Best car for college student

**henyomzky** · December 30th, 2010 11:28 PM

I own a civic fd '07 pero still hoping na mapalitan to since my brother is going to college already by next year. Kung may chance po ba na mapalitan to, what would you suggest?

Priorities are:
1.) FC(same with FD or less ng konti)
2.) Porma(after 2 years palagyan ng body kits, palit mags)
3.) Interior(maganda sa loob)
4.) Maintenance

Nevermind po muna yung budget.

Just hoping lang naman po. hehe.

**_Cathy_** · December 30th, 2010 11:32 PM

Montero!!!

**henyomzky** · December 30th, 2010 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you

Montero!!!

Yung hindi po Malaki. probably a compact car/coupe.

**_Cathy_** · December 30th, 2010 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by henyomzky

Yung hindi po Malaki. probably a compact car/coupe.

The bigger the better kasi. kidding.

I'd go for the Lancer too since it's most often matched/compared with the FD. There's an existing thread on that. You might want to check it out.

**GTi** · December 30th, 2010 11:44 PM

Due to the condition of our roads, I wouldn't get a sedan anymore. I'd waste my time and money in never-ending wheel alignments and its scary when the encountering a flood. Besides, the extra seating capacity and space is welcome anytime. What is the engine of your FD, BTW? I'd suggest the Toyota Fortuner 3.0D4D (as a friend of mine has experienced, the 2.5D4D is very weak for the car). I'm not a fan of the Montero's looks, if it comes to body kits and rims, a white Fortuner with body kit and gun metal or black rims would be nice.

Or even better, get a Sorento ReVGT or Santa Fe ReVGT. IMHO the Sorento looks better with the body kit while the Santa Fe is best looking as it is. And aside from that, there's the PERFORMANCE to come with the body kit and rims.

**henyomzky** · December 30th, 2010 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by GTi

Due to the condition of our roads, I wouldn't get a sedan anymore. I'd waste my time and money in never-ending wheel alignments and its scary when the encountering a flood. Besides, the extra seating capacity and space is welcome anytime. What is the engine of your FD, BTW? I'd suggest the Toyota Fortuner 3.0D4D (as a friend of mine has experienced, the 2.5D4D is very weak for the car). I'm not a fan of the Montero's looks, if it comes to body kits and rims, a white Fortuner with body kit and gun metal or black rims would be nice.

Or even better, get a Sorento ReVGT or Santa Fe ReVGT. IMHO the Sorento looks better with the body kit while the Santa Fe is best looking as it is. And aside from that, there's the PERFORMANCE to come with the body kit and rims.

Wala naman po masyado flood sa lugar namin, we're not from NCR. Problem din kasi sa SUVs is malaki, there's a road here na sobrang sikip tapos dito dumadaan mga malalaking truck kasi there's a nearby shipping company tapos andito pa mga nakapark na PUJ sa daanan. One time my father's SUV was almost hit by truck. My father's SUV is less big than the fortuner

**_Cathy_** · December 31st, 2010 12:02 AM

How about a Subaru? 2.0 ba yung FD mo?

**henyomzky** · December 31st, 2010 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you

How about a Subaru? 2.0 ba yung FD mo?

Naisip ko rin yung impreza, problem is wala silang CASA dito samin.
We only have Ford, Honda, Mitsu, Toyota, Isuzu, Nissan, Hyundai. If im not mistaken yan lang ata.

Incase ang option lang ay "impreza 2.0 vs GT-A" what's better?
Havent seen an impreza personally(not the proper term since car

**denki3269** · December 30th, 2010 11:33 PM

how about a lancer GT-A?

**OTEP** · December 30th, 2010 11:40 PM

When I was a college student back in 1997 (bistado ang edad), I drove a 1977 W123 Mercedes Benz 300D with a 4 speed manual.

Excellent FC (diesel pa).

Porma is subjective. But hey, I was driving a Mercedes! I remember my classmates were driving Mazda 323's and Lancer GSR's. Wala na sa kanila yung mga cars na yun ngayon kasi 'naluma' na daw. Yung Benz ko, andito pa din, Sunday car na nga lang.

Interior is boring as vanilla pero matibay and timeless ang style. But it's one classic Benz that has keyless entry with remote (thank you, Banawe), CD changer (cassette pa yung ibang cars nung time na ito), and a Nokia car phone that will blow the horn when a call comes in (hindi pa de-sim card ang phones nung araw).

Maintenance was easy (madaming replacement filters and stuff), and walang computer ang makina so mechanical lahat. Yung repairs lang ang medyo mahal (e.g. pag may kalampag sa suspension, or nung nasira yung brake vacuum).

Pero kahit hanggang bumper ang baha sa Espana hindi tumitirik and kahit saan mo iwanan, hindi siya pansinin. The hood badge got stolen once but it's easy to replace.

Sorry, hindi ko na alam kung ano ang mga type ng mga younger ones ngayon.