Sedan for Coding and Daily commute

**jaggerx3** · June 20th, 2012 11:39 PM

Good Evening tsikooters,

I'm a freshmen college student. My dad is planning to buy me a sedan for my daily ride to school and coding car niya the same time. We do own a Grand Starex, pero masyado malaki ito kung ikaw lang mag-isa.

We're looking on Toyota Corolla 1.6 G M/T and Hyundai Elantra 1.6GL M/T.

Alam ko naman po na madaming genius dito pag dating sa car. Ano po F/c ng both vehicles? Tsaka ano po ang common na sakit nila?

Thank you in advance!

**jut703** · June 21st, 2012 12:20 AM

Both can get around 10 km/L in moderate city driving.

Sa Altis, common problems are - A-pillar rattles and a stubborn trunk release lever. I had these issues but they were quickly fixed with a trip to the casa.

No idea about Elantra problems since I don't own one. My friend though had suspension problems in his less-than-a-year-old Elantra, but I think it's a isolated case.

Between the two, I'd get an Elantra, change its rims, and add foglamps.

**jhnkvn** · June 21st, 2012 12:20 AM

Ano ang gusto mo. At the very end, try to satisfy that need of "what you want".

Better yet, test drive both of them and see kung ano masgusto mo. Why a manual car? Unless you're actually quite comfortable with a manual, paying extra for an automatic seems like a very sensible "investment" while driving around the metropolis.

Fuel consumption won't vary much. You may get differing opinions but their consumption won't stray away. It's not like you're pitting a V6 engine versus an inline-4 where the displacement difference alone is staggering. 1.6L versus 1.6L? Get the one you can get the cheapest. Use the remainder as gasoline money. Better yet, just stop driving like a madman and learn how to cruise.

**basti08** · June 21st, 2012 10:27 AM

I prefer the Altis. It looks like a car. LOL! :D

**vinj** · June 21st, 2012 10:46 AM

With the 1.6 Altis, why not consider the lower variant E if you're getting a manual transmission model? There's a good price difference and what the G has notably over the E are the front fog lamps, split folding rear seats, and the electronic controls for the a/c system. Most i know who get the G variant do so because it's has an automatic transmission option.