new,,,,, but old !!!!!!!!!!!!

[fred]

Glad to hear you a renting Trying to get out of manila when you have never driven here could have taken you a whole day! Don't agree that you would be targeted for a polis scam as i have only ever been stopped once in 14 years and cover a minimum of 50,000km a year.
Airport is small and looks like its from the 70's. As somebody mentioned once you exit go down the ramp and then there are letters you should go too. If your surname starts with a,b,c go to that, d,e,f go to that and so on.
Cheers

Jake..Sorry you disagree.. I have an apartment building full of expats that have complained to me personally about being hassled whilst driving in Manila.
The last guy to moan was a Canadian that hired a car but had no idea about his licence plate not being allowed to drive on that day of the week.
He had to pay 6 Policemen a 1,000 PHP bung on Roxas boulevard to avoid a ticket..They were calling their police mates further up the road for the inevitable bung .. The last copper to stop him offered him a police escort out of Manila for 10K..
Ive been scammed loads of times by the PNP here since the early 80`s..Learned my lesson after a while and finally gave up.
I drive in the province every day and if the PULIS on foot try to pull me over I just put my foot down.. Never been chased yet!! The soppy ..... probably don't have enough petrol to bother..

[jake]

Fred,
I guess i must be lucky!! People say i drive like a Filipino so maybe i go unnoticed?!