L300 dropside vs. Suzuki Apv Carry Dropside

**jp923** · October 29th, 2013 12:01 PM

Take into consideration din yung kia drop side. 2.7 diesel engine. Since gagamitin mo pala for hauling heavy stuff, mas kaya. Pag mas hirap kasi engine, it tends to consume more fuel..

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**rac98** · October 29th, 2013 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by stv13

Will be used for water station deliveries.

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Ok, maybe the apv would suffice. You would not need that big of a vehicle for water deliveries. But also consider the kia as suggested. I'd pick the latter over the l300.

**victorevolution** · October 29th, 2013 01:51 PM

l300 for the long run

ours is an apv2 auto- milage is about 8-10 km loaded (guess it would be lesser since the drop side model only has a truck bed by the way it can haul cargo)

at first i never liked the apv but my mom wants a different car from those innova s' out there, surprisingly it is tough but i bet the drop side version would be tougher, it is also fuel efficient (vs. our previa 2009 and explorer 2012 but apple to oranges comparison), it only consumes gas when it is idle during traffic (blame the auto tranny for that)

as for spare parts, most parts are interchangeable from vios- to avanza and since it uses the vitara engine it has a lot of spares but the vitara engine rarely even breaks down (got this info from the suzuki club)

the only thing that the l300 is good at is it's fuel efficiency 8-12 km also but cheaper fuel cost(why cause it still uses the old diesel engine which is also a fuel guzzler)

both are a rugged platform, my suggestion pick the cheapest and take care of it, that would last you a long time

**stv13** · October 29th, 2013 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by victorevolution

l300 for the long run

ours is an apv2 auto- milage is about 8-10 km loaded (guess it would be lesser since the drop side model only has a truck bed by the way it can haul cargo)

at first i never liked the apv but my mom wants a different car from those innova s' out there, surprisingly it is tough but i bet the drop side version would be tougher, it is also fuel efficient (vs. our previa 2009 and explorer 2012 but apple to oranges comparison), it only consumes gas when it is idle during traffic (blame the auto tranny for that)

as for spare parts, most parts are interchangeable from vios- to avanza and since it uses the vitara engine it has a lot of spares but the vitara engine rarely even breaks down (got this info from the suzuki club)

the only thing that the l300 is good at is it's fuel efficiency 8-12 km also but cheaper fuel cost(why cause it still uses the old diesel engine which is also a fuel guzzler)

both are a rugged platform, my suggestion pick the cheapest and take care of it, that would last you a long time

Suzuki Apv dropside SRP - 460k
L300 DS SRP - 640k

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**vinj** · October 29th, 2013 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by stv13

Suzuki Apv dropside SRP - 460k
L300 DS SRP - 640k

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Seriously... 460K? APV it is pag ganyan... 200k goes a long way.

**jp923** · October 29th, 2013 04:03 PM

Apv na!

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**marktams86** · October 29th, 2013 04:07 PM

Oo nga. The apv price difference of 200k should give you at least 33 mos.worth of gas assuming you gas up 6k per month. Eh kung water delivery lang, fc should be around 8 km/liter.

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**stv13** · October 29th, 2013 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by marktams86

Oo nga. The apv price difference of 200k should give you at least 33 mos.worth of gas assuming you gas up 6k per month. Eh kung water delivery lang, fc should be around 8 km/liter.

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Oo nga nuh, almost 3 years worth of gas pala yung natitipid ko if ever Suzuki ang purchase ko.

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**stv13** · October 29th, 2013 04:30 PM

Any inputs from Suzuki APV Carry dropside owners? Reliable ba ito? Any known issues about this vehicle?

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**marktams86** · October 29th, 2013 04:34 PM

Try checking out the apv forums. Since same engine lang naman ito at yung dropside lang pinagka iba. Reliability shouldn't be an issue since matibay naman talaga suzuki.

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