Comment from a motoring journalist

[Rediesel]

Looking good while driving frugally
By Lester Dizon
The Philippine STAR 04/06/2005


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On an early Sunday morning, I loaded my wife Shawie (she was my navigator) and my daughter Vette (she’s my good-luck charm) into the BMW 120 and proceeded to the Shell station at Fort Bonifacio. On the way there, I diced with a driver of a Ferrari Maranello 550 who must’ve been irked that a 4-cylinder German hatchback dared to challenge his V-12 Italian GT machine on EDSA. I overtook the silver GT on the bridge in Guadalupe but he stormed pass me after the Rockwell overpass. Duh! Driver, wife and daughter in a 5-door 4-banger against a single occupant in a two-seat twelve-cylinder GT — you do the math. Of course, I lost! But he had a hard time shaking me off his tail. And besides, we were turning into the Fort anyway… (Kids, please don’t try this at home. Racing is done by professionals and should only be held in a controlled environment.)

Still smug from the impromptu road race .....................

Find it absurd he comments "racing is done by professionals and should only be held in a controlled environment"

Whoever is the editor of this paper should have edited or totally trashed this article, street racing is ILLEGAL, whether you have an econobox or a Ferrari.

Kaya dumadami mga gago magmaneho diyan sa atin e, dahil mga "motoring journalist" kuno e imbes na tungkol sa road courtesy, manners ang isulat e kung ano anong kabulastugan pa.

[ILuvDetailing]

But he had a hard time shaking me off his tail.

Is he dreaming?

Another example of irresposible journalism. He should atleast be given a notice for his actions by his superiors. What an A-Hole... and to think that he was with his wife and kid.

[empy]

is this a real motoring journalist or one of those lifestyle section reporters who go out and test drive cars when they're not reporting celebrity gossip or where the best place to wax your legs is?

anyway, like ILD said, [size=5]THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL[/SIZE] a 550 maranello will not leave any 4-cylinder car behind like it's standing still. either he's flat-out lying to make his story more exciting, or they were both stuck in traffic (which is also lying...by omission)

keep dreaming.

[nugundam93]

waw. so contradictory. racing is done by pros in a controlled environ...and what's he doing? exactly the opposite. so irresponsible den.

[ghosthunter]

Hmmm, I guess being a motoring journalist makes good money. Note that he drives a BMW 120.

And he is street racing with his wife and kid. What is more irresponsible for a journalist is his stupidity that he published that article then quotes, "Racing is done by professionals and should only be held in a controlled environment" as if to justify his article for whatever reason.

[mazdamazda]

On the way there, I diced with a driver of a Ferrari Maranello 550 who must’ve been irked that a 4-cylinder German hatchback dared to challenge his V-12 Italian GT machine on EDSA

Looks like he's the one who initiated the "race".

But he had a hard time shaking me off his tail.

Tell that to him when they are at the NLEX.

And besides, we were turning into the Fort anyway

Another lame excuse to blow up his punctured ego?

Or maybe... he is just having the illusion that he was racing a Ferrari... when all the time the Ferrari driver was actually just cruising or fiddling with his sound system. :bwahaha:

[nugundam93]

yeah, malamang pinaglalaruan lang siya ng 550 driver at the most serious. heheh.

[A121]

sabi ko na nga ba eh..

too much fast and the furious is BAAAAAAAD for you.

[mazdamazda]

reminds me of the story from the protegetech boards...

a 323 & civic were dicing it out in the highways at around 160kph. when suddenly a Ferrari came out of nowhere and overtook them like they were standing still. this shocked them back to reality and promptly stopped their fooling around.

[silhouette]

ES TI YOU PI AI DI DRIVER!!! with his kid and wifey on board...

[ILuvDetailing]

a 323 & civic were dicing it out in the highways at around 160kph. when suddenly a Ferrari came out of nowhere and overtook them like they were standing still. this shocked them back to reality and promptly stopped their fooling around.

Star tollway?

[nugundam93]

mazdamazda: nabasa ko rin yun dati ah. heheh. kakaaliw nga. :D

mejo ot...ganda ng avatar mo silhouette

[jedi]

he is definitely setting bad example to his readers... 2 thumbs down

[caloyski5]

reminds me of the story from the protegetech boards...

a 323 & civic were dicing it out in the highways at around 160kph. when suddenly a Ferrari came out of nowhere and overtook them like they were standing still. this shocked them back to reality and promptly stopped their fooling around.

kilala ko yan a. hahaha


anyways, the so called "race" was on edsa..now why would the ferrari guy give it all its got on edsa? malubak pa at masira kotse niya... tssss..race driver ba yung naka 1 series?

[baurtwellXUV]

deadly yun ah. a bmw120 is no match for a 550 maranello... crazy ass story!

[theveed]

But he had a hard time shaking me off his tail.

Naiwan ata yung rest of the comment...

... since there were 4 busses in front of him waiting for passengers and I was catching up FAST from 500mtrs back.

Moron

[ILuvDetailing]

hahaha!! He along with his common sense he lost his writing sense.

What an A-Hole.

[BlueBimmer]

LOL wahahahaha naka 1 series lng FEELING na! what a POSER! wahahahahaaa

[BlueBimmer]

oh n btw it is not fitting for him to drive a bimmer (challenge a ferrarri? wahahaa) dapat sa kanya mga riced out civics complete with TYPE R stickers n RACING STRIPES with stock engines LOL

[baurtwellXUV]

what a freak!!!