At anytime while living in the Republic of the Philippines, I will guarantee you that just the simple act of placing your car into reverse will cause something to appear behind you right out of thin air. This fact I’ll promise you! The saga now begins… The year was 1963, I was 16 years old […]
The 1000 KM Karma check up?
It took us six weeks to reach the lofty goal of 1000 kilometers, the best I can figure that’s about 600 miles. Hell I live on an island what did they expect? But alright if that’s what Mitsubishi wants then I’ll do it, besides the check up was free. 0830 I pull up to the […]
An Ole Friend has departed
The taillights were flickering into the dusk, as our New Ole Honda departs its mountain home for the last time, a tear wells up in my family’s eye, and then we all turn to the New-new Mitsubishi and we smile. New cars sure smell so good. The pre-sold deal fell through, but we all knew […]
The Quest for the New Ride
As I mentioned last week my Auto Loan was pre-approved and I could start looking for the “NEW RIDE” Denny the car salesman was sitting at Mitsubishi Car World on the Subic Freeport as I came through the door, I was the same the type of customer I dreamed about when I was selling Dodge […]
Driving Thoughts About Living in the Philippines
I recently wrote an article about getting ahead in the Philippines by backing up. Just a simple piece about some of the reasons it is often better and easier to back into tight spots and an observation or two that foreigners and Filipinos alike are often not practiced and comfortable with backing their vehicles. As […]
It Has Served Me Well
A year ago I wrote about maybe replacing my 1996 New Ole Honda Civic, but then fate raised its ugly head and I had to have the engine re-built. Then as luck would have it, I now owned a car with a new engine that still looked and ran good. I was stuck between that […]