1989-92 galant or altima or corona

[bogart_seph]

Gud day mga sir! Help naman po, my friend is planning to buy a 2nd hand car. Budget po is between 40-70k(eto lang po kaya ng budget niya,pero meron na nakatabi for future repairs). His choices are the mitsubishi galant, nissan altima, or the toyota corona(pero medyo mahal pa 2nd hand nito). He already studied some ups & downs of the vehicles pero syempre he still has NO experience sa mga model na to.

Question po is; What is the best buy in terms of;
=reliability?
=availability & cost of parts?
=gas consumption?
=etc.?

Hope to hear from you mga sir.. Thanks in advance.

BTW po mga sir, medyo pinagpipilian din pala niya ang mga lancer singkit, corolla small body, nissan sentra, kia pride, or mazda 323. Same year model din po. Pasok din kc sa budget. at mas marami binebenta na 2nd hand. Any inputs po?Again, Thanks in advance po mga sir!

[d'flash]

kia pride, very fuel efficient due to small engine, ok din nissan sentra, pero kung 40-70k parang di kaya ang sentra, maybe boxtype sentra kaya yan, kung makakuha ka man ng corolla small body within that price range, ready mo na pang repair mo, god luck sa purchase

[1D4LV]

Gud day mga sir! Help naman po, my friend is planning to buy a 2nd hand car. Budget po is between 40-70k(eto lang po kaya ng budget niya,pero meron na nakatabi for future repairs). His choices are the mitsubishi galant, nissan altima, or the toyota corona(pero medyo mahal pa 2nd hand nito). He already studied some ups & downs of the vehicles pero syempre he still has NO experience sa mga model na to.

Question po is; What is the best buy in terms of;
=reliability?
=availability & cost of parts?
=gas consumption?
=etc.?

Hope to hear from you mga sir.. Thanks in advance.

BTW po mga sir, medyo pinagpipilian din pala niya ang mga lancer singkit, corolla small body, nissan sentra, kia pride, or mazda 323. Same year model din po. Pasok din kc sa budget. at mas marami binebenta na 2nd hand. Any inputs po?Again, Thanks in advance po mga sir!

iiyak sya sa fuel consumption ng mga choices nya.

among his choices, i would go:

a) corolla
b) singkit
c) familia

[bogart_seph]

*d'flash - Sir, thanks for the reply. ok nga un sentra series2.. meron kc kami,'92 JX model.meron din mga sentra series2(lec,jx,ss) na pasok sa ganun budget. medyo bihira nga lang po. How about po dun sa 1st 3 choices? may inputs ka po ba? thanks.

*1D4LV -Sir, thanks din po sa reply. Medyo aware na po sya sir sa fuel consumption nung 3. Pero sa 3, cnu po kaya yung pinakamatipid? thanks

[GTi]

Gud day mga sir! Help naman po, my friend is planning to buy a 2nd hand car. Budget po is between 40-70k(eto lang po kaya ng budget niya,pero meron na nakatabi for future repairs). His choices are the mitsubishi galant, nissan altima, or the toyota corona(pero medyo mahal pa 2nd hand nito). He already studied some ups & downs of the vehicles pero syempre he still has NO experience sa mga model na to.

Question po is; What is the best buy in terms of;
=reliability?
=availability & cost of parts?
=gas consumption?
=etc.?

Hope to hear from you mga sir.. Thanks in advance.

BTW po mga sir, medyo pinagpipilian din pala niya ang mga lancer singkit, corolla small body, nissan sentra, kia pride, or mazda 323. Same year model din po. Pasok din kc sa budget. at mas marami binebenta na 2nd hand. Any inputs po?Again, Thanks in advance po mga sir!

Yung Altima pinakamura sa tatlo. SR20DE ang makina kaya malakas-lakas din humatak. Yun nga lang dahil kaunti lang ang nabenta dito, hirap ka sa piyesa.

6th gen Galant naman, only get the GTi variant dahil yun lang ang may magandang makina. Super Saloon variants have either the 1.8L carb or the weaker 114hp 4G63 MPI. Successful model ito sa atin, kahit hanggang ngayon marami parin akong nakikita. Pero eto rin ang pinakaluma sa tatlong pinagpipilian kaya ingat lang.

The Corona is nothing special to talk about, pero safe and reliable choice eto. It is not as fast as the Altima and the GTi, pero maraming owners nagsasabi na matibay at matipid ito.

If he's into old midsize sedans, I'd suggest getting the Cefiro M/T instead. Late 90s na yan kaya mas bago. You can get one with a 100+k budget.

[dr. d]

those big engine cars? everytime you gas up, you will ask yourself why you ever thought of putting them in your list..

[niky]

If you only have that budget up front, I doubt you have enough set aside for repairs.

Brakes, clutches, suspensions... All expensive. At this point, that Corona may need a new throttle body... the Galant will need the hydraulic tappets looked at...the Altima will likely need new ignition coils and a MAF....

And we're not looking at the cost of fixing up the AC yet, or busted fuel pumps... or borked automatics...

Midsized cars are fun... But prepare to spend as much as you pay up front for repairs within the next year or two. If you don't want to have so many headaches, eiyher spend more for a car in good condition or spend a crapload of money upfront to overhaul all the mechanical bits.

[sirkosero]

I had a project altima 2 years ago. believe me sobrang hirap maghanap ng parts! wala nga ko makita distibutor cap man lang.

malakas power pero ubod ng lakas sa gas. hirap din makakuha ng body parts.

abandoned the project. nasa garahe na lang…

[Butch1217]

The choices are 1.8 to 2L engine which in a way higher cost of maintenance Saka baka mahirap na humanap ng pyesa.
For the budget, corolla, nissan eccs, mazda 323/familia & lancer itlog.

[basti08]

I just ditch my Sentra ECCS for 50K. Try finding some of those models. 1.6L and Manual.

Next suggestion would be a 96-97 323 LX (BG body aka box type) kasi all powered na, matipid din sa gas at nice interior room and quality.