Which 2-liter Car to Buy?

**jut703** · October 4th, 2014 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by Chikselog

Saw this in FB. Is this the Accord you're looking for? You might wanna check Buy and Sell pages sa FB. P135k daw last price sabi sa comment hehe.

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Thanks bro, but I removed the Accord from my shortlist na. Masyado na luma and the probability of needing major repairs is much higher than a much younger 3/6/Focus.

Plus AT pa yang binibenta so pass for me

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**jut703** · October 4th, 2014 07:37 PM

Here are my computations for the 5-year running costs of my 3 options (+ bnew Fiesta just for comparison).

In terms of cost, the Focus comes out the cheapest, the Mz3 in the middle, and the Mz6 the most expensive, with a 115k gap between the 6 and Focus in 5 years (assuming only 12,000 km/yr). This increases to 170k if annual distance is 15,000 km/yr. Interesting to note that either of the 3 choices are much much cheaper than going for a brand new Fiesta which is slower and smaller.

In summary, my verdict of the 3 options are:
* Mazda 6 - best car overall, but expensive to maintain even if purchase price is cheap
* Mazda 3 - somewhere in the middle, less performance than the 6/Focus, but looks much better than the Focus and almost as good as the 6
* Focus - most practical choice, but I just can't appreciate its interior, while the exterior still needs some upgrades (already factored in)

One more thing that popped in my mind - what's the usual lifespan of the turbo of a CRDi? Going with the Focus might end up breaking the bank if the turbo/injectors break down within 5 years.

**GTi** · October 4th, 2014 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

One more thing that popped in my mind - what's the usual lifespan of the turbo of a CRDi? Going with the Focus might end up breaking the bank if the turbo/injectors break down within 5 years.

Depends really on how you use the car. If you use it the way many taxi drivers use their Accent CRDi's, it wouldn't need 5 years to break down. If you take good care of it, I'm sure it'll still run like brand new 15 years later. As they say, you take care of the car, the car takes care of you. Perform maintenance religiously every 5000 kms, load up with clean diesel, preferably Unioil (Euro 4) or Seaoil (Euro 3 + STP additives), and let the turbo "cool down" by idling for a couple of minutes before shutoff. And then again, the Focus employs the Bosch CRDi system if I'm not mistaken. It's known to be much more reliable than the finicky Japanese Denso units.

I also really doubt that you'd be able to find a Mazda 6 2.3 for just 320k. They're rare in the 2nd hand market, and have significantly higher resale than a Camry or Accord of similar vintage.

**jut703** · October 4th, 2014 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by GTi

Depends really on how you use the car. If you use it the way many taxi drivers use their Accent CRDi's, it wouldn't need 5 years to break down. If you take good care of it, I'm sure it'll still run like brand new 15 years later. As they say, you take care of the car, the car takes care of you. Perform maintenance religiously every 5000 kms, load up with clean diesel, preferably Unioil (Euro 4) or Seaoil (Euro 3 + STP additives), and let the turbo "cool down" by idling for a couple of minutes before shutoff. And then again, the Focus employs the Bosch CRDi system if I'm not mistaken. It's known to be much more reliable than the finicky Japanese Denso units.

I also really doubt that you'd be able to find a Mazda 6 2.3 for just 320k. They're rare in the 2nd hand market, and have significantly higher resale than a Camry or Accord of similar vintage.

Thing is, I don't know how the previous owner used it. Which makes it risky to get a turbodiesel secondhand.

For Mazda 6s, I've seen 3 priced at 295k, 310k, and 328k. Very un-filipino to price it more than a Camry or Accord.

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