Daihatsu Hijet or Suzuki Carry/Every/Minivan? Please compare.

**pangaraplangba** · March 24th, 2010 07:22 PM

I'm on the market for a minivan as a daily ride. Please help me compare and decide what to buy.

After reading almost all of the thread that I could find regarding suzuki carry and daihatsu hijet using the search button here in tsikot, I decided to create a thread to compare both of them specifically because I did not find any thread from my search like this one that I created.

Hope you guys could help me. thanks in advance. :-)

**bigbites** · September 16th, 2012 05:36 PM

I, too, would also like to ask for opinions.

**drebinart** · September 17th, 2012 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by bigbites

I, too, would also like to ask for opinions.

I would suggest to visit this thread:
http://tsikot.com/forums/suzuki-cars...erged%5D-1546/

Hope this helps...

**vegetablejoe** · September 21st, 2012 12:25 PM

I had a Daihatsu Hi-Jet in the early '90's. I bought a 2-year old, used unit. It had a very strong, capable engine. Ang dami kong nahakot and na-i-sakay when I was moving house. Pati aluminum ladder nagkasya, haha!

I loved that little van for hakutan and for going around the neighborhood, and to the grocery.

5. Cons:

1. Front dives down and pulls to the side when overtaken by a bus on the highway (SLEX).
2. Front panel is difficult to detach and re-attach, when accessing the radiator.
3. Air-con is practically useless. The 2 air vents cover only the 2 people riding in front. Needs an electric fan for the rear.
4. Hard to find a half-depth car stereo unit that will fit the center console
5. At 80-100 kph on EDSA (pag Good Friday), it needed a sack of rice in the rear to stop from bouncing up and down.

Never tried or rode in a Suzuki SuperCarry. But I hope the above info will be useful to you for comparing.
Afterward, I sold this van to an officemate, who ran it to the ground, left it to rust and sold it for junk. Sayang.