debunking myths:fuel economy/maintenance of a ford expedition 98-2002

Hi Fellow Tsikoters,

I have a 15 year old corolla as my daily driver. Cheap to maintain, dependable, decent fuel economy,around 5-6 city driving. I absolutely love this car pero since naguulan this past few weeks nabaha siya at nasira. I'm thinking of buying a bigger car kasi 2-3 feet ang baha samin pag umulan ng malakas. Madalas 'di ako pwede magabsent sa trabaho and since madalang public transpo dito pag umuulan kailangan ko talaga magdala ng sasakyan. Ang nakita ko lang na pasok sa budget ay 2nd hand na expedition.Kaya lang natatakot ako kasi everyone is saying that it's really expensive to run and maintain. I know it will not be as cheap as a corolla to run pero sobrang mahal ba talaga maintainance at running cost ng expedition? Here are some of the myths na narinig ko about the ford expedition.

- Someone once told me that the fuel economy of an expedition is 1-2km/l city driving depende sa traffic. :lasing:
-Astronimical daw ang presyo ng parts. Even more expensive than a honda to maintan
-Palaging sira, Lemon.

Holy ^#$*! totoo ba lahat to?

as much as I want to buy a more economical diesel pick-up/suv, di kaya ng budget ko. Naisip ko gagamitin ko nalang yung sasakyan twice a week or pagumuulan instead of every day para makatipid ng konti.

thanks in advance guys:grin:

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Originally Posted by Julio Valiente

Hi Fellow Tsikoters,

I have a 15 year old corolla as my daily driver. Cheap to maintain, dependable, decent fuel economy,around 5-6 city driving. I absolutely love this car pero since naguulan this past few weeks nabaha siya at nasira. I'm thinking of buying a bigger car kasi 2-3 feet ang baha samin pag umulan ng malakas. Madalas 'di ako pwede magabsent sa trabaho and since madalang public transpo dito pag umuulan kailangan ko talaga magdala ng sasakyan. Ang nakita ko lang na pasok sa budget ay 2nd hand na expedition.Kaya lang natatakot ako kasi everyone is saying that it's really expensive to run and maintain. I know it will not be as cheap as a corolla to run pero sobrang mahal ba talaga maintainance at running cost ng expedition? Here are some of the myths na narinig ko about the ford expedition.

- Someone once told me that the fuel economy of an expedition is 1-2km/l city driving depende sa traffic. :lasing:
-Astronimical daw ang presyo ng parts. Even more expensive than a honda to maintan
-Palaging sira, Lemon.

Holy ^#$*! totoo ba lahat to?

as much as I want to buy a more economical diesel pick-up/suv, di kaya ng budget ko. Naisip ko gagamitin ko nalang yung sasakyan twice a week or pagumuulan instead of every day para makatipid ng konti.

thanks in advance guys:grin:

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Hindi naman 1-2km. Siguro 3km/L mas realistic.

Yung parts, ang narinig ko mahal nga daw. Magkano ba budget mo? Ikaw lang ba gagamit?

Madami kasing suv na mura naman i-maintain. Like vitara, jimny, samurai

lugi sa FC. buy a pick-up nlng. tapos palagay snorkel

BTW, I just want to make it clear that this is more of a need than a desire na magpapogi. Kung hindi lang kailangan baka hindi nga ko bumili ng kotse. My folks told me na wag bumili ng expedition kasi "nagyayabang" daw ako :twak2: but the truth is kailangan ko ng pambaha dahil sa trabaho.

*dct thank you.noted. Ganun batalaga kalala ang FC? can you recomend a good pick-up na mumura patakbuhin? hindi ko siya balak ipanggimik at out of town. opisina bahay lang

Need ba?

Suzuki Samurai or Suzuki Vitara MT. Lift it lagyan mo ng snorkel, tapos ang problema.

Baha? Sisiw.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg529...pg&res=landing

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/136_1050.jpg

May sukli ka pa.

yes ako lang naman ang gagamit. bahay-office lang. ang masakit kasi kung malakas ng ang consumption tapos sira pa palagi then mahal ang parts. Ok ba sa baha ang mga suzuki?

cool. check ako ng ads. dali ba hanapan ng parts to? medyo alergic kasi ako sa casa :P

Yup. Dami nagooffroad niyan, esp. Samurai.

Hanap ka Manual unit. Para kapag may baha, sulong lang ng sulong. Lift mo din yung suspension, palagay ka snorkel. Good tires. Para kahit anong weather, go lang. Kahit anong terrain, no problem.

*renzo mga magkano kaya ang pa lift at snorkel? would you know? baka ito na sagot sa problema ko.hehehe

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Originally Posted by Julio Valiente

*dct thank you.noted. Ganun batalaga kalala ang FC? can you recomend a good pick-up na mumura patakbuhin? hindi ko siya balak ipanggimik at out of town. opisina bahay lang

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as crazy_boy said, 3 km/L ang realistic, ang liit pa rin. x2 or x3 na yun sa ibang SUV or pick-up. maybe base model pick-ups? like strada, hilux, dmax. ranger has a 800mm wading depth daw. great choice pero more than 1M. tapos mahaba pa pila. baka wala ka gamitin in the mean time.

o nga pala. Jimny. 700k+ lang

http://cdn.sulitstatic.com/images/20...0d276b1936.jpg

Kung gusto mo medyo malaki, Nissan Safari. Dami rin niyan.

http://www.pbase.com/larshell/image/85735119.jpg

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg188...pg&res=landing

Yun ang hindi ko sure, magkano ang lift at snorkel.

PM mo nalang si Otep -- pero malamang busy siya ngayon, bagyo eh... nasa field yan tumutulong -- naka LC80 yun at Jimny. Hinde na rin malamang mabilang nun kung ilang baha, putik at offroad activities sinalihan niya. :)

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Originally Posted by renzo_d10

http://cdn.sulitstatic.com/images/20...0d276b1936.jpg

Kung gusto mo medyo malaki, Nissan Safari. Dami rin niyan.

http://www.pbase.com/larshell/image/85735119.jpg

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg188...pg&res=landing

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Uy, Pajero ko yung nasa likod sa first picture ah hehe maganda din patrol gq

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Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Yun ang hindi ko sure, magkano ang lift at snorkel.

PM mo nalang si Otep -- pero malamang busy siya ngayon, bagyo eh... nasa field yan tumutulong -- naka LC80 yun at Jimny. Hinde na rin malamang mabilang nun kung ilang baha, putik at offroad activities sinalihan niya. :)

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Nasa 9500 yung hyperflow brand snorkel + install

*dct i'm looking at 2nd hand units lang.hehehe medyo ipit sa budget :belat:

*renzo medyo mahal ang safari na in good condition. how about a terrano? ok rin ba to pambaha? nakakita ako ng add while looking at vitaras.

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Originally Posted by Julio Valiente

*dct i'm looking at 2nd hand units lang.hehehe medyo ipit sa budget :belat:

*renzo medyo mahal ang safari na in good condition. how about a terrano? ok rin ba to pambaha? nakakita ako ng add while looking at vitaras.

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Nasa 300k lang patrol gq.

*CB: Yung green with white rims? :) Nice, nag-offroad ka rin pala. hehe.

*Julio: Ayan, 10k lang pala snorkel. Mura lang. Yung lift kaya *cb, kano?

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Originally Posted by Julio Valiente

*dct i'm looking at 2nd hand units lang.hehehe medyo ipit sa budget :belat:

*renzo medyo mahal ang safari na in good condition. how about a terrano? ok rin ba to pambaha? nakakita ako ng add while looking at vitaras.

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ah... jimny perfect yun. mura lang na kayang kaya mag off-road