Hyundai Santa Fe (Gen. 2) Thread

[O!lman]

Most likely, sir TFR. Tinext kasi ako nung sales agent namin that day na dineliver na raw yung unit namin. And if it is gun metal that you saw, yun na nga daihl nag-iisa na lang daw yun. Next two weeks pa raw darating yung kasunod.

So far so good and my wife is enjoying it too. Biglang pumangit ang pakiramdam ko sa ride ng 2006 Honda Civic namin dahil talagang napakasarap ng ride ng Santa Fe.

Akala ko we were the first to have a Santa FE in our village. Pagikot ko kanina sa village namin nakita ko yung white Santa Fe na nakita ko last week sa may SM Bicutan. Kapitbahay ko lang pala. It only goes to show na sumisikat na talaga ang Santa Fe. Biglang dumami nakikita ko sa kalye ngayon.

Thanks sa Tsikot.com kung hindi siguro ako nag research dito, malamang isa ako sa mga naghihinagpis sa ingit sa mga naka SF.

[minero]

the pull is ok... u have to push the pedal to the middle to feel the grunt. consumption is abt 6km/liter city driving...

My wife gets 7 city driving but i get less than that. Mga 5-6 km/l siguro. Sarap kasi i-hataw sa commonwealth ave eh. Sabi wife ko lakas daw sa gas SF kapag nandito ako.Ours is also a gas model.

Anyways, a black SF was fallowing me yesterday sa may commonwealth coming from philcoa towards fairview. Kasunod ko rin siya nag u turn papasok ng subdivision. 2 na naka black SF sa may area namin and may isa na silver. It only shows SF is really getting popular.

[Akims]

Congrats po Sir Centum. What color did you get in your Santa Fe?

[oldblue]

Like what where they saying old blue?

the usual stuff

hyundai badge, korean quality
low resale value
hindi diesel expertise ng Hyundai so risk ang sta fe
kulang sa standard features (re passenger side airbags, sensor, immobilizer)
cheap stereo & sound system di tape deck
kaya nag 5 years kasi hindi mabili
parang starex malaki pero underpowered
naglagay pa ng 3rd row
hindi papatulan ng credible insurance kasi hyundai
delikado standard issue tires, madaling sumabog

[TFR]

the usual stuff

hyundai badge, korean quality
low resale value
hindi diesel expertise ng Hyundai so risk ang sta fe
kulang sa standard features (re passenger side airbags, sensor, immobilizer)
cheap stereo & sound system di tape deck
kaya nag 5 years kasi hindi mabili
parang starex malaki pero underpowered
naglagay pa ng 3rd row
hindi papatulan ng credible insurance kasi hyundai
delikado standard issue tires, madaling sumabog

Well, yeah, some of these was my opinion before pero if you analyze each of these statement, sa tingin mo ba totoo. "kulang sa standard features"? hmmm Talaga ha? Ano kaya "standard" sa kanila?
Wag na lang patulan yan, Basta ako masaya ako sa SF ko, more than our other cars, and our other cars are none koreans, 2 europeans(Benz and Bimmer), 3 mitsus(Pajero, adventure, and strada), Ford ranger 4x4, an isuzu crosswind and LS Pick-up. I dont want to sound like bragging pero I just want to point out how execellent the SF performs.

[pakupakupaku]

Well, yeah, some of these was my opinion before pero if you analyze each of these statement, sa tingin mo ba totoo. "kulang sa standard features"? hmmm Talaga ha? Ano kaya "standard" sa kanila?
Wag na lang patulan yan, Basta ako masaya ako sa SF ko, more than our other cars, and our other cars are none koreans, 2 europeans(Benz and Bimmer), 3 mitsus(Pajero, adventure, and strada), Ford ranger 4x4, an isuzu crosswind and LS Pick-up. I dont want to sound like bragging pero I just want to point out how execellent the SF performs.

Wow you got them all new... Just like my neighbor who changes car every month(he has 17 cars total lolz)

[maxvel]

Ano kaya ang standard sa kanila. Samantala ang SF ay nasa sa world market. and sila yong ibang entry nila never heard sa USA and Europe at bagsak pa sa Australia. So Funny

[IGLOCK]

My wife gets 7 city driving but i get less than that. Mga 5-6 km/l siguro. Sarap kasi i-hataw sa commonwealth ave eh. Sabi wife ko lakas daw sa gas SF kapag nandito ako.Ours is also a gas model.

Anyways, a black SF was fallowing me yesterday sa may commonwealth coming from philcoa towards fairview. Kasunod ko rin siya nag u turn papasok ng subdivision. 2 na naka black SF sa may area namin and may isa na silver. It only shows SF is really getting popular.

Hi Minero. I drive a Black SF (CRDI 4x4). Im from Fairview. I bet I saw you na sometime. What if I honk once next time we meet? That would be interesting. What color SF do you drive?

BTW, I had a grand time during my trip to Clark over the week end. Speeds at 160kph was a breeze. It seems few cars were running at this speed. The wife and kids appreciated the smooth & very quiet ride. Im very impressed with the performance of this car.

[Horsepower]

Yeah, i also honk or flash whenever i meet a fellow SF. hehe

[IGLOCK]

Good morning to evrybody. Although this is my very first post in any thread, I am not new to tsikot.com. I've been a member for more than a year already and read through a lot of threads. I've also sold two cars in this site and both were in record time (posted the first day and sold the next day), thanks to tsikot.com.

Just like *******ino, we were not considering SFwhen we decided that it's time to buy a new car, although I fell in love with it when I first saw it in the showroom last year. Among the candidates were fortuner, CRV, and the new mitsubishi fuzion. But then somebody told us "Why not look into the Santa Fe? It's a very good SUV." Suddenly, my love at first sight with SF came alive and I got so excited that I immediately scanned this site for SF reviews until I found this thread. I followed this thread for two weeks from first post to the end and from what I read I became more and more convinced to get the SF, until we closed a deal with Hyundai Alabang a week ago and brought home our unit yesterday. WOW! I can't believe I'm driving the one a really wanted in the first place. I couldn't have made a better choice.

Thanks to all of you guys who made this thread. It's definitely a BIG HELP.

By the way, we got the gun metal color and it looks so good. Thanks again.

The best part of SF ownership is when you do long distance driving. Its quiet, fast, powerful and very comfortable. The car is not perfect but overall, the SF is still best in class IMHO at this price range. Read thru the European, Australian, American users review and know how your SF will perform.

[IGLOCK]

HI po s inyo lahat. Just wanna ask lng po if u put a back up sensor to your santa fe may effect po b s speedometer. I just bought may santa fe yesterday and it so happen on my way home bigla hindi gumana ang speedometer. And also paano b gamitin ang sportronics. THANKS po.

This also happened to me. Bring it back to the dealer, hindi lang nila nakabit ung speedo cable. This is not a defect, just a forgetful engineer.

[Lucius]

Pag ako naka-encounter ng ganyan, sabihin ko dun sa agent "ahhh ganun ba, kaw ba ano auto mo? may auto ka ba."

Lakas ng loob magsalita kala mo kung sino maganda auto yun pala WALA, nagcocommute lang. Ganyan talaga ibang agent, nagmamagaling. Di nila gayahin si lui

[IGLOCK]

*Iglock - glad to hear that you chose SF over the Camry. funny thing, on my way home, i decided to stop by an mitsu dealer. wanted to check out the outlander, the mitsu guy steered me toward the galant (SRP 1.25M i/o the usual 1.5M). that's 250k off from the SF. its very tempting, isn't it?

At that discount level, most likely they will release a new model of the galant na. Besides, I had a lot of bad experience before with Mistubishi dealers -- particularly with Citimotors. Parts availability was always an issue and repair time was always 2 to 3 x longer than my other cars. IMHO, their service was bad then. Not sure now... Atleast sa Hyundai, you have 10 dealers/service centers to choose form in Metro Manila alone. They need to be efficient and competitive to be in business for the long term.

[IGLOCK]

My wife gets 7 city driving but i get less than that. Mga 5-6 km/l siguro. Sarap kasi i-hataw sa commonwealth ave eh. Sabi wife ko lakas daw sa gas SF kapag nandito ako.Ours is also a gas model.

Anyways, a black SF was fallowing me yesterday sa may commonwealth coming from philcoa towards fairview. Kasunod ko rin siya nag u turn papasok ng subdivision. 2 na naka black SF sa may area namin and may isa na silver. It only shows SF is really getting popular.

Dre, ingat ka pag humataw sa Commonwealth, specially at night. Despite of the many pedestrian overpasses, dami lasing dyan who cross everywhere and all the time. Sayang SF mo pag nagkataon... joke lang....

[rcya626]

hello po just want to know pag pinalitan ba ang rim to 20" will it void the warranty and will it affect the ride?

[IGLOCK]

Pag ako naka-encounter ng ganyan, sabihin ko dun sa agent "ahhh ganun ba, kaw ba ano auto mo? may auto ka ba."

Lakas ng loob magsalita kala mo kung sino maganda auto yun pala WALA, nagcocommute lang. Ganyan talaga ibang agent, nagmamagaling. Di nila gayahin si lui

+1 here. "ahh ganun ba, ikaw ano auto mo?" a classic! Its funny how non- users have negative opinions of Hyndai/SF performance while people who own one have exactly the opposite to say....

[TFR]

Other than Dinan, who else among you guys have spoiler installed? share naman pics and where to get it.

[yuichi]

Most likely, sir TFR. Tinext kasi ako nung sales agent namin that day na dineliver na raw yung unit namin. And if it is gun metal that you saw, yun na nga daihl nag-iisa na lang daw yun. Next two weeks pa raw darating yung kasunod.

So far so good and my wife is enjoying it too. Biglang pumangit ang pakiramdam ko sa ride ng 2006 Honda Civic namin dahil talagang napakasarap ng ride ng Santa Fe.

Akala ko we were the first to have a Santa FE in our village. Pagikot ko kanina sa village namin nakita ko yung white Santa Fe na nakita ko last week sa may SM Bicutan. Kapitbahay ko lang pala. It only goes to show na sumisikat na talaga ang Santa Fe. Biglang dumami nakikita ko sa kalye ngayon.

Ganyan talaga, feeling mo parang ayaw mo ng sakyan ibang oto mo pag nakasakay ka na ng SF.

Baka ikaw ser yung nakasalubong ko once na alang plaka sa Alabang-Zapote rd. im also driving s Gun Metal and there's also one SFeyer with the same color.

Congrats sa inyo ni *******ino!

While stock pa rin SF ko, ala na pa rin ako naiisip na mod kudi bigger Mags lang. i just love the leather seates na amoy pinipig at presko sa wetp*ks. sound maybe not as very good but pretty descent. better than my previous Jap Cars on a stock basis.

Lumalaki na tayo!

[yuichi]

Yeah, i also honk or flash whenever i meet a fellow SF. hehe

Bat di natin gawin ito para alam na Tsikoteer SFeyer tayo. pag walang balik, ibig sabihin hindi tsikoteer.

[washburn]

Most likely, sir TFR. Tinext kasi ako nung sales agent namin that day na dineliver na raw yung unit namin. And if it is gun metal that you saw, yun na nga daihl nag-iisa na lang daw yun. Next two weeks pa raw darating yung kasunod.

So far so good and my wife is enjoying it too. Biglang pumangit ang pakiramdam ko sa ride ng 2006 Honda Civic namin dahil talagang napakasarap ng ride ng Santa Fe.

Akala ko we were the first to have a Santa FE in our village. Pagikot ko kanina sa village namin nakita ko yung white Santa Fe na nakita ko last week sa may SM Bicutan. Kapitbahay ko lang pala. It only goes to show na sumisikat na talaga ang Santa Fe. Biglang dumami nakikita ko sa kalye ngayon.

hehe parehas tayo! yoko nang gamitin ang car ko sa pakiramdam ko kasi para akong lumulutang sa santa fe e ang ganda talaga ng ride!
lagi nalang kami palit ng nanay ko hehe