95 M/T esi vs 96 A/T vti help please

[kenanaiah]

Hello sirs/mams,

just wanna ask po sana ng inputs nyo about those two cars, meron po kasi ako ng 1.6 95 MT civic esi (mejo pinormahan) pero nag iisip po ako kung iswaswap ko sa 1.5 96 AT civic vti (stock lahat)..... worth it po ba sia iswap, mag aadd cash pa ba ako since mas mababa model ko?? salamat sirs/mams. bago palang po kasi ako sa mga sasakyan

[[archie]]

It depends, anong mods na ginawa sa oto mo? Sariwa pa ba yung vti? Straight swap or may dagdag? If you can give us mods on your car and the condition of the 96.

[kenanaiah]

sa 95 esi ko sir napalitan lang yung mags, headlights, sound system set-up lang ang main sir.

first owner po yung sa vti sir at sariwa yata kasi stock lahat. add cash ako sir.

kinoconsider din po kasi sa pagswap kasi daw babae magdadrive pero iniisip ko po yung maintenance din kung alin ang mas magastos, pati din yung traffic dito maynila kung alin mas malakas magkonsumo.

[[archie]]

Kung ang concern mo tipid ng gas, mas malakas matic pero masarap sa traffic. Not significant yung mga upgrade ng esi kaya dagdag talaga. Kung tipong complete eg9 upgrade, siya pa dapat dagdag. As is, dagdag ka talaga pero no more than 30k and kalas sounds Para lipat na lang sa vti. Try to get it straight swap kung papayag siya. 1 year difference lang ng oto.

Kung sariwa yung vti, go for it. Ingat lang sa tranny ng a/t. Test drive muna.

[kenanaiah]

rather than adding cash sa swap sir, is it a better idea to use the cash to be added para itune up nalang yung manual na esi?

or mas okay pa din talaga yung vti sa esi?

[[archie]]

In my opinion, tune the car. Manual car have less things to worry about. It really depends on what you want in a car. Mas type ko esi kesa pre-SiR body.

[kenanaiah]

i did like the esi when i was learning to drive it. kaso i was worrying for a city driving baka mangawit ng benggang bengga paa ko sa kakaapak ng clutch.

how could u say that manual have less things to worry about?

gaaaah sorry for such noob questions hope ill learn those if i attend an automotive school..

[[archie]]

If you favor a/t then go for it. Mahirap kasi kung hindi satisfied sa car. Perspective ko lang na mas type ko esi. Hehe

Mas marami problem matic kasi kung may sira transmission hindi ka na makakatakbo unlike manual kahit sliding clutch na mauuwi pa rin. Hindi pwede jump start matic unlike manual. Change atf every 40k or baka masira a/t, sa manual kahit 80k tinakbo pwede pa basta pumapatol pa gears and hindi sliding.

[kenanaiah]

dumugo ilong ko dun sa paliwanag .... ive also run through some of those u mentioned nung nagbabasa ako sa mga forums, well then all the more reason for me to keep the esi...

thank u so much for the inputs sir..

[number001]

Having personally owned both cars before, I would pick the EG ESi over the EK VTi anytime. For me, the PH16 is still more responsive than the VTEC, which you need to rev all the way to wake it up.

Kaya naman ng babae mag drive ng manual. Tignan mo lang yung mga med-rep naka Vios J.

At mas matipid yung manual trans in terms of fuel consumption and maintenance.