2008 Hyundai Starex (Gen. 4)

[fast lane]

Went to ACE (somewhere in Makati) to get 3M nomads, those rolled up. I brought my useless Starex mats for them to use as guides for them to cut (apparently, may use pala sila). I left the mats with them and went around to buy some stuff (mostly automotive stuff of course). To make a long story short, I went home and as I laid out the mats, I realized to my horror that, they had cut them BALIKTAD, right side down for the mats in front!

What pains me is that the 3M promo girls were very nice, polite and helpful. If I were to fault anybody, I would fault 3M itself for not training them enough. Or if they aren't trained at all, then they should be trained to say that they are not trained to cut and I should cut it myself.

Does anybody know anybody from 3M I can bring this up with? I don't want to bring it back to Ace to complain, because if I do, I'm afraid the mistake is gonna be charged to the people 3M people there, which I don't want to happen. Those na may connect, please drop me an email: jermiako*yahoo.com

I spent 5k++ for the mats because I only bought for the first row and second row. I bought one of those long plastic mats and put that in the third row. Cost is 950++/feet, Starex front is 2 feet, 2nd row is 3 feet. When you bring your mats to Ace make sure you tell them that the one with the velcro side is the bottom

you might want to check pitstop, i think they're selling the original matting for the high end grand starex at 11,500 for all sets.

HTH

[CVT]

^^ It's because during our climb, our speed was 60-70 kph, and it was turning dark when we were negotiating that road to Tagaytay. Hence the statement "nearly called Death".

Bro.,- I am quite familiar with the road there. I don't think you can do 60-70KPH going up, especially since the hairpin turns occur every 3-4 of seconds. It is just too fast, IMHO... Well as you said,- "nearly called death"....

6610:secret:

[dvldoc]

2008 Starex throwing it down on the dyno, This is a automatic transmission and do to the design of the vehicles there we can't get a accurate read below 3000rpms because the vehicle will shift out of 2nd gear. But I can assure you this is the now the fastest Starex in the Philippines. The HP/TQ gains will be much higher at 1500rpms to 2500rpms as far as the percent of power gained but you get the point.

At almost 200 wheel hp and 320 foot pounds of torque or 433nm this thing a beast. The alcohol injection alone is about equal to the unichip but when you combine the two the power goes up considerably.

[dvldoc]

2008 Starex throwing it down on the dyno, This is a automatic transmission and do to the design of the vehicles there we can't get a accurate read below 3000rpms because the vehicle will shift out of 2nd gear. But I can assure you this is the now the fastest Starex in the Philippines. The HP/TQ gains will be much higher at 1500rpms to 2500rpms as far as the percent of power gained but you get the point.

At almost 200 wheel hp and 320 foot pounds of torque or 433nm this thing is a beast. The alcohol injection alone is about equal to the unichip but when you combine the two the power goes up considerably.

[Automahn]

Was the dyno test done on a CRDi-equipped Starex?

[dvldoc]

Yes it is. It's a 2008 Starex.

[dzone23]

sorry if stupid question.... i was wondering if you buy 3m na mat, would it be better fitting? Kasi complaint ni misis is that the stock mat keeps getting bunched up. so want sana mat na can stick? or something that would fit better.

[B)
"thanks in advance"

[civic1990]

Hi guys.

We want to get a Starex A/T next week from HARI. Choosing between the GOLD variant (1.768M) or VGT (1.598M). The difference between the two models is 170K pesos.

But comparing the features, the difference is that the GOLD variant has leather seats, the LCD monitor, and the extra airbag (2 instead of 1). If we upgrade to leather seats (from Seatmate), it would only set us back around 50K right? So we still save around 120K right?

Am I missing any other feature? Trying to justify why we should get the gold variant kasi.

[civic1990]

Hi guys.

We want to get a Starex A/T next week from HARI. Choosing between the GOLD variant (1.768M) or VGT (1.598M). The difference between the two models is 170K pesos.

But comparing the features, the difference is that the GOLD variant has leather seats, the LCD monitor, the extra airbag (2 instead of 1), and chrome grill, and the immobilizer. If we upgrade to leather seats (from Seatmate), it would only set us back around 50K right? So we still save around 120K right? I don't know kasi if the other features are worth the 120K. Baka mas mura pa if you buy them individually.

Am I missing any other feature? Trying to justify why we should get the gold variant kasi.

[lui]

Hi guys.

We want to get a Starex A/T next week from HARI. Choosing between the GOLD variant (1.768M) or VGT (1.598M). The difference between the two models is 170K pesos.

But comparing the features, the difference is that the GOLD variant has leather seats, the LCD monitor, the extra airbag (2 instead of 1), and chrome grill, and the immobilizer. If we upgrade to leather seats (from Seatmate), it would only set us back around 50K right? So we still save around 120K right? I don't know kasi if the other features are worth the 120K. Baka mas mura pa if you buy them individually.

Am I missing any other feature? Trying to justify why we should get the gold variant kasi.

sir ung swivel seat po VGT has 2 airbag din and price is 1,648,000. ang advantage po ng GOLD variant is leather seats, traction control system, monitor, rear spoiler w/ 3rd brake lamp and rear wiper.

inform ko na din po kau na magkaka 10k increase na po kame sa sept 15. all models except i10, i30 and genesis