best passenger van

**tao** · March 21st, 2006 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by impulzz

1si choice hi-ace... kung pang karga communter, kung personal use grandia... lakas at tibay ng 2L na makina. lakas pa aircon... kahit kargado di hirap sa akyatan...top speed 120 lang kasi pang karga ang gering ng hiace...

yung urvan ok din pero hirap sa akyatan... mas mataas lang top speed ng urvan sa hi ace. got 155kph with 8 people and konting bagage... pero ingat sa pag overtake. ibang ang gearing ng urvan bitin palagi sa overtaking, unlike the hiace...lakas ng low gears ng hi-ace.

but both have bery reliable diesel engines... at matibay mga pangilalim kahit mahal price ng orig parts...

sumakay ako ng garage rota dagupan-baguio. halata ko nga malakas sa akyatan hi- ace kahit full passangers.. di nabibitin.. pg sa hi-way naiiwan pero wala namang hi-way dto sa bundok.. mahal nga lang second hand 500k ung commuter.

**impulzz** · March 21st, 2006 04:59 PM

got a 2nd hi-ace commuter last October'05... 94 model 340k... may konting paayos na umabot din ng 50k but all in all its a great van... i now maintain 2 hi-aces both 94 commuter... the first has 189K on the odo and the 2nd has 100k...

**yebo** · March 21st, 2006 05:12 PM

hyundai pag tight budget. meron 15 seater nun, turbo engine. may nakausap ako dati na van-4-rent business nya benta na daw nya yung mga L300 nya at mas maganda daw ang hyundai h100/grace. same engine as L300 pero iba lang ang injection pump saka aircon.

mura pa. 10 seater nasa 230K, 15 seater 330k. kung 500k budget mo e di bili ka 2 units na 10 seater, may sobra pa para sa gastos ng franchise.

**1D4LV** · March 21st, 2006 05:14 PM

sasabihin ko sana yung VW caravelle eh. yun pala pang cordillera.

imho. the hi-ace grandia gets my vote. kaya lang, pang service-service pala eh. maski yung hi-ace na diesel pwede na. lakas umakyat nun eh. tipid pa sa diesel.

**tao** · March 21st, 2006 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by impulzz

got a 2nd hi-ace commuter last October'05... 94 model 340k... may konting paayos na umabot din ng 50k but all in all its a great van... i now maintain 2 hi-aces both 94 commuter... the first has 189K on the odo and the 2nd has 100k...

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**tao** · March 21st, 2006 05:19 PM

tnx sa lahat ng advice..

**slyfox** · March 22nd, 2006 02:54 AM

whatever you do don't buy the kia carnival. i used to own one and boy is it b*tch to maintain.

**arif_moin** · March 22nd, 2006 03:13 AM

Stay away from the Suzuki Omni AT ALL COSTS please if they offer the van in your area! They have very sazzy finance schemes and all kinds of eyewash but stay away from this car like cyanide. I realize the car could be named differently in ur place so here's the link:

http://www.marutiomni.com/

**slyfox** · March 22nd, 2006 03:38 AM

yikes what's wrong with it? bad rep na ba ang suzuki in your area? pano na kaya yung grand vitara? ang guwapo pa naman tingnan...

**niky** · March 22nd, 2006 01:06 PM

Don't worry, we don't have OMNI here...

I'd forgotten that about the old hyundais... L300 parts nga pala.

That's why ambulance operators like them... run them till the engine conks out and swap in a Japanese unit...