re: 150k budget

[pincol]

hi guys! im looking for a van or auv for my family. i have a 1997 lancer and an eagle pick up but i find it kinda difficult if we travel with kids and househelp for i dont have space for babies stuff.

medyo masikip din sa trunk ng lancer and at the same time hirap pag kinarga sa likod ng pick up kung umuulan. and besides me eagle ride is kinda bumpy that is why i prefer to get a liteace or vanette. 150k lang kasi budget ko.

what can you say sa both models that i mentioned? engine, maintenance etc?

thanks guys.

[1D4LV]

vanette na, its bigger. just watch out for the overheating issues.

[niky]

I'd rather not go for the Vanette... and not just due to the overheating... (easy to cure with an extra radiator fan)... it's got no get-up-and-go power... even with a 2 liter engine it struggles to climb steep grades (going up a parking lot ramp is very interesting... ) and the lack of power is in sharp contrast to its thirst for fuel... why Nissan put that piece of crap carburated 2 liter engine inside the Vanette instead of the more powerful and reliable SR20DE, only God knows... and it's not like the SR20 wasn't available... it was offered in the concurrent Altima and in the Serena that replaced the Vanette.

If you can put up with the thirst for fuel and the lack of power, the Vanette's swivelling captains chairs, dual AC (very cold dual AC) and drinks cooler make it a very good "gimik" mobile... but for carrying a lot of people around, you might want to also scout around for a good condition c240 Isuzu Hilander... the Hilander is a tinny old thing, and the life-span of Isuzu plastics is shorter than PGMA's temper, but the engine and chassis are relatively robust (though it's hard to get it to pass emissions).

[niky]

I'd rather not go for the Vanette... and not just due to the overheating... (easy to cure with an extra radiator fan)... it's got no get-up-and-go power... even with a 2 liter engine it struggles to climb steep grades (going up a parking lot ramp is very interesting... ) and the lack of power is in sharp contrast to its thirst for fuel... why Nissan put that piece of crap carburated 2 liter engine inside the Vanette instead of the more powerful and reliable SR20DE, only God knows... and it's not like the SR20 wasn't available... it was offered in the concurrent Altima and in the Serena that replaced the Vanette.

If you can put up with the thirst for fuel and the lack of power, the Vanette's swivelling captains chairs, dual AC (very cold dual AC) and drinks cooler make it a very good "gimik" mobile... but for carrying a lot of people around, you might want to also scout around for a good condition c240 Isuzu Hilander... the Hilander is a tinny old thing, and the life-span of Isuzu plastics is shorter than PGMA's temper, but the engine and chassis are relatively robust (though it's hard to get it to pass emissions).

[pincol]

mga sir thanks for your prompt replies.

ive noticed both of you sir, niky n 1D4LV, never mentioned nor recommended the liteace. what is the problem with the liteace?

my cousin in mindanao has a vanette and i also noticed that my cousin has to turn off the AC when going thru uphill. medyo hirap sya mag uphill. one trouble that my cousing told me about the vanette (aside from the overheating) is naghahalo daw oil n water. but the problem is on the oil seal or mga "rubber gasket" sa engine, im not sure if this is true.

sir niky, are you referring to the c240 engine of isuzu hilander? what year/model of hilander that has a c240 engine? kaya lang medyo mataas pa rin price ng 2nd hand na hilander with my 150k budget.

more comments pls....thank you very much!

[1D4LV]

^^liteace, imho, is really underpowered, that is why i really don't recommend it.
at 150k, i really don't know if you can get a Hyundai Grace at that.

[pincol]

thanks sir 1D4LV for the info.