HELP!! I need to choose cars

[sky_sky]

I am planning to buy one of these cars:
Accord '96 VTEC
Civic '96 VTi
Lancer '97 and
Cefiro '97
because my budget is only 220K
Which one is more suitable for daily driving and which one worth the money best? Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

[mazdamazda]

an Accord with a manual tranny (if you can live with the higher fuel consumption compared to the civic).

[Memphis Raines]

Go for the Hondas although the '96 VTi has better mileage than the Accord.

For Lancers kasi better ang mga year 2000 up na variants, maybe you can find one within your budget.

Can't speak about the Cefiro though, haven't come across this car before.

[sky_sky]

Ah, ic but how much more the maintenance for an Accord compared to a civic? what about the gas consumption on a Civic VTi manual compared to a 2.0L Accord manual?
Thanks alot for the suggestion

[Memphis Raines]

My brother-in-law bought his '96 Accord (manual) 2nd hand last June. The previous owner did very good maintenance on it so no problems here yet. He does complain about the fuel consumption though (it's a 2.0 liter engine, what did you expect?). We will have to understand that this is a higher grade honda compared to the Vti so naturally most of its parts, especially the engine, have higher costs.

If this were Toyota, its the difference between Altis and Camry.

[sky_sky]

ah i see,
I used to have the '99 model galant VR4 2.0L, i really like the body, so seek'n ***y, but the gas consumption.... bleeeeeeeeeeehhh, so badd. so how bad or good is accord 2.0L compared to galant '99?? any ideas? coz' the reason why i sold the galant was because it consumes lots of gas

[reniram]

Forget the accord if you consider gas consumption as you said.

I have a friend who also owns an accord and mind you, this one is much worser than the VR4 if not the same.

[OTEP]

How many km/L do you intend to acheive?

Ok na ko sa Cefiro M/T. Mas ok sana kung A/T pero bihira ang A/T na below Php230k.

[sky_sky]

ah, I am thinking of 10 and above, so sure that an accord VTEC cannot reach that fuel consumption?? hehe Yeah, so any further suggestion then?

[OTEP]

Mataas iyan. Hindi kaya ng mga M-Class sedans ang ganyang figures. You're limited to compact cars or smaller.

Ok naman ang Civic. No known major issues.

[sky_sky]

ah ic, sorry i am an Indonesian. so, konti2 lang ang tagalog. hehe.
yes, but another question came out, is there really a 1996 Honda Accord VTEC?? because as far as i know all 96es accord are all esi diba? still using an old EFI engine? teach me on some of the facts?!

[oldblue]

civic smartest choice, tipid sa gas and better resale value hehehe as if magkano pa kayo pag na-iresale ito 3 years from now

[OTEP]

Mataas iyan. Hindi kaya ng mga M-Class sedans ang ganyang figures. You're limited to compact cars or smaller.

Ok naman ang Civic. No known major issues.

Translation: 10km/L is a high figure. M-Class sedans can't acheive that. You're limited to compact cars or smaller.

The Civic is ok. No known major issues.

[chris_d]

Sa A/T na accord ko umaabot lang ako ng mga 8-9km/l, kung manual cguro baka umabot sa 9-10km/l kung mostly highway driving.
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On my A/T accord I obtain around 8-9km/l, with the manual tranny you possibly can reach up to 9-10km/l if mostly highway driving.

[wakin]

get the civic. easy on the pocket.

[edalbau]

Sir sky_sky,

Try to look at this thread din po...
It might help po...

[typhoon]

I'd go for the Civic as well.

[1D4LV]

ill go for the civic. my second choice will be the lancer. but go for the glxi variant.

[Kikkomann]

I go for Lancer.

*Bias*

[sky_sky]

Translation: 10km/L is a high figure. M-Class sedans can't acheive that. You're limited to compact cars or smaller.

The Civic is ok. No known major issues.

ah ic, I got it now, hehe, thanks so much. yeah, i guess i'll go for a civic