A few days ago, I was at my favorite car accessories shop in Fort Bonifacio, Global City, and was talking to the sales girls and customers about the elections when they all started teasing me that I should run for a party-list seat—something that would be of service to motorists. Which indeed got me thinking: If I did run for politics, what would my platform of good governance be?
In the nine plus years that I’ve been writing about cars, I’ve driven a whole lot of mass-market cars (almost every Japanese, Korean, American and the like), a good number of premium-luxury cars (mostly German), a slew of performance-oriented cars (mostly German, followed by some Japanese and Italians) and just plain cool cars (MINI does come to mind). But I can only ever remember reviewing three British cars (aside from MINI, which nowadays seems more German than English, but all the better for them). I’ve reviewed one Range Rover, briefly tested a modern XJ when it was new and now, finally, a full-on proper road test of the facelifted XF. And boy was it worth the wait!
FOR many a car enthusiast, his or her own car/s are like a faithful friend, that though sometimes difficult and temperamental (like my own cars!), we look for activities to do together this summer. I thought of some activities which can allow both car and owner/driver to enjoy summer.
Now that the holidays are almost completely over (except for Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year that is), we can all once again focus on keeping our cars up and running properly.
There’s much to celebrate about these past few days. STV-Autofocus recently concluded their highly successful motor show and People’s Choice Award at the SM Mall of Asia Grounds. Various car manufacturers came out in full support of the said event and the public had access to unlimited test drives of almost all brands. Led by industry pillar and veteran broadcast journalist and columnist Butch Gamboa, the event was indeed a resounding success.
I almost killed myself last week, along with my driving partner Ahmed. Waking up at the crack of dawn, followed by a heavy breakfast in freezing cold, the lightly snowing Alps weather isn’t something out of the ordinary for me. And we were scheduled to drive the big Bentley Continental GT Speed for over 350 kilometers in four hours, with coffee stops, driver changes and the all-important beauty shots meant driving was going to be brisk, to put it lightly.
When a man sets his sights on the prize, you can very well see the steely look of determination on his game face. And what sort of prize would be worth the effort for the man of the house? Here’s a hint: Something with wheels and an engine. For some dads, a simple car that [...]
