Help Please! I need your opinion.

[anansiboy]

I will definitely let you know and divulge the identity of the dealer...but not now mga sirs. We'll see muna kung ano ang magiging advise ng DTI about this. If sakaling di fault ng dealer at lumabas sa investigation na they are not at fault (I hope they are!), baka balikan naman ako at ako ang mademanda for defamation/false accusation. I'm still gathering more information about sa car before I visit the DTI office (which will happen anytime next week). Mabuti na yung sigurado tayo. Babalitaan ko kayo mga sir!

Thanks for your time and your insights. :rockon:

[anansiboy]

Mga Sirs, I have an update na about my case.

I filed a complaint to DTI and I was given the dates of the mediation. At the schedule first mediation, the car dealer didn't show up. Representative from DTI then told me that they would inform the dealer to appear on the second mediation. They still didn't, but I was able to talk to their president after the DTI rep contacted the dealer's office on that day of the second mediation.

The dealer said that we could have talked about this and that I should not have brought this case to the DTI. I told him that they did not give me any choice since they did not cooperate the first time I called them and informed them about the mileage issue.
So anyway, after much deliberation at their end, they gave me 2 options: full refund minus the depreciation for the 4 months I was using the car OR they can swap my Civic with either Mazda 3 2005, 1.6 A/T or Toyota Vios 2007 1.5G A/T. I think the second option is much feasible for me so that I wouldn't really lose that much money (I will not have to shell out any cash even if these 2 are more expensive than the Civic), plus I'm getting a newer car compared to the one I got.
The question now is, which do you think should I take? Mazda 3 2005 1.6 A/T or Toyota Vios 2007 1.5G A/T?

Thanks for the help, guys!

[dct]

congrats sir! sulit ang iyong paglaban.

i'll choose the vios. newer by 2 years and much abundant parts. also, easier to sell in the future

ingat sa pagkuha nung unit. siguraduhing hindi maulit ang pangyayari

[rac98]

sa akin lang sir ah. parang sobrang baba nung mazda 3. 32k km for 7 years, 4.5k per year? tingin ko pinalitan na rin e. yung vios kapanipaniwala naman

I agree. Even if we say the mazda's mileage is true, i'd prefer the vios. I think the former would depreciate faster. I also think the mazda consumes more gas and has an anemic engine, unless it is a 2.0.

On the other hand, the mazda is mas maporma.

But still, check mabuti both cars and test drive it. Check if it was flooded and if there is a possibility to check the records sa casa where the car was bought, parang yung ginawa mo sa civic but do it first before getting the car instead of doing it after. Good luck sir!