Help me choose a coding car

**Mguy** · March 9th, 2020 01:53 PM

Just wondering. You are buying a coding car na brand new? Paano kung natyempo the plate that they assign you is the same as what your Civic currently has.

It happened to me and I had to sell the old car and buy a "new" 2nd hand car that has the plate on it already.

**drawdee** · March 9th, 2020 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Mguy

Just wondering. You are buying a coding car na brand new? Paano kung natyempo the plate that they assign you is the same as what your Civic currently has.

It happened to me and I had to sell the old car and buy a "new" 2nd hand car that has the plate on it already.

Baka mag papa special plate # sya, para makapili ng ending number.

**drawdee** · March 9th, 2020 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by travajante

Not w/o more maintenance expense & paranoia than the proven trannies mentioned. It's common knowledge that can be spun any which way. Call me old, old school, Scotty, whatever....still refuse to be a sucker for everything the manufacturers throw us. Just me.[emoji4]

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For Honda the maintenance of conventional AT and the new CVT is the same, every 2 years or 40KM whichever comes first. So no additional cost in maintenance.

**_Qwerty_** · March 9th, 2020 02:19 PM

wala na special plate sa LTO diba?

Originally Posted by drawdee

Baka mag papa special plate # sya, para makapili ng ending number.

**drawdee** · March 9th, 2020 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

wala na special plate sa LTO diba?

Not sure bro.

**Mguy** · March 9th, 2020 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by drawdee

Not sure bro.

Vanity plates are currently not available. I guess for 2-3 years na.

**drawdee** · March 9th, 2020 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mguy

Vanity plates are currently not available. I guess for 2-3 years na.

Oh I see. Di pa rin pala na lift yung suspension for vanity plates application. Sorry OT.

**GTi** · March 9th, 2020 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by drphph

Sorry can't reply to everyone. Thanks sa mga suggestions. I'll go visit some dealers to get my test drives in.

Yes ako lang magisa gagamit 99% of the time. Coding car just means I need a car for days na d ko pwede ilabas current car ko. Twice a week to since wednesday coding ko at night shift ako. Yan ung minimum atleast. Either I buy a car na mainly used twice a week or palit sila ng civic ko and my civic becomes the coding car used twice a week.

Mainly looking at crossovers and hatches para maiba naman, pero wala kasi masyadong crossover/hatch. Mas madami ung 7-seater mini suvs than 5-seater crossovers/hatches

On the CVTs, agree ako, kinda don't want to get a CVT if I can help it. Pero most cars now are CVTs, lamang sa choice ko Vitara vs HR-V mainly because it's conventional AT. But doing more research halos lahat ng CVTs na nasisira are Nissan kaya un lang ayaw ko na CVT. I think Subaru have been using CVTs since 2013, I did look at the XV before I bought the civic, CVT na un and wala naman ako nababasa na problem with that.

My list right now looks like this
1. Civic
2. Seltos - Thanks to Jut703, I'm good with that type of key so balik na ito sa list ko.
3. Jimny
4. Second-hand
5. HR-V
6. Jazz/City
7. Altis
8. Vitara

I'll ask Toyota if they have a workaround for the dashcam. I like the exterior of the Altis, pero true hindi maganda interior. Jimny, hay...nakakainis cya, gusto ko cya in that kakaiba cya. I get a 4x4, it's cute and well built. pero ang mahal for a toy.

I think I'll give 2nd hands another look. Middle of last year nagcheck ako and they seem to be taking advantage of the train law, my '13 civic is around 700k...lol 850k lang bili ko nung 2013...Did a quick look at carmudi and the 2016 Mazda 6 is at 900k which is a very good price and swak pa ung plate sa gusto ko na coding day... looks like the prices are settling after the initial wave of train.

If I were choosing, it would be between the Seltos and the Jimny.

Since you said you'll be mostly alone, all the space behind the driver's seat you can use for cargo. It would probably end up swallowing more than a sedan's trunk. Of course we add to that the benefits of 4x4. And also that it takes up the least amount of garage space.

IMHO the Seltos looks great and is well known to be quite thrifty due to having a hybrid-style Atkinson cycle engine. Wouldn't be surprised if it matches, or even exceeds the Jimny's fuel efficiency.

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**sean-archer** · March 9th, 2020 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Mguy

Just wondering. You are buying a coding car na brand new? Paano kung natyempo the plate that they assign you is the same as what your Civic currently has.

It happened to me and I had to sell the old car and buy a "new" 2nd hand car that has the plate on it already.

Hmmm I thought I read somewhere in the forum that you may request a change of plate ending provided that you already own a vehicle with the same plate ending.? Not sure though.

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**misseksaherada** · March 9th, 2020 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

wala na special plate sa LTO diba?

May nag share sakin na ang plate number ending daw ay based sa month ng registration nung binili yung sasakyan.. Sa mga maraming sasakyan dyan maku-confirm nyo ba ito? specially kung Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb na register nung binili.. Ibig sabihin ending 1 and 2 pa din both?

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