Suzuki Multicab questions

Larry, I got it from the Suzuki Philippines website, click the price list and scroll down. It does say the price is for metro Manila but like anything, if the shipping is too high, you can go get it. Of course that is probably the base model. I wonder if I could not get a FB model or a chassis cab and make one.

Pricelist

 

That is online. I've seen them sell locally (used) for anywhere from 100-200,000p.

 

Right, I think it might be wise to pay a little over triple for a brand new never chopped up, original left hand drive, with the outboard wheels , a little safer in an accident and with over twice the engine displacement and 3 year warantee. It would be tough to drive 100,000 kilometres in a 3 years on an island unless the use is commercial.

For those who are considering moving from the mainland US to an island and have never lived on an island before, my experience has been that you don't drive as much. You are on an island, there is not that far to go, generally. When I lived and worked on St. Thomas I had a 15 passenger van and filled the tank every 3 weeks whether it needed it or not, usually not. The difference between a relative gas sipper and a relative gas hog may not be that big of a difference. Literally, YMMV.

 

I just know I am going to get slagged off here But ...
As far as I am concerned they are nothing but
1, trouble, never known any one to have got one of these toy trucks who have not put in the hours to keep en on the road.
2, death-trap, seen one after a crash !
3, once went round a dealers/assemblers here & could not believe what I was seeing, Biggest bunch of cowboys ever, assembled with vast amounts of filler & chicken wire, Unlikely to get a magnet to stick any ware on them. electrics all other the place held to gether with tape.
for the price of some of them you can get a pick up from a trusted brand, I'll keep to my Ford thanks, Yeh there are cheap But at what cost....
Multicab owners out there, don't take this personally , but we are all supposed to be able to express our opinion....

 

Having worked on hundreds of them I feel qualified to state that many are as you describe, but not all. It makes a big difference when someone who cares puts them together. In a remote area give me a trustworthy multicab over a Ford any day, and yes, I've worked on quite a number of fords in my time too.

As with many things here, you cannot generalize. Many foreigners complain about having problems with Filipinos and tend to generalize about them, but we have more problems with foreigners. Even so, I would not declare ALL foreigners to be bad eggs!

Larry

 

I've had a multivan (breadloaf) stick shift with a SCRUM for a few years and this little turbo is a screamer. Scary fast for the configuration and in great demand as an engine for 4wheelers elsewhere. This one has a motherboard which the locals refer to as a computer but just normal repairs so far. I have to remove my right shoe because the tiny pedals are too close. Unsafe but functional.

 

Hello to all here, have just joined this site and not so sure how to post here..so here goes............am in the process of buying a 2005 Suzuki scrum van, 4 speed auto, rear engine.........does any know any reliable mechanics in the Dumaguete area.....?? till I get to know the car myself.....also where to buy workshop manual.??

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