Hyundai Santa Fe (Gen. 2) Thread

[DragonHeart]

to those who have the gas v6 variant how's the engine is it smooth? hows the pull? what's your consumption?

[O!lman]

Congrats to the new SF owners.
2 na rin kami sa subdivision namin ang may SF. Nakisakay lang sa SF ko yung aking neighbor 3 weeks ago on my way to Makati, but last night ay binandera na nila yung White Crdi SF nila at nagyaya pa sa Baguio City

[wanderer]

to those who have the gas v6 variant how's the engine is it smooth? hows the pull? what's your consumption?

the pull is ok... u have to push the pedal to the middle to feel the grunt. consumption is abt 6km/liter city driving...

[TFR]

Hi guys am a newbie here and this is my very first post. Please allow me to share with you my arduous journey in selecting the perfect SUV within my budget of 1.5M.

Like most of you here, the Fortuner was my first choice and even reserved a unit already. Good thing the black color was not available in the dealer I approached so I had to wait for availability. I came to my senses and cancelled my reservation after test driving my bayaw's unit and experienced the Fort's unfulfilling ride.

Second on my list was the new CRV, which I was a bit hesitant on getting to begin with but felt this was the only available choice at that moment. I also reserved a unit due to the long waiting period (estimated release on Oct.) while shopping for an alternative.

After learning of this forum and after reading through some pages, I was inclined to check out and test drive the Santa Fe last Friday. Lo and behold, I understood what all you guys have been raving about the Fe. The Korean badge was what turned me off in the first place and why I didn't even give the Fe a fighting chance. The 5 yr warranty made me curious and prompted me to investigate what this new found confidence Hyundai had for its cars. The reviews are spot on and test driving the unit made me respect Hyundai for it's quality ride as well as its design aesthetics. I went to a dealer earlier today and will be closing the deal on Tuesday for a Superior Red 4x2 CRDI Santa Fe. This would be the first Korean car anyone in my family has ever bought and I'm thrilled to demo the unit to them once it arrives!

I've gained a wealth of knowledge reading through these pages and this discussion has been very enlightening to say the least. I'll try to read back as far as I can to get more information about the Fe. Thanks to all the contributors and more power!

Hey! Parang istorya ko to ah!!!! Sounds very familiar!! Congratulations sir on your new ride. Parehong pareho tayo ng istorya! I also got the superior Red! Until now I'm so proud of myself for making the best choice.

PS I did 205kph+ last week at STAR tollway at 3700rpm, short burst lang, then cruised at 140kph. Ti nest ko lang, may power reserve pa.

[TFR]

Good morning to evrybody. Although this is my very first post in any thread, I am not new to tsikot.com. I've been a member for more than a year already and read through a lot of threads. I've also sold two cars in this site and both were in record time (posted the first day and sold the next day), thanks to tsikot.com.

Just like *******ino, we were not considering SFwhen we decided that it's time to buy a new car, although I fell in love with it when I first saw it in the showroom last year. Among the candidates were fortuner, CRV, and the new mitsubishi fuzion. But then somebody told us "Why not look into the Santa Fe? It's a very good SUV." Suddenly, my love at first sight with SF came alive and I got so excited that I immediately scanned this site for SF reviews until I found this thread. I followed this thread for two weeks from first post to the end and from what I read I became more and more convinced to get the SF, until we closed a deal with Hyundai Alabang a week ago and brought home our unit yesterday. WOW! I can't believe I'm driving the one a really wanted in the first place. I couldn't have made a better choice.

Thanks to all of you guys who made this thread. It's definitely a BIG HELP.

By the way, we got the gun metal color and it looks so good. Thanks again.

Sayo siguro yung nakasabay ko sa SLEX last thurs from Sta Rosa, mukhang for delivery pa eh, naka plastics and foam pa, kasbay ko pa nag turn sa filinvest. ang bilis ng takbo ng driver.

[oldblue]

ang daming naninira sa Sta. Fe ngaun mga sales agent. I just met a few ni hindi ko na binanggit kung ano tsikot ko. i just listened and listened to them, pure crap talaga pero me laman kung hindi ka nagbabasa ng tsikot

[DragonHeart]

ang daming naninira sa Sta. Fe ngaun mga sales agent. I just met a few ni hindi ko na binanggit kung ano tsikot ko. i just listened and listened to them, pure crap talaga pero me laman kung hindi ka nagbabasa ng tsikot

what were they saying?

There is no perfect car every vehicle has its faults as long as your car makes you happy and you feel good about driving it you should be affected by what other people say.

[TFR]

Like what where they saying old blue?

[boss12]

hyundai gave us a free backup sensor pero di namin pinakabit. i bought one sa may cubao autocentro may LCD pa na kinakabit sa dash: to know kung ilang meters na sa obstruction around 2k lang ata if I remember correctly.

yun sensor kinabit dun sa black area ng bumper just above the exhausts

Yes, I had my back up sensor installed in Hyundai - E.Rodriguez for 3,500.00 pesos. Ok naman ang pagkakabit. Ask for Mrs. Zeny Chua. boss12

[pj2000]

Sayo siguro yung nakasabay ko sa SLEX last thurs from Sta Rosa, mukhang for delivery pa eh, naka plastics and foam pa, kasbay ko pa nag turn sa filinvest. ang bilis ng takbo ng driver.

Most likely, sir TFR. Tinext kasi ako nung sales agent namin that day na dineliver na raw yung unit namin. And if it is gun metal that you saw, yun na nga daihl nag-iisa na lang daw yun. Next two weeks pa raw darating yung kasunod.

So far so good and my wife is enjoying it too. Biglang pumangit ang pakiramdam ko sa ride ng 2006 Honda Civic namin dahil talagang napakasarap ng ride ng Santa Fe.

Akala ko we were the first to have a Santa FE in our village. Pagikot ko kanina sa village namin nakita ko yung white Santa Fe na nakita ko last week sa may SM Bicutan. Kapitbahay ko lang pala. It only goes to show na sumisikat na talaga ang Santa Fe. Biglang dumami nakikita ko sa kalye ngayon.