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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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The Philippine's Auto Bahn

If Germany has the Autobahn and Japan has the Wangan, then we now have the SCTEX. Subic to Clark in just 40 mins which used to be a 2 hour 30 min drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPofZsWKZD4

I hope it will be full completed by the time I get the GTR.
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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Wow, looks good! Wala bang speed limit?
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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Wala. And even if meron, its easy to get away pa ren.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Nice, gotta check out that highway pag uwi ko ng Aug......hehe
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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looks like it's not flat though like the autobahn - the vids had the car doing the ricer bounce - lol..
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 06:49 AM
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nice. where do these pinoy porsche owners get their money?
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 06:57 AM
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nice. where do these pinoy porsche owners get their money?
Crooked politicians ?
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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probably the filthy rich families in the philippines.
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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I guess Willie Revillame is one of those peeps?
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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rawand,

i notice in your sig you have a 67 beetle under restoration? who is restoring it if you dont mind me asking.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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rawand,

i notice in your sig you have a 67 beetle under restoration? who is restoring it if you dont mind me asking.
Its a small home based shop in Davao who restores Beetles. The owner has 7 Beetles in his garage including that 1970 Volks Transporter van, 1970 Karmann Ghia, and a top-down Beetle. He gets parts from the US too, all original. That Beetle I got was a junk heap in our neighbor's garage and I felt so sorry for that car so I decided to buy it for a really good price.

By the way, what airconditioning system are you using for your Beetle? I am planning to use the evaporator and compressor of a Nissan since the Nissan's aircon is really cold and Davao is such a hot place.

Once this is done, my Beetle will be my everyday drive.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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I guess Willie Revillame is one of those peeps?
Well not really coz the really rich guys can afford to have like 3 Porsches and 3 Ferraris under one garage, and I had seen one already! Compare my garage to theirs (even with the GT-R and if ever an Evo X), it will look like a garage of a middle class person.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Custom hanging type a/c lang for now but i have the OEM a/c na nakapatong sa gas tank sa front tapos labas ang hangin sa regular vents ng dash dahil naka superbeetle ako.

in your case since you have a 67 then no dash and if you want to restore it properly then i suggest looking for the OEM a/c na parang hanging type but of course 10 times better looking. they go for about 15k in manila, i sold about 5 units of this before. since these are about 30 years old the greatest concern are the "flaps" inside the vents themselves kasi madalas bungi bungi na.

do you have an earlier or later 67? 4 or 5 lugs?
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by beetle_orange
Custom hanging type a/c lang for now but i have the OEM a/c na nakapatong sa gas tank sa front tapos labas ang hangin sa regular vents ng dash dahil naka superbeetle ako.

in your case since you have a 67 then no dash and if you want to restore it properly then i suggest looking for the OEM a/c na parang hanging type but of course 10 times better looking. they go for about 15k in manila, i sold about 5 units of this before. since these are about 30 years old the greatest concern are the "flaps" inside the vents themselves kasi madalas bungi bungi na.

do you have an earlier or later 67? 4 or 5 lugs?
Is it possible I use the OEM hanging type blowers and vents but use a Nissan evaporator and compressor? How cold is the OEM? I need it to be cold because Davao is such a hot place.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 02:35 AM
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Nice stuff, it looks like alot of fun!!
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