Toyota Hiace Commuter/GL Grandia/Super Grandia Owners & Discussions Thread [Merged]

**IMm29** · November 23rd, 2007 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Hindi ko po kasi talaga alam kung bakit gusto nila yung Super Grandia. Sabi ko nga po mas maganda kung Grand Starex nalang. yung sa grey market. Pero talagang gusto nila yung Hiace.

I'm guessing, the T badge, perhaps?

**megatron** · November 23rd, 2007 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Hindi ko po kasi talaga alam kung bakit gusto nila yung Super Grandia. Sabi ko nga po mas maganda kung Grand Starex nalang. yung sa grey market. Pero talagang gusto nila yung Hiace.

* megatron, ano po pala yung fuel consumption ng Hiace?

Honestly, I still don't have the fuel consumption of the SG. The last time I was supposed to get it, my driver reset the gauge before i could record the number.

The one before that, he forgot naman to reset the gauge before we fueled up.

Kaya heto ako, naghihintay ng susunod na full tank. Eh once a week panaman lang gamit nito.

Sorry. no help at all this time.

Regarding your concern about the grand starex via gray market: could i just share my inputs?

My uncle bought a brand new starex (GRX?) last year via gray market. he was happy with it until he found out that HARI (hyundai casas) will never touch these things. you can only have it repaired where you bought it or sa mga friendly neighborhood repairshops lang. So if that's an issue for you, you might want to share this piece of info sa kamag-anak mo before they buy a gray-market grand starex.

**Starex_Gold** · November 26th, 2007 07:08 PM

sabi saken ng uncle ko na may nagbabanta daw sa kanila ng Toyota Ventury. yung SG sa thailand pero LHD sya. same specs & features daw po pero 3.0 D4D yung makina (pareho ng Fortuner). ang kinakatakot ko lang po ay baka gawin din yun ng Toyota sa grey market vehicles. mas mura din daw po at hindi pila sa bilihan.

**IMm29** · November 27th, 2007 09:29 AM

I don't think Toyota and Hyundai can really not touch gray market units. At most, I would suppose, they could charge an arm and a leg to work on it and source parts, but I don't think they'd say no to making more money. Unless, of course, you have a Gen 1 Prius or the like. It would help, however, to have contacts with higher powers at some dealers, so that someone can help you source your parts and accede to your service request.

**isketi** · November 27th, 2007 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by megatron

My uncle bought a brand new starex (GRX?) last year via gray market. he was happy with it until he found out that HARI (hyundai casas) will never touch these things. you can only have it repaired where you bought it or sa mga friendly neighborhood repairshops lang. So if that's an issue for you, you might want to share this piece of info sa kamag-anak mo before they buy a gray-market grand starex.

Originally Posted by IMm29

I don't think Toyota and Hyundai can really not touch gray market units. At most, I would suppose, they could charge an arm and a leg to work on it and source parts, but I don't think they'd say no to making more money. Unless, of course, you have a Gen 1 Prius or the like. It would help, however, to have contacts with higher powers at some dealers, so that someone can help you source your parts and accede to your service request.

Yup, added income pa rin sa casa nila yun. They would simply treat your gray market unit as if it was a regular out-of-warranty unit and charge you with their usual labor fees. The problem is when your gray market unit needs some parts which are not common to the regular market unit, you are practically on your own on how to procure those parts.

**Automahn** · November 27th, 2007 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

sabi saken ng uncle ko na may nagbabanta daw sa kanila ng Toyota Ventury. yung SG sa thailand pero LHD sya. same specs & features daw po pero 3.0 D4D yung makina (pareho ng Fortuner). ang kinakatakot ko lang po ay baka gawin din yun ng Toyota sa grey market vehicles. mas mura din daw po at hindi pila sa bilihan.

Sounds interesting. The last time I checked, 2.7 VVTi lang yung Ventury. I tried opening the Toyota Thailand website but it won't, I think it's down right now. Can you please provide us sir with more info re the other specs of this 3.0 D4D Ventury as well as the price? Thanks.

**megatron** · November 28th, 2007 04:51 PM

i just drove my supergrandia around last weekend. all i can say is that its stable and it drives better than an innova. it doesn't have torque steer like the innova, and it has good pickup in terms of power.

**benso** · January 5th, 2008 03:32 AM

For Inquiry !

Im looking for a Sliding Window for Super Grandia, because all SG now is plain glass, no more window on both sliding doors. is there anyone who can provide me info where could i buy sliding window for my Super Grandia. prefer outside market not on casa....... casa is very expensive! ty

**balongbalong** · July 19th, 2008 11:07 AM

^ nakakuha ka na ng sliding window for your SG?

**balongbalong** · September 29th, 2008 09:33 AM

the super grandia is awesome however its not as frugal as i thought it would be.

it only has a 5-6 km/litre gas consumption in city driving. 10 km/litre out of town.