Question

I am planning to buy a reconditioned Suzuki Minivan with 3 cylinder 12 valves 660cc engine and air-conditioning unit. My question is, is it good to buy it or not?

Answer

Buying a newly reconditioned suzuki minivan with 3 cylinder 12 valves 660cc engine and air-conditioning unit is just fine. But the price of it if you’ll buy it from the dealers are too high already which ranges from PhP185,000 to PhP220,000 depending on its features and accessories.

I visited earlier today a display center here in Maasin City, and I found this info:

A Suzuki Minivan with the following features:

• 12 valve / 3 cylinder / 660 cc engine
• Manual Transmission in 2WD/4WD and 5 Speed
• Air-conditioned
• Brand new upholstery which includes matting, sidings, ceilings seat covers
• With air spoiler, rain gutter, am radio, tinted, hubcap, spare tire, jack, tire wrench
• mag wheels and roof accessory

The price of it is PhP216,000 with free TPL insurance and LTO Registration changed to buyer’s name.

The Negative side

But the problem with it is that the engine is quite smaller to drive the carry minivan especially when the air-conditioning unit is on. In other words, the engine will be overloaded when everything plugged are running.

Last year, I was dreaming that I finally bought a very affordable Luxury Sports Vehicle, the Toyota Fortuner.

Now, that dream comes true.

Yesterday, I paid the PhP50,000 down payment for my order of a Light-Silver Toyota 4×4 Fortuner V 3.0 Dsl/AT. The price of it is PhP1.7M plus the LTO registration and the Comprehensive Insurance. So, I have to save more or less PhP2.0M for this car.

I have to wait for my order for about a month. The Toyota-Cebu will still order it from the Toyota Philippines and probably it will be delivered in Cebu by a month. Then soon as I pay the remaining amount, the Toyota Fortuner will be delivered directly here at my home by the Toyota-Cebu agent who is assigned here in Southern Leyte who is based in Toyota-Ormoc.

And one more thing that I want to tell you, all the money that I already spent for this car and will be spending for this car is all coming from the income of my blogs. I couldn’t say that it’s an Adsense Juice, because my blogs are earning money not only through Google Adsense but also through other PPC and CPM ads which include:

1. Blog Bank
2. Kontera
3. Infolinks
4. Project Wonderful
5. etc.

So, this car is one my blog juices just like my Honda XRM motorcycle.

Happy April Fool Day!

If you are thinking of buying multi-cab just because you can save a lot from it when buying, then why not consider buying the Toyota Avanza.

Toyota Avanza is just about the size of a surplus multicab-van type that you often see in the road. However, origina Toyota Avanza is much comportable than the multicab-van type that you are planning to buy. If I am you, then I prefer to have the most comfortable but affordable car than having a less expensive car yet you are not comfortable of driving with.

The current price of it varies from one variant to the other:

1. Avanza 1.3 J 5-Speed M/T Php592,000.00
2. Avanza 1.5 G 4-Speed A/T Php813,000.00
3. Avanza 1.5 G 5-Speed M/T Php778,000.00