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

[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.
-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

[crazy_boy]

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.
-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

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

[dct]

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

[Julio Valiente]

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 but the truth is kailangan ko ng pambaha dahil sa trabaho.

[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

[renzo_d10]

Need ba?

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

Baha? Sisiw.





May sukli ka pa.

[Julio Valiente]

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?

[Julio Valiente]

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

[renzo_d10]

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.

[Julio Valiente]

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