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    February 3rd, 2008 04:18 PM #1
    I am in the market for this MPV.

    If you have experience with this vehicle, please let me know what you think?

    Gas consumption?
    Maintenance?
    Things to look out for?
    Parts?

    Thank you for your help.

    It will be a van for my retired mom and dad
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    February 3rd, 2008 04:31 PM #2
    imho, it's overpriced, thirsty, and demands high maintenance. 'nuff said
    Damn, son! Where'd you find this?
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    February 3rd, 2008 04:41 PM #3
    do a search this car has a thread.

    That said, since this car has been discontinued, you will have to buy used. Selling price should be around 450,000.

    It seats 10. Gas consumption is around 5 kms/L city and 10 km/L highway. I have mine maintained by Speedyfix. Sobrang taga ng casa. It likes 5w30 or 10w30 weight oil. Dont use heavier viscosity as it will mess up your fuel consumption.

    I buy parts from Thunder Automotive. They have better prices than casa. However, some parts are order basis.

    Common problems with this car: overheating, whistling noise from the AC, suspension probs. The whistling noise comes and goes but its more of a nuisance than anything else. It wont hut your AC. For the suspension, I just had it fixed by Cruven. 1 year na and so far so good.
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    February 3rd, 2008 04:54 PM #4
    Thank you for that quick reply.

    I will take your reviews in consideration.
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    February 3rd, 2008 05:01 PM #5
    It is a nice looking minivan. But sad to say not very well built. Stories of its problems abound. A year 2000 unit was offered to me at 275K-- it still looked nice, but looking at its gas consumption I had to buy another minivan.
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    February 3rd, 2008 10:08 PM #6
    Very low resale value. Which is good if you're buying 2nd hand. But makes you wonder why?
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    February 3rd, 2008 11:43 PM #7
    didnt one burn down the other day somewhere in manila?
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    February 4th, 2008 12:05 AM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by cocoy View Post
    didnt one burn down the other day somewhere in manila?

    Malakas ito sa gasolina,- Maganda naman ang ride niya,...

    Mukha ngang itong klaseng van na ito ang nasunog recently sa kalye habang minamaneho ng may-ari....

    5303:burp:
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    February 4th, 2008 11:52 AM #9
    eto ba yong 'made of tofu..', according to an old thread here?
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    February 4th, 2008 01:02 PM #10
    A lot of horrible stories about the Venture. I suggest you look for another van.
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