What's happening on DILG?

[zap.FREEDOM]

what can you say about this ladies and gentlemen? DILG to place order in Foton Motors of 2,500 units of Blizzard for brand-new patrol vehicle worth 2.08 Billion, Hell' there's other a lot of choices which is more durable and reliable (subok na), like Isuzu D-Max and Nissan Frontier

[crazy_boy]

Magiging junk lang yung mga patrol cars in no time. Vios palang na reliable naman daming units na nakatambak pag madaan ka sa MPD headquarters. What more if foton.

[number001]

Even the BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) replaced their fleets with these Foton. motioncars.com | Autobuzz | Blessing of New BJMP Foton Vans Held


Just like when the MPD replaced their fleet with so many Chevy Optra for patrol cars in 2005. Or when they bought so many Suzuki Samurai (totally ill fitting as patrol cars in the metro) before that.

[crazy_boy]

Even the BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) replaced their fleets with these Foton. motioncars.com | Autobuzz | Blessing of New BJMP Foton Vans Held


Just like when the MPD replaced their fleet with so many Chevy Optra for patrol cars in 2005. Or when they bought so many Suzuki Samurai (totally ill fitting as patrol cars in the metro) before that.

Nakatambak nalang din yung mga optra.

[number001]

Nakatambak nalang din yung mga optra.

OT:

Actually these Optra(s) are not abandoned unlike some of those 2008 Vios parked at the MPD Hq.

MPD assigned a unit or two with new markings "MPD Women's and Children's Welfare task force" ek ek ek Complete with Menyak tint. There is also another one unmarked unit that has bodykits and magwheels, If I'm not mistaken. Easy to spot these units bec. they all sport those backyard produced tags with inscription of "MPD-xxx"



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Yeah, Foton may have submitted the lowest bid. But given the expected reliability of their brand, they can easily make it up through parts and labor when these break down after a month's use.


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NLEX (or was it MMDA? ) also bought a few of these lime colored Foton pickups back in 2005 or something.


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Even Dole (the fruits company) ordered from Foton three years ago.
DOLE Philippines Inc. chooses the Foton Blizzard for its fleet


I don't know what is it with Foton.


So far big companies like San Miguel, Pldt, Maynilad, Tanduay Meralco, don't appear to have embraced any China brand into their fleets.

[zap.FREEDOM]

Magiging junk lang yung mga patrol cars in no time. Vios palang na reliable naman daming units na nakatambak pag madaan ka sa MPD headquarters. What more if foton.

e paano ba naman kung makagamit yun ibang police..laspag kung laspag, wala tayong magagawa di naman kasi nila sariling sasakyan yan e, pagmamay-ari kasi ng gobyerno kaya kahit masira ok lang.

[crazy_boy]

e paano ba naman kung makagamit yun ibang police..laspag kung laspag, wala tayong magagawa di naman kasi nila sariling sasakyan yan e, pagmamay-ari kasi ng gobyerno kaya kahit masira ok lang.

Wala din budget for maintenance. Patay talaga

[uls]

eto lang masasabi ko...

magaling talaga dumiskarte ng Foton Pinas

[vinj]

eto lang masasabi ko...

magaling talaga dumiskarte ng Foton Pinas

Amen to that. There's more to a gov't bidding than meets the eye. Dapat my durability tests pa yan amongst the criteria. They can also share notes with the MMDA who has many run down Foton pick-ups (mas tumagal pa yung mga Mazda 323 nila).

Taena, mag Crosswind or Frontier nalang sila. Basta yung mga may old-school diesel. Heck i'd bet a Multicab will fare better in the long run.

Mas sosy kina Boybi, alam ko Civic or City yung patrol car dun dati sa bukid nila. :D

[Nicotoy]

I don't know the story, but most likely, it was simply that Foton was the lowest bidder for the required specifications, and that price had the highest weight in their selection criteria. Ganun lang.

[brainmafia_310]

Kahit anong sasakyam ibigay sa gov. Laspag mapa benz bmw audi pa yan. Wala kasing accountability at walang check and balance. Ung mga nakikita kong police patrol car baging baho pero lamog na. To think wala naman sa news ung mga high end chasr tulad ng mga nasa palabas.

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[beni23]

Tuwing nakakakita ako ng vios patrol car na nakapark laging may natutulog sa loob. Nakaswitch ang makina at aircon tapos tulog ng 5 hours = laspag

[zap.FREEDOM]

mabuti pa yung local government dito sa munisipyo namin, may taste pumili ng gagawin patrol vehicle, we have here units of Isuzu D-Max as tourist patrol vehicle, wayback 2006 they got a fleet of Hi-Lux patrol vehicles dito kaso mukhang di ata nagustuhan ayun pagpasok ng 2010 D-max na pinagkukuha nila. though tumatakbo pa naman yung mga Hi-Lux yun nga lang puro gasgas na at faded na ang paint.

[holdencaulfield]

diba 4jb1 makina ng blizzard? matibay yung makina nyan.

[vinj]

diba 4jb1 makina ng blizzard? matibay yung makina nyan.

IF you see the existing MMDA Fotons. They still run but heck, everything else is literally falling off...

[niky]

IF you see the existing MMDA Fotons. They still run but heck, everything else is literally falling off...

Same feedback I get from elsewhere. The engines aren't a big problem, but the body integrity is. (At least for the Blizzard).

At least they're Blizzards. Simple trucks, easy to fix, easy to understand.

With the PCSO, we get stuck with the Foton View Ambulance, which has a lot of interior trim that degrades and discolors over time.

[uls]

the Foton guys went to where the money is --- the government

[vinj]

the Foton guys went to where the money is --- the government

I guess the only guys who also seem to buy their products are the government as well. Hardly see any private Foton pickups. Yung trucks maybe but once private companies have not-so-good experience, they'll switch back to the usual Mitsu-Isuzu trucks.

[Sweetlucious]

Mas naaasar ako sa mga luxury cars na red plate. Saw an alphard with red plate. Ano meron sa alphard na wala sa hiace.Ottoman seats? Meron din mga v6 camry. WTF.

[glenn manikis]

Pag ganyan ba sir uls... re. Foton pickup ... paano nila pinapasok dito yan?
Fr. China galing yun dba? Considered truck din ba yun? Saan dumadaan? Sa subic ba?