2007 Kia Carens [ARCHIVE]

**mqavila** · April 22nd, 2008 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Isuzoom

tawagin nyo na lang si garci.

No need for Garci bro! The Carens' lead in Autofocus is an honest-to-goodness result of the love, determination and effort of our fellow Tsikoteers who simply believe that the Carens is the best "Minivan" in the market today.

Take me, for example, I diligently vote for the Carens each and everyday as my first item on my agenda when I open my computer in the morning... :D

**mondot** · April 22nd, 2008 06:24 PM

Good day to all

Can somebody PLEASE HELP ME the exact PRESENT price of Carens CRDi M/T in Manila area....885K parin ba?..In our place it is already 917K...Dealer in Iloilo told us that the Manila price is 895 plus the freight and handling 22k which makes it 917..But if the present exact price in Manila is only 885K that means 32K was added

..They said I can take the unit my self in Manila and they will just book it for me.Surely it will not cost me more than 8k to travel the unit from manila to roxas city via Ro-Ro (break-in narin ng unit)
Confused lang talaga kasi first price na binigay nila was 907K that make it sense for 22K added as freight,I can live with that.But then the next time my wife visited for a test drive,they told her that it was not 907k but 917k

and that manila price is now 895k.

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If we come to think of it,,just a few more cent then we can go for Innova G.But the again Innova is out of the picture,kasi kahit kaya ang price still we want the CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS....

So guys,gals,sir,boss,manager,bro,sis HEEEEEELP!!!!!!!
Thanks nga pala for this thread,,,if not for this words na nababasa ko dito I would never know how CARENS fits perfectly for us.
I'll be home by the end of this month,hoping that by your help peeps it would clean my cloudy mind.

Is it worthy to take the unit from manila or I will just go on with the local price??

**Isuzoom** · April 22nd, 2008 08:41 PM

sir mondot you are the customer pwede kang tumawad....getting a unit from manila will be more expensive. ask for a discount pera mo yan.

**Mschumacher** · April 23rd, 2008 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Kape

I'm quite happy with the performance of the CRDi bro. I use the skyway a few times a week and getting to 140kph is not a chore at all. ooops ...over the limit yata yun ah

which also explains why I'm getting an FC of around 8. Mabigat ang paa eh ..sarap kasi ihataw.

How about you? Is the manual thriftier as claimed? Did you get the foglamps with switch incorporated with the rest of the head light controls?

Bro before ang fc ko e 8+ sa city, sa highway ko is 14+ and my mix is 11+, pero as of this time hindi pa ako nakapag fc check e. totoo yan ang sarap niyang ihataw napa 160 ko na nga yan in a breeze e. and ive talked to somebody na kumukuha ng 200 sa unit nila e.

Napa leather seats ko na din yun sa akin sa MG ko pinagawa e. la pa nga lang pics to post hehehe

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Hindi pa nga pala ako nakakapagpapakabit ng foglamps la pa kasi sa budget e.

Ang dinagdag ko pa lang e pinatint ko buong unit ko. Guys sa mga gustong magpatint try niyo kay karrglas sa banawe. hanapin niyo si ricardo mabait kausap yun. bibigyan kayo ng okay na price.

**Mschumacher** · April 23rd, 2008 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by bannatiran

hi guys,

i'm just new here in tsikot forum. I hope i'm in the right thread.

i'm planning to buy Innova or Carens late this year and I would like to know some comparissons. budget is less than 900K and looking for the MT ones.

can you please give some comparisson from a KIA Caren to a Toyota Innova like:

exterior
interior
warranty
etc

thanks.

**SaKuRa** · April 23rd, 2008 08:28 AM

talagang may pahabol post pa before umalis.

next time u have budget, eh sa melissa shoes ko na mapupunta un :p hehehe nde sa foglamps

mag volunteer sana ako mag vote in yer behalf pero mukhang mag o online ka rin pagdating mo sa bora

adik sa pagpost

**mqavila** · April 23rd, 2008 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Mschumacher

Bro before ang fc ko e 8+ sa city, sa highway ko is 14+ and my mix is 11+, pero as of this time hindi pa ako nakapag fc check e. totoo yan ang sarap niyang ihataw napa 160 ko na nga yan in a breeze e. and ive talked to somebody na kumukuha ng 200 sa unit nila e.

Napa leather seats ko na din yun sa akin sa MG ko pinagawa e. la pa nga lang pics to post hehehe

.

Hindi pa nga pala ako nakakapagpapakabit ng foglamps la pa kasi sa budget e.

Ang dinagdag ko pa lang e pinatint ko buong unit ko. Guys sa mga gustong magpatint try niyo kay karrglas sa banawe. hanapin niyo si ricardo mabait kausap yun. bibigyan kayo ng okay na price.

Can't wait to see your pics of your leather seatcovers bro! How much did it cost?When you had your windows re-tinted, did you have them remove the existing tint? The rear window defogger wasn't damaged naman? That's my main concern if and when I end up re-tinting my upcoming Carens... If I remember correctly, bro itlog na pula posted here that what he simply did was to have them place the new tint on top of the existing tint to avoid the possibility of damaging the defogger...

**Kape** · April 23rd, 2008 10:05 AM

Looks like much of the FC figures depend largely on who's driving it

The CRDi Carens really teases you to floor it more often. So much torque! So tempting heheh

On this issue of GOOD and BAD diesel, can anyone enlighten us diesel fans where the GOOD/BAD diesel are?

I used to have a Caltex Starcard so I load up my Crosswind only with Caltex diesel. It's been 5 years with no incident. I also added biodiesel regularly until the 1% mandated add-on was introduced.

For the Carens, so far it's been Caltex, Petron and Shell. Are these safe sources?

**bannatiran** · April 23rd, 2008 10:24 AM

* mschumacher

thanks for the info.

so for the Carens, softer suspension (like a girl ride daw)

and no ABS but powerful on a dsl. For the LX 2.0 CRDi, what are the ammenities not included compared to the EX? Kasi ang ganda nung mga nasa KIA Website eh. may nabasa ako na hindi ata same yung mga ammenities compared to the ones they sell in Europe... is this true?

I used to drove an Innova dsl 2.0 (i think not yet a D4D) during our bicol trip and here in Manila and I feel it underpowered on the 1st and 2nd gear.. the handling when you're in high speed and cornering is so good and the breaking system is so smooth maybe because of the ABS.

any news if they will introduce the ABS to Carens late this year or early next yr?