi kaya may sabit ung sasakyan or sindikato ? ayaw makipagmeet up sa malls, gusto lang sa lugar nila sa sucat.

Di naman. Base variant din naman kasi siya. Which means no ABS, no airbags, and disc/drum brakes. So medyo mura talaga eto. Besides, 2006 Tribute namin 42tkms lang sa odo. May mga ganun naman talaga. Para mabenta kaagad, binababa nalang ang presyo. Pero check mo nalang with mechanic para sure na hindi siya binaha o may anumang sira.

Kapag ako din naman magbebenta, hindi ako makikipag meetup sa malls. Hassle kaya! Ikaw bibili, nakita mong maganda kotse ko, pumunta ka dito!

**chard23** · December 15th, 2012 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by GTi

Di naman. Base variant din naman kasi siya. Which means no ABS, no airbags, and disc/drum brakes. So medyo mura talaga eto. Besides, 2006 Tribute namin 42tkms lang sa odo. May mga ganun naman talaga. Para mabenta kaagad, binababa nalang ang presyo. Pero check mo nalang with mechanic para sure na hindi siya binaha o may anumang sira.

Kapag ako din naman magbebenta, hindi ako makikipag meetup sa malls. Hassle kaya! Ikaw bibili, nakita mong maganda kotse ko, pumunta ka dito!

Thanks sir.mejo napanatag ako. Pag walang pintas ung dad and tito ko kunin ko na ito sa friday hehe post ko agad dito :D:D:D

Btw pangit po ba walang disc brake?
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**GTi** · December 15th, 2012 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by chard23

Thanks sir.mejo napanatag ako. Pag walang pintas ung dad and tito ko kunin ko na ito sa friday hehe post ko agad dito :D:D:D

Btw pangit po ba walang disc brake?
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Di naman. Yung Escape namin dati at Tribute ngayon parehong drums sa likod pero malakas kumagat ang preno. Yun nga lang may ABS yun.

Yung Revo namin drums sa likod. Medyo mahina ang brakes, dahil narin walang ABS. Was in an accident wherein I rear-ended a jeepney due to inadequate brakes. Ang saving grace lang nito in emergency braking situations would be the heavy engine braking of the diesel engine.

Nasa kotse kasi yun. Some cars with disc/disc brakes have poor braking still. But then if you compare the higher Altis variants with disc/disc brakes and ABS with this one, syempre mas mahina ang preno niya.

Oh and I think I saw the unit you were referring to already. Yung facelifted version na pala siya, kaya may driver side airbag.

**chard23** · December 16th, 2012 10:54 PM

Update lang mga sir.
Nakita namin ung altis kanina,
Impression ng tito ko laspag na makina.
negative RPM, delay ung hatak niya, sobra tigas ng clutch. ung exterior ung mga door handle and other na plastic eh sobrang dumi parang binaha. inayawan na namin ito.
Pero ung honda city 2000 nagandahan kami kasi well maintained ito pero sabi ng tito ko may kinig daw sa kotse kapag sa kulang sa gas ung 1st gear(nasa working level ang clutch). tama po ba ito? if yes ano po problem and magkano ipafix ito? 90% na kasi na gusto ko kunin ung city sa friday/ saturday. kung major problem ito gusto ko sana ipabawas sa price. TIA!

**GTi** · December 16th, 2012 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by chard23

Update lang mga sir.
Nakita namin ung altis kanina,
Impression ng tito ko laspag na makina.
negative RPM, delay ung hatak niya, sobra tigas ng clutch. ung exterior ung mga door handle and other na plastic eh sobrang dumi parang binaha. inayawan na namin ito.
Pero ung honda city 2000 nagandahan kami kasi well maintained ito pero sabi ng tito ko may kinig daw sa kotse kapag sa kulang sa gas ung 1st gear(nasa working level ang clutch). tama po ba ito? if yes ano po problem and magkano ipafix ito? 90% na kasi na gusto ko kunin ung city sa friday/ saturday. kung major problem ito gusto ko sana ipabawas sa price. TIA!

Are you sure you do not want to look further? NEVER RUSH when you are buying a car, especially a 2nd hand car.

What kind of sound are you talking about? Its hard to diagnose without hearing it. For all I know it can be just the typical sounds from the valve tappets that you can hear from a cold engine. And then again... 2000 pa yung City. A newer unit would be nice.

**chard23** · December 17th, 2012 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by GTi

Are you sure you do not want to look further? NEVER RUSH when you are buying a car, especially a 2nd hand car.

What kind of sound are you talking about? Its hard to diagnose without hearing it. For all I know it can be just the typical sounds from the valve tappets that you can hear from a cold engine. And then again... 2000 pa yung City. A newer unit would be nice.

kinig siya sir.vibration sa body.
Defect po ba sa clutch un?

Eto po ba mga papalitan sa clutch if ever?
FCC Clutch Disc
FCC Pressure plate
NSK release bearing

**dr. d** · December 17th, 2012 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by chard23

kinig siya sir.vibration sa body.
Defect po ba sa clutch un?

Eto po ba mga papalitan sa clutch if ever?
FCC Clutch Disc
FCC Pressure plate
NSK release bearing

body vibrates.. can be anything, from as cheap as a tune-up to as expensive as a cracked cylinder (thrashed engine block). walk away.
"madali lang ho i-repair yan", sabi ni seller. if it were cheap or easy to repair, the seller would already have repaired it..

**chard23** · December 17th, 2012 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

body vibrates.. can be anything, from as cheap as a tune-up to as expensive as a cracked cylinder (thrashed engine block). walk away.
"madali lang ho i-repair yan", sabi ni seller. if it were cheap or easy to repair, the seller would already have repaired it..

Thanks dr.d

Hehe sold na naman si city na yun. Hunting mode na ulit hehe.

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**dr. d** · December 18th, 2012 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by chard23

Thanks dr.d

Hehe sold na naman si city na yun. Hunting mode na ulit hehe.

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like gti said, don't rush. there are more cars on sale than there are buyers. you are not in a hurry to buy anything. the sellers, on the other hand, are in a hurry to sell their cars.
and always remember, "the next car might just be better than the one that got away".