The Need For Speed

March 9, 2011
by Vince Pornelos

Need for Speed

It’s a question that every car guy has been asked time and again:

How fast have you gone?

Back then, many used to scoff at performance car enthusiasts primarily because of the shortage of places where we can stretch a car’s legs. Not anymore. Our country, more specifically Luzon, is getting into the swing of expressway motoring, with the opening of new highways like the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, as well as the thorough upgrade, extension and expansion of the North Luzon Expressway, the South Luzon Expressway and the coaxial Skyway. Read more →

Home For The Holidays

December 8, 2010
by Vince Pornelos

I’m a purely Manila guy for the holidays. Even though my mother’s side is from Virac in Catanduanes and my father’s side is from Allen, Samar, I’ve never really had the allegiance to religiously go over there for Christmas and New Year, in fact, I’ve never been to Virac, though I did visit Allen once. Read more →

Rules are Rules

July 27, 2010
by Vince Pornelos

The government seems to be on a roll with new President Aquino. Understandably, he’s out to flex his authority in the streets of the capital by ordering the universal apprehension of cars with unauthorized sirens and blinkers.

Driving a Point

June 15, 2010
by Vince Pornelos

Odometer reading: 1299.5 kilometers. This is the moment when the Focus TDCI decides to sputter, starved of fuel after 4 days driving through all of Luzon, with the Bangui windmills of Pagudpud to our right.

This is the Ford Focus Coast2Coast Challenge 2, and already we’re on our last kilometer.

The Many Faces on the Road

May 3, 2010
by Vince Pornelos

You’ve seen them before.

We drivers have different “looks” and mannerisms when behind the wheel of a car; faces that can be affected by our mood, the way we drive, the road conditions, practically anything really. Here are 12 of them.