Starex TDIC or CRDI

**niky** · January 15th, 2010 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by fabilioh

Thanks niky

The reason why I always prefer M/T over A/T when it comes to 2nd hand cars.

What about fuel consumption? I've read also that the TDICs are somewhat on the thirsty side?

Dunno about the TDIC. Took a GRX CRDi AT to Baguio... admittedly drove at a quick pace (120 km/h on the highway), but at night... for the trip there and back, got an average of 8.5 km/l. Not great. Not bad. Did the same in an AT Crosswind driven at the same pace. The fuel consumption is more to do with the automatic transmission and the weight of the vehicle. At the 2 ton mark, whether you've got a 2.5 or a 3.0 diesel, you're looking at an average of 7-8 km/l in traffic.

(and yeah, the Starex is about 2 tons... the manual versions might be more frugal, but I have no firsthand economy numbers for those.)

**vinj** · January 15th, 2010 06:41 PM

The Hyundai CRDi seems to have not much problems from what i've observed. I'd go with the suggestion on finding one (whether CRDi or TDIC) thats in good condition.

We had a 2005 TDIC a/t before and with a full load of passengers (7, no luggage), it could climb the Tagaytay Midlands - Tagaytay Highlands road but don't expect to overtake anyone or to take it at a fast clip. Also, if you turn off the a/c, it shuts off the aux fans and can cause overheating if you're running real hard on a full load.

**fabilioh** · January 15th, 2010 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Dunno about the TDIC. Took a GRX CRDi AT to Baguio... admittedly drove at a quick pace (120 km/h on the highway), but at night... for the trip there and back, got an average of 8.5 km/l. Not great. Not bad. Did the same in an AT Crosswind driven at the same pace. The fuel consumption is more to do with the automatic transmission and the weight of the vehicle. At the 2 ton mark, whether you've got a 2.5 or a 3.0 diesel, you're looking at an average of 7-8 km/l in traffic.

(and yeah, the Starex is about 2 tons... the manual versions might be more frugal, but I have no firsthand economy numbers for those.)

Thanks for the 2 ton tip

So I guess he's better off getting the manual version. Were there M/T, pre facelifted TDIC versions sold locally?