GMA news, a local news broadcasting in the Philippines reported that over 80 luxury cars were found in a repair shop which cost around 200,000,000 pesos. That’s over $4.8M. Smuggled cars consists Lamborghini, Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche to name a few. The news says these cars do not have proper documents when shipped to the country. Not only that, they were registered illegally too. One of the cars has a plate desired for politicians only while it’s not owned by a politician. How’d it happen? That’s a big question. And another car uses a plate which is registered to another car. Really not acceptable.
What happens if there’s no fire, firemen are not busy and a truck load of water? Result, a flying car. This is a somehow cool video, though lots of commenters say it’s totally fool and waste of water and time. I don’t know what their real purpose is and I don’t know who owns that poor car.
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The first Philippine EV, dubbed as the Eagle G-Car because of its resemblance to the Phlippine eagle, has officially took its first flight last December 1. G Car, the company who manufactured the said car said that the car can run up to 60kms/h and can last up to 80kms/charge. That means, if you are familiar with traffic situation in the Philippines, it will not last for an hour. Charging the battery is also said to be cheap for only Php 40.00 ($.95) which takes for about 4 - 8 hours of charging. Eagle G-Car is made of fiber glass and is about to be sold from Php 140,000 to Php 280,000 ($3300.00 - $6600.00).
As far as efficiency and 0-pollution is concerned, I salute this new invention. But I see a major drawback on its short-lasting battery. Don’t be surprised if you see a pile of dead eagles on the middle of the road.
Watch Video here.
I’ll be filming some videos soon. First up will be the shuffle steering technique I earlier wrote about. Then I’ll probably record something on how to properly drive with a manual transmission. The text I cited was descriptive enough, but audiovisuals are better. And I don’t believe I’ve seen any comprehensive video tutorial online yet (most discuss the _hows_ but don’t really show videos of how you use the clutch properly).
Any other video requests? Just not drifting or trick driving please. At least not until I master them myself (and also get a test car to use as I wouldn’t want to waste my tires and suspension).
