New and Used Car Talk Reviews Hot Cars Comparison Automotive Community

The Largest Car Forum in the Philippines

Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 32
  1. Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Posts
    60
    #1
    Hi Guys,
    I would like to ask for your advises on which car to buy for my Brother.
    He is still a new driver so it would be better to have an A/T vehicle.
    We are already considering the following:

    Civic FD
    Altis
    2nd Gen Vios 1.3 or 1.5
    1st Gen Yaris

    Though we prefer the FD since we own an FD before, he might have a hard time with the clearance of the FD since it is quite wide.
    I'm still open for other suggestions though. Hope to have your inputs on this.
    Thank you!

  2. Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Posts
    4,448
    #2
    Mas maganda manual for new driver para mas matuto

    Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

  3. Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Posts
    52,690
    #3
    Quote Originally Posted by blaster101 View Post
    Hi Guys,
    I would like to ask for your advises on which car to buy for my Brother.
    He is still a new driver so it would be better to have an A/T vehicle.
    We are already considering the following:

    Civic FD
    Altis
    2nd Gen Vios 1.3 or 1.5
    1st Gen Yaris

    Though we prefer the FD since we own an FD before, he might have a hard time with the clearance of the FD since it is quite wide.
    I'm still open for other suggestions though. Hope to have your inputs on this.
    Thank you!
    if you want a smaller car, get an older altis, or the vioses / yarises.

    none of my kakilalas who started out with AT, ever learned to drive MT afterward.
    i suggest start with MT first. it's very easy to do AT, once one learns MT. he can even alternate.

    some people, however, say AT na lang, because MTs are becoming obsolete.

    it's your call, po.
    Last edited by dr. d; June 1st, 2016 at 08:48 PM.

  4. Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Posts
    387
    #4
    Quote Originally Posted by blaster101 View Post
    Hi Guys,
    I would like to ask for your advises on which car to buy for my Brother.
    He is still a new driver so it would be better to have an A/T vehicle.
    We are already considering the following:

    Civic FD
    Altis
    2nd Gen Vios 1.3 or 1.5
    1st Gen Yaris

    Though we prefer the FD since we own an FD before, he might have a hard time with the clearance of the FD since it is quite wide.
    I'm still open for other suggestions though. Hope to have your inputs on this.
    Thank you!
    This is easy.

    1. You have a budget that could buy a ~5 year old car. This is the usual cycle for people to get a new car. A well maintained 5 year-old car still looks and runs like a new one.
    2. You have a list of cars, all these are good cars, you can't go wrong with these. In addition, you might want to consider 2010/11 City.
    3. AT or MT is irrelevant, he'd learn both anyway. Condition of the car, since pre-owned, is more important.

    I'd say, shop around based on your list. Buy the best conditioned car you can find within your budget.

  5. Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Posts
    2,271
    #5
    vios para sa new driver. madali nalang magpalit ng tsikot pag prof driver na.at pag may pambili na ng iba.

  6. Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    15,528
    #6
    Quote Originally Posted by jaypee10 View Post
    vios para sa new driver. madali nalang magpalit ng tsikot pag prof driver na.at pag may pambili na ng iba.

    agree on the vios. mas madali ang handling. mas maliit ng onti, fuel efficient, plenty of parts.

  7. Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Posts
    5,500
    #7
    You may want to look at other car manufacturers...

    Older Toyota cars only had an AT option for their top of the line models...

    You might get a newer car if you look at Hyundai models... (although resale value will suffer when its time for you to upgrade)

    IMO, no need for him to learn manual! Cars of the future might not even need drivers

  8. Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    15,528
    #8
    Quote Originally Posted by ice15 View Post
    You may want to look at other car manufacturers...

    Older Toyota cars only had an AT option for their top of the line models...

    You might get a newer car if you look at Hyundai models... (although resale value will suffer when its time for you to upgrade)

    IMO, no need for him to learn manual! Cars of the future might not even need drivers
    an i10 would also be a fit here. much smaller though, but easier to drive.

  9. Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Posts
    5,500
    #9
    BTW... You may want to share your brother's daily route...

    When I was in college (learning to drive) I cannot get a AT car since my school has a rich history of floods...

  10. Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    9,971
    #10
    What does an Automatic have to do with flooding?

Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Please Help, Buying 2nd hand Car 350K Max Budget