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Like okay ikaw na hampas lupa 😜

exempted ba ang SCs dito sa bus lane? lol di nahuli eh!

This is dangerous, ngl. MMDA should find a way to prevent this from happening again.

Hi folks, so bale driving ako sa c5 3:30pm southbound bandang San Miguel bldg nang bigla ako ng na rear end ng Avanza. Long story short, alam kong hassle at ayokong patagalin kami sa kalsada so kinuha ko na lang contact niya, license and plate number.

Ngayon, nag pa quote ako sa damage at 6k ang estimate. Tinext ko siya kagabi pa pero walang reply. Tinatawagan ko, may isang beep lang tapos biglang disconnected yung call.

Mukang TNVS driver siya at nag p-phone distracted kaya hindi nakapag break.

Please note:

- Wala akong dashcam

- Wala akong insurance (5 years old na yung kotse)

- Wala rin akong police report or anything in writing na need niya ako aregluhin (i was thiinking kasi na maayos siya kausap)

- Avaza veloz nakadali sa akin

Mukang mali ko na naging mabait ako for not being strict, what do I do?

Okay naman yung kotse bago pumasom ng work, tapos pauwi na biglang ayaw mag start. Need help anong problem po kaya ito

Lahat ng kasabayan ko kahapon sa sctex nag hazzard nung umulan mga 3 sila. Nung lumakas lalo dumami mga 6 sila tapos lipat lipat ng lane ng lane yung isa muntik pa nasagi. Ano ba talaga dapat? Gawin pag ganyan sobrang lakas ng ulan bukod sa huminto muna kung hindi kaya? Ako kasi mag oon lang ng lights.

Yung brio pasimula palang ng ulan nag hazzard na agad

Saw this car and immediately noticed the red plate. It had 3 passengers plus the driver tapos nasa mid to late 20s. Pwede ba sila ireport for using it at 11pm at a cafe/hotel? Kasi I don’t think they had business being there that late.

I was really driving slow kasi alam ko on that street maraming naka parada na cars filling out one lane. Na overestimate ko ata at di ko nakita yung naka park na motorcycle on the other lane. Buti na lang sobrang hina lang and walang gasgas on both sides. Even though natumba siya.

Pero still got scared for a bit and nag ooverthink ako if I'm really capable of being fully aware. Had faced many challenging situations sa road but still nasayad pa din.

I did PDC + hired a private driver. Been driving for 2 weeks na din.

So question, how do you get better at driving? How do you deal with this emotionally?

Drove my 2026 Mazda MX-5 ND3 out of the dealership after a little over 4 months of waiting for the indent order to arrive!

Deep Crystal Blue with a tan soft top and interior. Manual transmission. Currently has 12 kilometres on the odometer.

I've rented an ND Roadster in Japan a couple of times already for a bunch of road trips, and I'm happy to say that I own one now.

Went to the Mazda Factory in Hiroshima to try to see my car being built, kaso they told me it was already shipped when I was there 😅 so nag-factory tour na lang ako duon. solid yung experience sa factory and sa museum nila, highly recommend!

Anyway this post is an update of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/CarsPH/comments/1q11m35/talk_me_out_of_buying_a_brand_new_mazda_miata/

Thanks to everyone who didn't talk me out of it :) eto siya sa detailing shop, with the PPF currently being cured and the tint waiting to be applied. once that's done and the car's PPF/tint gets cured after a week, diretsyo roadtrip na 🙂 also ordered a bunch of mods that will arrive in a few weeks

As an introvert, I hate the stares that I get. Pero as someone who loves to drive, totoo talaga sinasabi nila: Miata is always the answer!

Mag ingat po tayo sa biyahe natin mga atekuys, and God Bless po!

Sharing my comprehensive insurance claim experience with SGI Philippines. This is not a complaint naman since they eventually processed my claim and settled their payments with the dealership and I now have the car back.

Feb 17, 2026 - date of when accident happened; with police report

March 4 - Initiated claim with the help of insurance coordinator from dealership
March 7 - received generic email from SGI that my claim has now been assigned to a claims handler
March 19 - Same person from dealership sent another follow-up email
March 24 - I sent a follow-up myself (this time I indicated the timeline above and intended to make it a running timeline each time an email is sent
March 25 - Finally received an email from handler saying he will call me through Viber for a virtual inspection, which eventually happened later that day
April 8 - Received approved LOA from handler
April 10 - Dealership provided a quotation to SGI and they exchanged emails to negotiate parts and amount to cover
April 16 - I paid the depreciation fee of 20% (car is over 3 years old na) to dealership and was advised that the parts will be ordered and is expected to be delivered within 10 working days. I'm surprised wala silang (SGI) hininging participation fee, expected ko pa naman na on top of the depreciation, and also part of my budget na din
April 18 - SGI sent a revised and approved LOA and asked for advance billing. Dealership emailed back and acknowledged it.
April 20 - SGI sent a follow-up email to dealership for the advance bill. I sent a the same follow-up myself hoping it'll get their attention
April 25 - SGI sent another follow-up email, to which dealership responded later in the afternoon with a service invoice attached
April 27 - SGI acknowledged and advised they'll process it immediately
April 30 - SGI sent an image of the check dated Apr 27, a copy of a payment voucher, and form 2307
May 4 - Dealership acknowledged receipt of check
May 6 - SGI sent an image of deposit slip
- I texted the service advisor for an update on when I can take my car to their casa to start the repair. Tangang (or baka busy lang sorry na po) service advisor sinabi wala pa daw payment. But I kept my cool and sent the screenshots of the April 30 emails with the check and deposit slip. Wala man lang apology for not reading the emails he was CC'ed in all throughout. Haaayyys
May 11 - I took the car to the dealership and left it there
May 20, 2026 - got the car back

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Is this really the normal process? From March 7 til March 25 (kung kelan ako na mismo nag follow up) ska lang nila pinansin yung claim ko? Or good timing lang kay handler na di na sya busy nung time na yun at ako yung huling nag follow up

Damage on my car was not really severe so I still got to use it in the middle of all this.

Kayo po, what insurance company do you know na mabilis lang yung processing? I mean I can't imagine cases that need more urgent attention than I mine

Overall and in all fairness, I'm still very happy kasi they still held up with the expectation as insurer. Come next renewal I'll probably still choose them for my car insurance. This is my second year with SGI, last year may incident din na I was involved in, it took a lot of back and forth but it still ended up getting the expected coverage which is why I still chose them for this year.

PS. I paid SGI only 16k for my tnvs unit this year. Other insurance companies I inquired asked upwards of 50k kahit matanda na unit ko with over 90 thousand km clocked in on the odo so I went with SGI instead. Super happy kasi they paid over 70k (which is money I don't have) to have my car repaired. Same din last year: paid 17k and they covered 35k worth of repairs. Saying na super sulit, in my opinion, is an understatement.

Thanks SGI!

Pps. I am not paid by sgi to share this. Simply sharing my experience, and asking if there other providers who can process much faster, and appreciating sgi phils for living up to expectations despite the time involved in the process lalo nat doing the math, alam mong lugi na sila sakin and nasa kalagitnaan pa ng coverage policy ko sakanila

For me Toyota Innova

Hello everyone, as the title says: I'm currently planning to buy my first vehicle soon, and it will be 2nd hand. One of the strong contenders is the 2016 Mazda 3. Given what I've searched online so far, fuel economy is something that I can accept, and maintenance is said to be less compared to models like the cx5.

As someone who's not really knowledgeable in vehicles, I would like to ask if there are any insights to this planned purchase and if it's even worth considering in the first place.

For context: The budget is around Php 500k.

Thank you to everyone in advance!

Background
100km city + 200km highway per week. Family of 5. Metro Manila daily grind plus occasional provincial trips.

Territory is ₱326K cheaper at ₱1.399M vs ₱1.725M, saves ₱1,344/month on fuel, but the MU-X has 230mm clearance vs 185mm and seats 7. On paper Territory wins — but I keep second-guessing.

Four things I need answered: (1) Reliability — any surprise costs or hybrid system issues? (2) Driving feel — does the RZ4E feel underpowered on NLEX? Is the hybrid transition seamless? (3) Real km/L figures, city and highway. (4) Parking tech — which 360 camera system actually works better in tight Makati/BGC parking?

Driving 100-150 kms daily, it is more than enough to observe the kamote habits of the drivers in metro manila, tonta nga ba o ignorante?

For me these are the worst bad habits i see on the road

-nonexistent safeside turning yielding at an intersection, ito ung kahit red light pwede ka naman lumiko, pero magbibigay ka padin sa mga padiretso na may green, hindi manggitgit

-pag huminto ang nasa harap, instead na huminto, kabig!!

-laning: pag 2 linya, kahit tumawid pa ng intersection, may specific lane kang dapat kunin, ung nasa kaliwa, sa kaliwa padin, ung sa kanan sa kanan padin kahit paliko liko pa ang kalye.

Special mention: Geronimo going to valero and lacson from nagtahan side crossing fajardo dami nito see photo attached!

-rotunda mess, walang right of way right of way!

-babad sa passing/overtaking lane

-hindi po design ang markings sa kalye

-ung kahit barado na, sige padin, walang pakielam sa iba! "Bilog ang mundo" applies to traffic as well, baka dahil binara/di mo pinagbigyan, magttraffic lalo pati sa dadaanan mo

What else do you think are the best habits of kamote drivers?