Welcome to all owners of Toyota Fortuner [continued]

mk · November 3rd, 2011 12:25 PM

Yung fortuner alam ko yung body sa thailand ginagawa. Pero yung interior sa laguna yata ginagawa

Yung reservation ko ng 4x2 dark steel diesel a/t ng fortuner 3 months na wala pa din hahaha

**NightRock** · November 3rd, 2011 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by ProdigalGirl

I got a 2011 model last december and also had the same dilemna. Matigas ang ulo ko so I got the 2.5D4D. No problems so far. I don't feel its underpowered. Have not tried it on long steep roads pero I often go to and from basement parking logs (RCBC Plaza) with 7+ pax and it does not even go to 2000 RPM using 'D'. I still have a 1996 accord and the fortuner feels more responsive and more powerful. I think historically on paper Toyota has always been inferior in terms of HP pero in reality they're competetive naman. The tagtag issue is real specially in contrast to the accord but is really just overrated. I deflated to 28 psi and its okay na. I also rode a Civic FD and a City and I cant tell the diff with the Fortuner. Masarap din gamitin ang Fort sa SLEX or to Tagaytay. Dahil stiff ang suspension niya hindi siya nag bobottom out pag may mga small slopes. Ang issue ng tagtag ng fortuner sa mga pebble like roads. Pero sa mga humps hindi ka naman matatagtag.

Forget about the new model. I asked my SA after I got my Fort and wala pa din talaga daw. 2013 pa daw. I don't think he still has a motive for lying since I got a unit from him already. Unless of course he thinks I would refer other Fort buyers.
The best for me with the Fort is it looks, period. That was and still is the clincher despite all the bashing here in tsikot. (Madami din Hyundai/Mistu boys dito. hehe) I guess mas macho pa din siya kaysa sa ibang SUV/AUV/CUV kasi di siya masyadong curvy like mga car-looking SUVs. Yung iba kasi parang sobrang radical ang design that you admire for a week pero after that parang deadma ka na.

This is just my opinion and experience with the Fort.

Sir mukhang he lies hehehe daming ng bago Fortuner sa daan... ako din nanghinayang hehehe

**ocean explorer** · November 3rd, 2011 08:50 PM

hindi naman nakakapanghinayang kasi mas macho pa ang dating ng dating fort, at saka hindi naman nila binago yung makina, so, para sa akin, the best pa rin yung dati, i'm planning to trade in my unit, pero nung makita ko yung bago, i keep my old unit, baka mas matibay pa sya sa bagong labas, i always used my unti with long travel, most esp. nlex and sctex and i have nothing to say regarding of fuel consumption, it takes 11-13 km/ltrs. depende sa accelaration, 1 time din na nasubukan kong isagad sya, it takes 160 km/hr. pero nahuli ako sa sctex, 100 km/hr. lang ang allowed but you can run up to 120 km/hr., sa macapagal ave and commonwealth aver, its better to take 3rd gear only if you have manual variant, otherwise mag-over-speeding ka,

**NightRock** · November 3rd, 2011 09:08 PM

OT: ano penalty sa SCTEX pang over speeding?? magkano?? malimit pa naman ako mag 160 dyan lalo sa umaga kainis lang daming kulisap ang hirap mag linis ng bumper hehehe

**ocean explorer** · November 3rd, 2011 10:44 PM

1,300.00 yung penalty sa over-speeding + seminar 150.00 yata, i forgot na... sa main office ang claim ng license, Q.C., hindi maiwasan yung mga kulisap na yan sa sctex kasi bukid... kahit mababal takbo mo ganon pa rin, pag-check mo sa makina amoy malansa, ha ha ha, ingat na lang...

mk · November 10th, 2011 12:42 PM

Kaya naman yata bumagal ang pagdating ng new fortuner dito ay because of the thailand flooding... Grrr ! I guess 1 more month wait for the dark steel fortuner

mk · November 14th, 2011 07:06 PM

Mag fort owners na 2.7 vvti... Ask ko lang if ano pinapalagay nyo na gas? Ok lang ba maglagay ng vortex silver ng caltex? Ndi ba maarte sa gas yung fortuner na tipong kakatok cya pag mababa yung octane?

**number001** · November 15th, 2011 11:54 AM

^I get best results with Petron Blaze 100. Instant response when flooring the gas pedal. Very costly though.

**NightRock** · November 15th, 2011 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by mk

Mag fort owners na 2.7 vvti... Ask ko lang if ano pinapalagay nyo na gas? Ok lang ba maglagay ng vortex silver ng caltex? Ndi ba maarte sa gas yung fortuner na tipong kakatok cya pag mababa yung octane?

I used 2.7vvti.. na try ko na lahat halos pero di ma figure out alin mas ok maybe becaused I mixed it most of the time. and so far wala naman ako naging problema sa Unit ko.

**ocean explorer** · November 17th, 2011 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by NightRock

I used 2.7vvti.. na try ko na lahat halos pero di ma figure out alin mas ok maybe becaused I mixed it most of the time. and so far wala naman ako naging problema sa Unit ko.

dati ganyan din ako, dsl. nga lang... but one time nagbuga sya ng maputing usok when I started up...so, nag-worried ako na baka magsimula na ng malfunction...nag-shift ako ng v-power dsl., nawala yung usok, until now...I try also yung turbo dsl., and it's right iba yung hatak nya... costly nga lang, that's why i go back to v-power.