help buying a car

[melchan03]

hi guys. im planning to buy a bnew car. budget is below 1M.

My Choices:
Ford Focus 2013, Chevy Cruze, Elantra, Mazda 3 & Honda Civic.

i heard sa mga friends ko mahal daw parts ng chevy & sobrang tagal ng parts dumating. Sa Ford naman i heard & my friend told me (ngwowork dati sa ford) sobrang mahal parts ng Ford, as in parang 2x price compare sa honda. Elantra naman, parang madaling masira? not sure. Honda Civic naman concern ko lang is yung Design, muka kaseng pang matanda or pang tatay compare sa previous civic. Sa mazda naman my friend told me mejo madaling masira Aircon ng previous mazda 3. Any Feedback sa new mazda 3?

Malayo ba talaga price ng parts ng Ford compare sa Chevy & Honda? hehe..

my concern is
#1. Maintenance cost (parts & etc).
#2. Design (gusto ko kase yung mukang bago, fresh looking)
#3. FC.
#4. Excellent interior and features.



thanks you very much in advance.

[jut703]

If you're buying now, I'd suggest you go for the Elantra 1.8 GLS (958k).

If you can wait, a new Altis is coming out in the next few months.

[melchan03]

i saw the new altis. kaso this year kami bibili. hehe.. ok ba quality ng korean cars? hindi ba siya madaling masira?

[jhnkvn]

i saw the new altis. kaso this year kami bibili. hehe.. ok ba quality ng korean cars? hindi ba siya madaling masira?

Korean cars have very much turned-around ever since 2000s. I'll treat the two Korean giants - Hyundai and Kia (actually, both of them are under Hyundai's corporate umbrella) very much like how most people have come to respect Samsung and LG in the flat panel industry.

The Ford's harder to get parts then the rest. But it still shouldn't be too hard.

Honda is also currently wanting to re-design the existing Civic FB thanks to its general "bad" press to the company. It's a walking testament on how Honda is settling for leniency and lazing it out rather than using their engineering to create better cars (the FD, however, was very well received).

As for the Mazda3, I've not much received complaints regarding it. It's not madaling masira naman.. but thanks to its gearing ratio and the relative underpowered engine, it sucks gas much more than its peers.

[cast_no_shadow]

ok ba quality ng korean cars? hindi ba siya madaling masira?

very 90's

[melchan03]

No love for the Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6?

mejo matagal na kase yung Lancer EX e. hehe

Korean cars have very much turned-around ever since 2000s. I'll treat the two Korean giants - Hyundai and Kia (actually, both of them are under Hyundai's corporate umbrella) very much like how most people have come to respect Samsung and LG in the flat panel industry.

The Ford's harder to get parts then the rest. But it still shouldn't be too hard.

Honda is also currently wanting to re-design the existing Civic FB thanks to its general "bad" press to the company. It's a walking testament on how Honda is settling for leniency and lazing it out rather than using their engineering to create better cars (the FD, however, was very well received).

As for the Mazda3, I've not much received complaints regarding it. It's not madaling masira naman.. but thanks to its gearing ratio and the relative underpowered engine, it sucks gas much more than its peers.

very 90's

Dad ko kase sinasabi baka madaling masira. pero gusto ko rin talaga Elantra. hahaha!

about sa honda civic ayaw ko lang talaga yung design. & i saw na merong New Civic sa US. matatagalan pa ata dumating yung new civic dito sa pinas. T_T

sa Ford naman concern ko lang is sobra daw mahal ng parts. yun lng talaga nagpapaturn off sakin sa ford. >.< pero if hindi naman nagkakalaro price range ng honda parts & ford parts ill go with the Ford Focus.

[jhnkvn]

Your best bet is to wait for the new Toyota Altis. A generational change usually brings in a fresher design and subsequent "facelifts" build upon that which makes the car age more gracefully. Think about the older 2002 Altis or the 2002 Honda CRVs, when properly maintained, you won't say it's old at all!

[ghosthunter]

hi guys. im planning to buy a bnew car. budget is below 1M.

My Choices:
Ford Focus 2013, Chevy Cruze, Elantra, Mazda 3 & Honda Civic.

i heard sa mga friends ko mahal daw parts ng chevy & sobrang tagal ng parts dumating. Sa Ford naman i heard & my friend told me (ngwowork dati sa ford) sobrang mahal parts ng Ford, as in parang 2x price compare sa honda. Elantra naman, parang madaling masira? not sure. Honda Civic naman concern ko lang is yung Design, muka kaseng pang matanda or pang tatay compare sa previous civic. Sa mazda naman my friend told me mejo madaling masira Aircon ng previous mazda 3. Any Feedback sa new mazda 3?

Malayo ba talaga price ng parts ng Ford compare sa Chevy & Honda? hehe..

my concern is
#1. Maintenance cost (parts & etc).
#2. Design (gusto ko kase yung mukang bago, fresh looking)
#3. FC.
#4. Excellent interior and features.



thanks you very much in advance.

No love for the Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6?

[Mguy]

^^ I always wonder why the Lancer is most of the time out of the equation when it comes to choices like this.

[jodski]

^^ natabunan daw kasi ng MS

[_Cathy_]

TS, why did you not consider the Toyota Altis? I'd pick that.

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[melchan03]

*melchan:
Civic (FD): regular pms schedule charges (using fully synthetic oil) - 4-6Kphp
Ford (Everest): 5-7kphp per pms (change oil using mineral oil)
Almost the same considering the larger amount of oil used for the Everest. Both are bnew when bought.

wow. ok good. hindi nga talaga nagkakalayo. hehe..

Wait for the new Altis. Call me lame, call me tame, call me boring. But at the end of the day, Toyota's still rule here in the Phil.

And they're easy on the pocket too. (maintenance wise)

TS, why did you not consider the Toyota Altis? I'd pick that.

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for the altis kase parang normal car lang for me. im looking rin kase yung fun to drive factor & yung may dating, tipong mejo head turner. pero im kinda considering na rin altis. ganda rin ng lalabas na altis. kaya sana lumabas na! hindi ko lang masyado gusto yung interior.
grabe hirap mgdecide. buti nalang may forums na ganito & mga taong masipag magreply. thank you. hehe..

[lowslowbenz]

fun to drive factor & yung may dating, tipong mejo head turner.

Get a Maserati.

[Gecko Guy]

Sa akin kung hindi FD then sa Focus na ako! Di ka mabibitin sa power and full of gadgets pa. Yung sinasabi at naririnig ng mga friends mo eh baka naman kapag may mga pinalitan na sirang parts na wala sa warranty na...
As long as may supply at parts na mabibili then walang problema kaysa naman sa walang parts na mabili if ever..

[[archie]]

if your taking the fd, make sure to replace what the pms schedule dictates. seen some really bad damages dahil hindi sumunod na palitan parts.

[Tunaflakes]

With your choices I'd take the Focus din. Elantra ok sya sa simula pero habang tumatagal nawawala na yung pagkagusto ko sa kanya before acquiring one. Civic FB is not as cool as the FD pero ok na din sya.. ahahaha at least kumportable sya. Mazda 3, based sa old mazda 3 namin malakas sya sa gas, kaya abangers pa ako for next year's release if ire-release nga dito. haha

Ayaw mo ng Altis sir? Ang lakas maka-camry ng current gen na pearl white ba yun. Lagi ako napepeke ahahaha

[melchan03]

With your choices I'd take the Focus din. Elantra ok sya sa simula pero habang tumatagal nawawala na yung pagkagusto ko sa kanya before acquiring one. Civic FB is not as cool as the FD pero ok na din sya.. ahahaha at least kumportable sya. Mazda 3, based sa old mazda 3 namin malakas sya sa gas, kaya abangers pa ako for next year's release if ire-release nga dito. haha

Ayaw mo ng Altis sir? Ang lakas maka-camry ng current gen na pearl white ba yun. Lagi ako napepeke ahahaha

gusto ko rin Focus. kaso balita ko mahal daw parts e. so choice ko naalng FB or Civic. turn off lang ako s FB kase meron new FB sa US. pero sabi daw ng honda hindi daw lalabas yung New civic nila dito sa pinas. pero wait ko nalang siguro lumabas yung Altis. bago ako magdecide. hehehe..

[jhnkvn]

gusto ko rin Focus. kaso balita ko mahal daw parts e. so choice ko naalng FB or Civic. turn off lang ako s FB kase meron new FB sa US. pero sabi daw ng honda hindi daw lalabas yung New civic nila dito sa pinas. pero wait ko nalang siguro lumabas yung Altis. bago ako magdecide. hehehe..

Where did you get that source that Honda won't be releasing it here? It's highly unlikely for Honda not to release the refreshed Civic. We're talking about bread-and-butter cars for automakers here not models such as the Honda Pilot. What's likely is that the refresh will take another year to hit our shores. That way, they can term it as the "new 2014 Honda Civic" and lessen the public backlash of immediately updating a same-year car model.

[melchan03]

Where did you get that source that Honda won't be releasing it here? It's highly unlikely for Honda not to release the refreshed Civic. We're talking about bread-and-butter cars for automakers here not models such as the Honda Pilot. What's likely is that the refresh will take another year to hit our shores. That way, they can term it as the "new 2014 Honda Civic" and lessen the public backlash of immediately updating a same-year car model.

dito rin sa tsikot bro. sa honda car talk. marami nagsabi na hindi lalabas yung US version dito. & may nagtanong na rin sa casa.