Finally after months of waiting, scrutiny, asking, showroom visits and deliberation, I have finally made my final decision what SUV to buy and Its something I havent even considered, even scoffed at it months ago. and the winner is, drum roll please!!!! Hyundai's Santa Fe!!!!!!
Thank you to all the people who replied to my queries, all your points taken into serious considerations. After Asking opinions re CRV, outlander and fortuner..... Santa fe came from behind hehehehehe
After analyzing what I was going to use it for, and comparing specs per specs santa fe always seems to be better than everything else except for the brand of course, then I realised, hell with the brand! as long as I enjoy using it and I can use it more often because of its FC, hecks it even looks better! I don't care anymore what other people think of the hyundai brand.... Can't even say its a cheapo, more expensive than all 3..... I just hope that I made the ride decision, so Hyundai, back me up baby!!!!
Will place my order next week for a supeior red 2.2 Crdi!!!! Wish me luck people!!!
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June 15th, 2007 08:09 PM #1
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June 15th, 2007 08:22 PM #2Good luck. Forget other people would say. I'll also pick Sta. Fe over the others mentioned.
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June 15th, 2007 08:23 PM #3congratulations.
i would've picked the santa fe over the others anytime too.
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June 15th, 2007 09:37 PM #4good choice bro congrats on you new ride...dami na kayo and padami pa ng padami...
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June 15th, 2007 10:28 PM #6Good Luck and Congrats!
can you list down your other choices that Hyundai-Santa Fe has beaten ?
which dealer will you get it from ? what are the freebies if any ?
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June 16th, 2007 01:27 PM #7Congrats dude! Don't forget to have your tires swapped if they're still korean though!
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June 16th, 2007 02:21 PM #8Hahaha... +1... but of Korean tires I've driven recently, the ones on the Santa Fe are actually amongst the better ones. Originally Posted by pup2
Put it on dubs...
Ang pagbalik ng comeback...
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June 16th, 2007 04:11 PM #11congrats sir! pareho kayo ng neighbor namin. they got the crdi (dark maroon color). astig ang dating!
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June 16th, 2007 04:20 PM #12dati konti pero biglang sikat yung color kaya ngayon kalat na rin. dont get the Gun Metal para ala ako katulad, hehe. Originally Posted by kimpOy
btw, goodluck sa purchase. parami na ng parami SF owners, ala pa bang EB?
at dont forget, if you need OEM accessories for your new baby, dont forget Yuichi.
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June 16th, 2007 05:07 PM #13Natakot nga rin ako sa sinabi dito na panget ang Korean radials. hehehe.Congrats dude! Don't forget to have your tires swapped if they're still korean though!
Last night, a crazy dump truck shifted to my lane while i was going a bit fast and then he went for like 20kmh! Thank God for ABS and the Hankook DynaPro tires didn't fail me, i was able to decelerate on time. Although, it's kind of strange that i still heard tire squeaks in succession. like eenggggk eeenggggk eeengggk while super-quickly looking for space to direct the 2-tonne car. I thought ABS was supposed to eliminate that.
or my ABS didn't work/activate?
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June 16th, 2007 07:44 PM #14Congratulations! All SF owners here at tsikot had the same predicament like you about the brand. Don't mind about what other people say about korean brands. They are as good as japs. By the way SF's are made in Korea kaya okay ang build quality. As i have said before, "hindi ka magsisisi".
By the way did you get the 4x2 or 4x4 CRDi?
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June 17th, 2007 09:46 AM #15Congrats and welcome to the club... what club? wala pa pala santa fe club. Sana makabuo na... I got also the superior red. 3 colors in 1 ... if you are interested in crdi 4x4, i heard it is available for a waiting time of around 90 days.
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June 17th, 2007 04:10 AM #16Niky, Originally Posted by niky
Hahaha... +1... but of Korean tires I've driven recently, the ones on the Santa Fe are actually amongst the better ones.
Put it on dubs...
What are dubs? Sinuggest ko naman tire swap kasi baka makuha na na freebie sa dealer. Dunno how different are the SF's tires but our last Starex's tires lasted all of 1 year bago na-oblong.
BTW, congrats sa mga reviews mo. Galing ah -- sobrang kumpleto!
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June 17th, 2007 08:23 AM #17Thank you all for the positive feedbacks!
Sir Horsepower, glad you came out safe.
Sir Yuichi, how about HID lights? meron ka?
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June 17th, 2007 09:49 AM #18 Originally Posted by TFR
yan ser ala ako, marami naman HID kits d2. what i offer are OEM accessories which are sold like "gold" by HARI. please PM me ur email add and il send you my products info.
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June 17th, 2007 11:43 AM #19Dubs = 20" rims. I was just kidding... from experience (I wasn't the one who bought them, though), 20" rims are a pain in the butt to maintain.
For the Santa Fe, a move up to 18" rims and sportier tires should be enough.
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