Vanessa is newly married and is based in Baguio City, a province north of the Philippines. She and her husband regularly drives from Baguio to Isabela (about three hours of driving) to visit her in-laws and from Baguio to Laguna (approximately 10 hours of driving) to visit her parents. As a new couple starting their own family, they want to save all the money they can.
Adrian is the Vice President for Operations in their family business. This is actually the second time that Adrian joined the program. He also joined last year and was one of the finalists. Adrian has been in an 8-year long distance relationship with his girlfriend and he drives for almost 4 hours every weekend to visit her so his monthly fuel bill is really high.
Patrick lives in Cavite and works as a GIS Specialist in Ortigas. He drives every day to and from work which translate to roughly 60 kilometers of driving daily, not to mention idling for 45 minutes because of heavy traffic. He would want to learn more about fuel economy and stretch his full tank which currently lasts for three days.
Mel is planning to get married in 2012. As a businessman, he drives an average of 100 kilometers per day with a fuel efficiency of 10 kilometers per liter or an average consumption of 10 liters per day. He is seeking for help to improve his efficiency for him to be able to save more for his planned 2012 wedding. Driving 100 kilometers a day, he is really a perfect example of a driver who can benefit most from driving more economically.
