Planning to buy Starex year 2010 - 2012 only

**JonJon Villegas** · November 5th, 2014 05:19 AM

Hello po mga master, I'm planning to buy this van yung 12 seaters sana. Pero I'm not familiar with its model/variant. Like tci, VGT etc. Good ba ang Automatic transmission nito? current unit ko ngayon is 2012 Suzuki APV pero bitin ako sa 8 seaters.

Thanks.

**CVT** · November 5th, 2014 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by JonJon Villegas

Hello po mga master, I'm planning to buy this van yung 12 seaters sana. Pero I'm not familiar with its model/variant. Like tci, VGT etc. Good ba ang Automatic transmission nito? current unit ko ngayon is 2012 Suzuki APV pero bitin ako sa 8 seaters.

Thanks.

If it is VGT automatic, it is 5-speed...

If it is TCi automatic, it is 4-speed....

I recommend the former (though I own the latter variant)...

Good matching of the transmission to the engine, IMO. Much better driving experience vs. the old model (bug-eyed), which I used to have.

Suzuki APV is severely underpowered, though very practical and cute. I have driven one recently over a short distance, as my in-laws own one. Also, it is gasoline.

You will be amazed by the power of the GS. Simply surreal.

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**IMm29** · November 5th, 2014 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by CVT

If it is VGT automatic, it is 5-speed...

If it is TCi automatic, it is 4-speed....

I recommend the former (though I own the latter variant)...

Good matching of the transmission to the engine, IMO. Much better driving experience vs. the old model (bug-eyed), which I used to have.

Suzuki APV is severely underpowered, though very practical and cute. I have driven one recently over a short distance, as my in-laws own one. Also, it is gasoline.

You will be amazed by the power of the GS. Simply surreal.

“The measure of a man is what he does with power – LJIOHF!”
Duterte for President of the Philippines in 2016!
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Go for it! If you're always on a full load, go for the CRDi VGT version. Although CVT's with his mod might make you think twice and go for the TCi version.

**ronw123w124** · November 5th, 2014 11:37 AM

Having driven a CRDI VGT A/T and a TCI M/T, I'd say na bitin nga ang power ng TCI, again I'm not sure kung mabagal nga talaga yung TCI o sanay lang ako sa CRDI VGT. Last Nov.1 I took the TCI to Tagaytay, what I can say is hirap ako in some overtaking situation unlike pag yung CVX ko ang dala ko basta bigyan mo lang yung accelerator siguradong bibigyan ka rin which makes overtaking effortless in the CRDI models.

**IMm29** · November 5th, 2014 02:43 PM

Or, in addition to that, test drive CVT's TCi unit. Hehehe!

**JonJon Villegas** · November 5th, 2014 04:45 PM

Thanks sa mga inputs.

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**JonJon Villegas** · November 5th, 2014 04:49 PM

Hyundai Grand Starex Gold 2010 AT CRDi 998k, any suggestion, recommendation, reaction? May mga 2012 din na ganyan ako nakikita same price. Since eto 2010 kaya medyo alanganin ako.

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