SUVs are irrelevant during floods and here's why
The morning of August 12 came as another slap in the face of Filipinos in NCR, albeit a familiar one. Torrential rain throughout the previous night and well into the morning paralyzed the capital region. Emergency services and their all-too familiar rescue boats have once again taken over the streets of Marikina which were effectively rivers by that morning. The situation wasn't all that different in most other cities near the capital. Everywhere, there is news of stranded residents, jammed streets, marooned cars, and suspension of classes and work from kindergarten all the way up to government offices. Everyone was either stuck or slowly realizing they were stuck. The commercials and ads would have us believe that SUVs were the end all and be all of our motoring needs. The prophecies of Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and all others told us that their powerful diesel engines, copious amounts of seating and cargo space, massive go-anywhere tires, and impressive ride height wou...