Mitsubishi L300 or Kia k2700

**ACarEnthusiast** · December 29th, 2013 09:26 AM

If your going to use it for transporting heavier items, I would go for the Kia for having the bigger engine and body, as what userfriendly said, I also encountered the same problems with our L300 vans with smoke belching and power steering problems. Don't know how the pricing of spare parts for kia are, but I heard the Kia Pride is affordable to maintain with abundant parts.

Since your also buying it second hand, might as well take a look at how both cars were maintained, since you will be using them for business, you can't have them frequently bogging down on you.

**glenn manikis** · December 29th, 2013 10:20 AM

I saw a few years back a kia 2.7 bnew I think without plates pa nga... loaded maybe less than 10 passengers...

It cant go over a not so steep road... I forgot the st.. but its a shortcut going to tagaytay from batangas....

nagbabaan yung mga sakay nung kia...... samantalang yung mb100 na gamit naming nasa 10 kmi including driver... kayang kayang umakyat dun...

if I were you go for L300 VAN... mausok lang talaga...

**falken** · December 29th, 2013 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by glenn manikis

I saw a few years back a kia 2.7 bnew I think without plates pa nga... loaded maybe less than 10 passengers...

It cant go over a not so steep road... I forgot the st.. but its a shortcut going to tagaytay from batangas....

nagbabaan yung mga sakay nung kia...... samantalang yung mb100 na gamit naming nasa 10 kmi including driver... kayang kayang umakyat dun...

if I were you go for L300 VAN... mausok lang talaga...

Minsan nasa driver din yun. Pag di sanay sa pagbwelo sa akyatan ganun nangyayari.

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**victorevolution** · December 30th, 2013 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by falken

Minsan nasa driver din yun. Pag di sanay sa pagbwelo sa akyatan ganun nangyayari.

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no. it really shows that it is a bad automobile. you will not always have a chance to speed up in order for you to climb uphill(heavy traffic situation especially in tagaytay using sta. rosa exit)

good condition?- maybe since it's almost brand new (a lemon perhaps?)

furthermore, an mb100 which is a poor hill climber (fwd design flawed problem) was even able to climb easily...

in theory the k2700 is a better truck.(yet...)

but again it might just be a lemon, the ts should research more about this.

**agent_mac** · January 5th, 2014 10:34 PM

salamat sa mga reply guys!

**Hardboot** · April 23rd, 2016 01:51 PM

We have a catering-canteen business since 1990 and the vehicles we have are 3 L-300 HSPUR (1994-1998 models) and 1 Kia 2001 KC2700 HSPUR. All are first owned and I'm sharing my experiences with these vehicles. The Kia kc2700 (now it k2700 2016) is the best choice between ALL brands (Hyundai H100 (Sister Company of Kia), L300), of course, the Isuzu NHR/NKR is excluded here because its so much bigger than the rest and it would be the first placer. Why KC2700? Its so low maintenance and the body does not rust easily. Its engine uses timing gear instead of belts, suspension has less joints and bushings to replace. While the L300 has a softer ride because it has a much more complex suspension system, the KC2700 is not at all that harsh or jarring ride. The worst riding vehicle I rode is the Isuzu d-max. Even if our KC2700 is 15years old, it hasn't been overhauled yet and always passes the smoke emission test. Our L300's were overhauled twice already and been flagged down every time it is spotted by smoke belching crews. L300's are notorious for problems with electrical, suspension, rust, window riser mechanisms and engine. I also have to add that when a battery is located near the engine, the battery fluids easily dry up or heats the battery which in turn lessens the battery life...the L300 has its battery just beside the engine. Bummer!