What car to buy?

[Horsepower]

tidus: should be this coming quarter. Matagal na syang on-sale sa EU e.

[tidus1203]

Ganun ba, Hyundai local keeps on denying the existence of such cars....

[[archie]]

baka marketing strategy lang ng hyundai yun. not telling that theres a new line up coming para hindi maghintay mga tao and affect their sales.

of course i could be wrong, pwede rin na myth lang na meron nga lalabas dito.

[angel8am]

Don't think the Accent comes with dual airbags... but last I heard it was available na.

Laguna to Makati? Every day? Sheer torture. Buy yourself a 1.3 Honda City CVT and call it a day. I don't know if it's available with airbags (honestly, you only need one... and a passenger side airbag is dangerous for little kids if you let them sit in front), but it's probably the best car for your budget, and will give you lots of change.

Yes, I like torturing myself.. just joking. I really like to travel and besides mas mahangin dito sa laguna compared to Manila. One thing that prevents me from choosing Honda City is the exterior, I wish it could have been better. Wala bang balak ang Honda palitan ang exterior ng City?
I'm gonna take a company car loan and BPI requires a dual airbag (kamusta naman?). If not for those dual airbags, I'd have probably made up my mind already on what car to buy.

[angel8am]

Thanks guys for helping.. now I know what brands and models I should be considering.
I can still wait until first quarter of next year maybe new models will be available at that time. Anu-ano ba ang mga models to come last quarter of this year from the leading car brands dito sa philippines? any idea?

[tidus1203]

Why does the bank require a dual airbag car? Ano rationale nito? Normally dami namang bangko dyan na magpapaloan even if you buy the unsafest car out there....

[[archie]]

oo nga, ako din curious lang why does the bank need a dual air bags for the loan? medyo malabo ata yun

[blueguy]

^^ Baka taga BPI siya....

And by the way, converting to LPG from gasoline is risky di ba?...I heard stories from taxi cab drivers na nagkakasakit dahil daw sa slow emission ng lpg pag me leak..how true is this?....

and by the way the 1.3 variants of the city don't have airbags, yung 1.5 lang nila....

[basti08]

Why does the bank require a dual airbag car? Ano rationale nito? Normally dami namang bangko dyan na magpapaloan even if you buy the unsafest car out there....

Pag natepok daw kase yung borrower dahil sa collision, waived ang payments sa loan, lugi sila. hehehehe

If that's the case, Aveo sedan lang ang pasok sa criteria mo.



1.4L EFI, Foglights, Dual airbags, ABS, chrome trim, 15" wheels, CD/MP3 stereo, all power... not that bad actually. 659K MT, 699K AT.

[tidus1203]

^^Ganun ba yun? Dami akong alam na loans na you can buy cars without airbags. In fact daming cars dyan na walang airbags and can easily be bought through bank financing....

Problem mo na lang dyan sa Aveo is its a Chevy and when you say Chevy high maintenance cost comes into mind. Remember the Optra?

[basti08]

Sirain ba ang Optra? I have a friend who happens to have both 2005 Optra 1.6LS and 2008 Honda Civic 1.8S. Both of which very satisfied sya. Sabi nya, he can't even fully compare the Civic sa Optra kase yung Civic january lang na-deliver sa kanila samantalang yung Optra has been with him for 3 years. Di naman daw sakit sa ulo pero medyo matakaw sa gas (6-7km/l). Other than that, the free 2 years PMS is very convenient and he has no complaints other than the FC whatsoever.

[tidus1203]

Mahal kasi parts ng Optra eh. Once you need to change stuff under the hood thats where the pain starts....

[basti08]

sabagay Daewoo design kase eh... sa mga Korean makers Kia/Hyundai talaga ang mura ang parts tas Daewoo due to its Opel origins (dunno why it still is at this time) somehow mahal ang pyesa. Ssangyong din mahal, pero O.T na ako.... hehehe :grin2:

[number001]

Problem mo na lang dyan sa Aveo is its a Chevy and when you say Chevy high maintenance cost comes into mind. Remember the Optra?

Dont' forget the Venture, the king of maintenance and repairs among all Chevys.

[tidus1203]

Ah yes the Venture the BUFFET KING of gas

[angel8am]

Why does the bank require a dual airbag car? Ano rationale nito? Normally dami namang bangko dyan na magpapaloan even if you buy the unsafest car out there....

Hmmm.. Actually company ang nag-require nun because it has very high regards for safety. I'll ask nalang siguro BPI medyo malabo kasi.

[angel8am]

Hey, what do you guys have to say about Kia Rio? I went to the Kia Rio thread eh mukhang ok naman ang mga comments nila and comparable daw ito sa Vios. Totoo kaya yun?

[[archie]]

IMHO, ill go for the vios pa rin compared with the rio...

[Type 100]

The Rio really ain't bad. Personally I'd prefer the hatchback version if it were available.

I would, however, invest in better rubber as soon as I get one, based on Niky's comments in the thread.

[Horsepower]

Ganun ba, Hyundai local keeps on denying the existence of such cars....

may prices na si Lui (of Hyundai Abad Santos) albeit tentative pa lang.

420K yung i10 (or is it i20).
900K daw yung i30 CRDi (138hp).

malamang yung i30 Estate CRDi (wagon) yung 900K na i30. then the i30 hatch CRDi will be priced at around 700K. Then the i20 will be the odd-ball at around 580-600K

Wala eh, diesel lang talaga wise choice sa ngayon (or LPG/CNG). Ewan ko lang kung pwede ito gamitan ng home brewed bio-D from used cooking oil (dami akong sources nito). hehehe. Gasoline naman ok din (kung Jazz/Getz/Vios), kaso pag hataw or traffic na, tapos ka.