We drove our Philippine Hyundai Getz, Gina, to the Tagaytay Highlands last Saturday. It’s the third out-of-town trek for our Hyundai Getz; we first took her to the Boutique Hotel in Tagaytay on a romantic getaway last year, then to Enchanted Kingdom sometime in early January for a family outing with Nathan.

Frankly, I was a little concerned because I didn’t think Gina would be able to handle the high mountain roads. She is, after all, just a 1.1L spitfire, and when you combine me, Cathy, Nathan, and two days’ worth of clothes, that’s quite a load. But our Philippines Hyundai Getz handled it with aplomb and class. This one particularly steep mountainous curve - I would say somewhere 30 degrees slant - near the Tagaytay Highlands was a source of great concern, because I honestly wasn’t sure she could handle it. But she did! Way to go, Gina!

Most of the ride within the actual Tagaytay Highlands - given that it was carved into a mountainside - was quite steep, so I drove Gina mostly at first gear and 4000RPM because her second gear wasn’t powerful enough to handle the slant. The entire trip from Caloocan to Tagaytay and back used up around 200KM and a third a tank of gasoline.