Buying and owning a car in the Philippines, explained properly
Honest guides on which car to buy, how to buy it smart, and what it really costs to keep on the road
F1: Vettel Wins Monaco GP
Luck has got to be on the young German's side this season. Red Bull's Sebastien Vettel won his fifth race out of six races in the recently-concluded Moncao Grand Prix. Vettel drove a great race but the real turning point was a safety car period that allowed him to pip...
Mitsubishi Montero Sport tops SUV Q1 sales
See my case against expensive SUVs that aren't really SUVs (like the Subaru Forester and American ones)? I believe that a decent mainstream Japanese-made SUV is cheaper and more practical to run and own than the more "luxurious" SUVs. As I've said before, in a country...
Fifth Gear Series 19 Episode 6
Here's another episode for British second stringer motoring show - Fifth Gear. It's the 6th episode into the 19th series of the show. I have to swear this the show has become stale and boring. Still, here's the recap. Spoiler alert! Aston Martin V8 Vantage S The first...
Killer highway?
So perhaps dubbing Commonwealth Avenue as a killer highway's unfair to the road itself. The people kill people part of Atty. Te's argument's pretty reasonable but isn't it also valid to say that highways can kill people? Just the physical structure and geography of a...
Commonwealth Avenue voices out
Lawyer and law professor Ted Te wrote this piece (writing as Commonwealth Avenue) titled "Highways don't kill, people do" and it's trending quite well on Facebook. Atty. Te makes some great proposals: impounding buses, suspending licenses, making buses run on time,...
Moron-free roads
I spent much of my formative driving years plying the length of Commonwealth Avenue so I know it's really a dangerous road to be on since the volume of vehicles on that road means you're surrounded by a lot of morons. And I'm sure that the many deaths have involved...