Best car reviewer in the Philippines?

**Vodka** · August 12th, 2018 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by dhisky

How about butch gamboa? Nag reeview pa rin haha. Legend! If I'm not mistaken since 1987 pa sila wala pa internet

dinosaur na yan. i stumbled upon one of his recent vids. wtf parang 80's ang dating, pero 2017 car

4:3 format hindi widescreen, tapos interlaced pa

**dhisky** · August 12th, 2018 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by dct

Not about reviews, pero mga article ng topgear napakawalang kwenta. Basta may maipost lang. Ang daming articles per day pero mga walang laman

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Kahit video review, nakaka antok. Parang tinatamad silang lahat mag review

Sa facebook page naman, laging recycled article ang pino post

**box_type** · August 13th, 2018 01:48 PM

bakit nandito to sa goon squad?

**StockEngine** · August 13th, 2018 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by box_type

bakit nandito to sa goon squad?

good Q

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**dr. d** · August 13th, 2018 02:03 PM

"because someone has to be blamed for the bad cars on the road?"
heh heh heh. (extra heh).

**Shutterbug** · August 15th, 2018 10:47 AM

This!

I enjoy watching foreign car reviews especially comparison ones as they really show you the pros and cons for each model that they review. And not just one aspect like performance or handling, but all the other stuff that the regular consumer would be interested to know about.

Originally Posted by jut703

I agree that user-reviews are very useful, but personally I take forum inputs with a grain of salt. I always look for two things - content and credibility.

I have read through countless posts of owners that appear more like justifications of their purchase rather than an unbiased review. It's natural to "love your own" after all.

There are also a lot of posts praising their car as the best in a particular aspect (ride comfort, power, etc) without having broad experience driving the other cars in the market yet. I am more inclined to trust the review of someone who's owned and driven different cars rather than a first-time car owner who only has his car and a few test drives of others as reference. Basically - not all user reviews are credible for me.

It takes effort to sift through which posts are useful - hopefully people apply critical thinking before heeding advice here in the forum and most especially in the FB groups.

As for car reviewers - it gets really frustrating when you can get candid Clarkson-esque reviews from other countries and then find only safe, overly politically-correct reviews locally.

But I've seen the other side of the fence and the reality in the local motoring media world is that if you want to stay relevant and get invited for reviews and events, you have to be careful about ruffling feathers.

As a culture, we are far less open to straight talk than the west. Most Filipinos (and other Asians in general) would always sugarcoat negative feedback to a friend or colleague in fear of offending them. That's how it is with auto journalists and their friends in the motoring industry too.

Bottomline - when looking for car reviews, it helps to go through the entire plethora of user reviews, local auto sites, and foreign media as well. Critical thinking and reading comprehension is key to form a sound decision from these sources.

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**Egan101** · August 15th, 2018 11:13 AM

I enjoy watching John Cadogan.

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**mark9249** · August 15th, 2018 11:55 AM

When i was deciding on which midsize suv/ppv to get last year, i have read & watch a lot of reviews and comparisons form TGP, Autoindustriya, Car guide.ph, autodeal even australian & indian reviews.

but what influence me greatly in making my decision was the reviews here in Tsikot, reviews & experiences from actual owners positive & negative, i remember reading reviews, post & comments from Sir Yebo, Sir Minicarph, Sir Jut, and even kagalingan they gave a lot of helpful info in making my decision,

that and i also test driven the cars in my list as suggested here by most tsikoteers which in turn gave me the final decision.

and upto now Im still happy with my choice, i know that i made the right choice

so to answer the TS the best car reviewer in the Philippines is Tsikot, all is here