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August 18th, 2014 10:22 AM #31get a toyota wigo or mitsu mirage or hyundai i10. Let him decide and spend his own money when he is earning his own.
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August 19th, 2014 02:13 AM #32None of the above. When I was in college I had three choices...a 62 Beetle...a souped up stainless owner type jeep or a galvanized locally assembled wrangler. I chose the wrangler for the cheaper fuel and bigger tires... I can park it on islands... no flood can stop me and it was utilitarian. Served me well way past college and shorty a few years afterward when our diesel revo came.
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August 20th, 2014 06:11 PM #34if you get the exped/volvo. its just the start of more expenses. those cars are at least 10 years old. even if theyve been maintained well, something will break. youll spend on service and parts for a more expensive class of vehicle.
not to mention gas expenses.
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August 27th, 2014 12:30 PM #35for a college kid to request a Euro or an American gas guzzling SUV, he may have some self-esteem issues. Well, as a parent, you decide, get what he wants and you boost his self-esteem for life or get a cheaper maintenance car and he remains confused with identity crisis. I would get him the Exped or Volvo, I think it's cheaper for his development in the long run
btw, what's with teenagers and yuppies nowadays? recently, I've had 2 experiences (1 in the Fort Parking Area, 1 in Ortigas side streets) with 2 groups of kids checking out my 9-year old Ford Exped. I thought that they were up to something but when I got in to my car, they were smiling at me and one even commented: nice car sir.
maybe it's the generation gap, these kids didn't know that sometime in 2008, the Financial Crisis happened, and Ford owners desperately wanted to disposed their SUVs lol
re your kid, I think it's better now that he realize that what he wants is a mistake. who knows in the future, after experiencing the Exped, he would get strictly hybrids in the future
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August 27th, 2014 12:50 PM #36ford suv maintenance is not really that expensive to maintain. sparkplugs are P150 a pop (banawe) x 8, and per ford manual, it's advised to be replaced every 100Km or in my case, every 40k for Philippine setting
Engine oil is not expensive as Ford Motorcraft Synthetic is the cheapest synthetic oil in the market with P400 per liter. Ford Motorcraft Oil Filters are like P350, even cheaper than the HOndas lol
to sum it up, I spend about P2500 per year on maintenance on my Ford Suv. (2000 engine oil + 350 oil filter + 150 change oil in Petron station). Air filters (around P800) are replaced every 20Tkm and Fuel Filters (P1200) every 40Tkm. All fluids are recommended to be replaced every 80Tkm in the manual, but I recently replaced them in the 40Tkm mark (again Phil. setting). All of this done in a gasoline station.
Gasoline is the main expense here but I have managed to keep it at 5-6km/liter regular city driving (bumper to bumper is 3-4km). Just buy the regular stock issued tires and always have the pang-ilalims checked and adjusted to standards. para maayos ang takbo
at 5-6km/liter, I think it's fair enough than say investing for a brand new CUV today like the Foresters, Tucson, Sportage, CRVs that are averaging 6-7km/liter. bale 1km lang lamang nila hehe
Ford Suvs ride comfortably well, and it compared maybe to a Montero solid driving experience on pot holes and our road conditions.
warning though, don't use this as daily drive or your only car. maybe that's why nakakatipid ako coz this is just my coding car or at least 2 times a week ko lang dinadala. I still have a diesel SUV as my harabas car so hehe
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