Upon my arrival to the Mactan International Airport, I claimed my baggage right away. I head towards the exit and looked for a taxi. Lots of people are waiting in line, and when its finally my turn, the taxi I was about to ride to looks pretty weird. It doesn't look like a taxi at all. I mean, in the Philippines, the usual taxi are the likes of a Toyota Corolla, Kia, Nissan Sentra and a couple of others. But this one is weird. Its a Lexus LS430! When I asked the driver what car is he driving, he said its really a Lexus SL430, a 2005 model, and that confirmed my observations.
Really, Lexus cars here are not to turned into a just a Taxi. Its an expensive car! When I last checked on it, its still priced as $35,000 even if its a 2005 model.
He then told me the owner used to be a businessman and unfortunately came to a loss. So there's nothing he can do but to send his precious car to work by hiring a driver and transform it to a taxi.
It was sad indeed, but hopefully the owner of the car get the smoothness backed to his car.
I have always been amaze with how Lexus designs their model cars. The first ever gullwing door car I saw was a Lexus way back in 1999 and I immediately fell in love with it.
Speaking of doors, lets talk about car doors tomorrow!
Automobile Blog February Archive
