I brought Gina, our new Hyundai Getz, to Makati today. (Yes, it’s a bit of a daring thing to do, but I’d like to live dangerously today.)
Manong Dyaryo, the fellow from whom I buy my Philippine Daily Inquirer,  didn’t recognize me, as did the lady at the Greenbelt parking lot. Ran into Andy from work, [...]

After the explosive rant of last Friday, I owe it to my sales agent Jason Chung and Wheels Inc. Hyundai sales manager Mercy to detail what happened afterwards.
Last Saturday, I brought Gina back to the dealer to have her speedometer and odometer connected. Jason wasn’t there because he had to represent Hyundai at the Megatrade [...]

Since our Hyundai Getz’s odometer was shot – you can read the previous blog entry on that nosebleed experience – I don’t have the accurate overall distance traveled by Gina since we picked her up. What I do know is that we placed Php500 in her fuel tank when the fuel lamp started to flicker, [...]

We finally picked up Gina from the Wheels Inc. dealership along E. Rodriguez. She was everything we hoped she’d be. Shiny, a joy to drive, and very, very easy on the eyes.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get her without kinks. It’s a real shame, because what should have been a truly joyous occasion was marred by otherwise [...]

Cathy and I did a significant amount of research in choosing the Hyundai Getz Philippines over its subcompact competitors the Kia Picanto, Honda Jazz, and Suzuki Alto, as well as the Toyota Vios 1.3. It helps that Philippine motoring experts agree with us. Here’s a reprint of what Top Gear Philippines had to say about [...]