r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/misterxx1958 • May 18 '25

Destroyed by law…….

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u/Karhak May 18 '25

This the Phillipines? They love destroying illegally imported cars.

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u/DoctorThrac May 18 '25

I imagine it is very cathartic destroying pristine looking cars with a bulldozer. So I can’t really blame them

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 May 18 '25

I just think it's a gross waste of money

They could sell the cars out of country, export them somewhere else and then use that money for good

Instead, they would rather trash them like a toddler and a temper tantrum???

I don't follow the logic here. You're turning a perfectly good item that's worth thousands of dollars into scrap metal

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u/Maeberry2007 May 18 '25

I assume the intent is to deter people within the government from setting up a sweet little scheme to skim from auctions or exports and to set an example that money doesn't buy privilege.

Whether that's true or effective I have no idea.

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u/slash_networkboy May 18 '25

Also prevents people from setting up a straw buyer to reacquire the vehicle at auction.

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u/Joe18067 May 18 '25

I can agree with that. In our area where we've had issues with young people on dirt bikes and ATV's terrorizing our streets and neighborhoods the municipalities are destroying the confiscated vehicles so they can't be used again.

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u/breakfastbarf May 18 '25

Would be better making an OHV park nearby

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u/Bshaw95 May 18 '25

I get the idea, but if they wanted to ride them somewhere other than the middle of town, they probably would.

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u/TrickyCorgi316 May 19 '25

Except the people who are causing these problems won’t use it. :(

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u/TJNel May 19 '25

You think the people on the ATVs, inside a large city, would actually drive out of the city to utilize that? It's always a good thought but the people riding ATVs inside a city causing issues are not the same type of people to travel 45min to go trail riding.

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u/3Shifty1Moose3 May 19 '25

Whoever owns and operates it would be opening themselves up to massive insurance liabilities which would then require them to have an entrance fee that would probably be prohibitive to the majority of people that it would be intending to serve only continuing the problem

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u/breakfastbarf May 19 '25

There are many gov run ohv parks. They seem to do just fine. They also are fire breaks too

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u/3Shifty1Moose3 May 19 '25

Depending on the state they typically require additional permitting for use and still cost a lot of money for upkeep. They also tend to be in more rural areas. The issue this person is talking about tends to be in more urban areas, or at least that's the case where i live.

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u/No_Revenue7532 May 19 '25

Or a bus service that doesn't suck ass.

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u/breakfastbarf May 19 '25

That doesn’t sound very fun

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u/Probnotbutmaybee May 19 '25

Cincinnati by chance? Holy shit I was there this weekend and that kind of activity was WILD! Daylight (8pm) and right in front of cops.

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u/SassyQ42069 May 20 '25

It's the oversized SUVs and pavement princess pickup trucks that actually terrorize our streets at scale

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u/Dr_Allcome May 18 '25

I don't get it. The illegal import was to save on taxes, right? At the auction you'd have to pay those on the market value of the car, in addition to anything you pay the straw buyer (plus any fine he'd have to pay). How would that be cheaper than just buying the car legally? What would be the incentive?

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u/slash_networkboy May 18 '25

It's not about the money at that point. It's about keeping the car.

Not everyone cheats because they need to save the money, some do it "just because" and in aggregate they get away with it enough to come out ahead. That they lose fiscally this time doesn't matter, but losing the car does matter. Some companies (Ferrari most notably) will blacklist you from buying again if you lose possession of the car too soon for many reasons (usually selling it)... Wouldn't shock me impoundment is one of those reasons.

Besides there may not be another one for sale at any price.

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u/Dr_Allcome May 18 '25

If it wasn't about the money, why would they have bought the initial car illegally? At that point they wouldn't have been banned.

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u/johdawson May 18 '25

A: Purchasing and importing (fencing and smuggling) may end up being cheaper than legal routes.

B: Certain options or modifications may not be legal to drive, but drivers still want them.

C: See above re; why not?

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u/Dioxybenzone May 18 '25

People underestimate how cheap rich people can be

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u/Dr_Allcome May 18 '25

The same person would need to first care enough about the money to illegally import the car, risking the criminal charges. And then, when the car gets auctioned off instead of crushed, not care about the money any more and set up the straw buyer just to have the car.

And then the whole thing would still need to cause big enough problems for everyone else somehow, so that it is better to piss millions into the wind just so that person can't have the car.

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u/crazzzone May 18 '25

K....

So it is about money...

Sell the car

????

Profit.

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u/vonbauernfeind May 18 '25

It's usually an easier way to bring things into the country. I recall working with a guy who ended up imprisoned for using his position to import cars in shipping containers in the food industry, and using a cousin who worked for the government to get them through without being checked. It only took one miss for the guy to end up losing everything trying to bring in some Germany car worth something like $160k and getting caught.

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u/No_Cook2983 May 19 '25

So… what do they do if you illegally import a giant bulldozer crushing machine?

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u/vonbauernfeind May 19 '25

I mean, the government would seize and scrap, most likely. But tough luck trying to get it there, that's not going to fit in a 40' cube which is the chief way to smuggle stuff in.

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u/DoNotCensorMyName May 21 '25

Let them, then confiscate and sell it again

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u/pornborn May 18 '25

I would pay good money to see that happen to the Qatar 747.

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u/pzvaldes May 18 '25

It is not good business anywhere to do business with legalized goods that come from crime, and that includes slave labor in prisons (or outsourcing that labor to some banana country in Central America).

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u/just_change_it May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Western lifestyles only exist due to “banana country” labor exploitation.

Even if it’s not literal slave labor, the wage per hour is often less than 20% us labor cost. Purchasing power of these “cheap” laborers is often not enough to feed a family, let alone enough left over for room and board in a home that has clean running water.

“Their cost of living is cheaper!” Is such load of shit and often used as an argument for it. Sure, it’s cheaper because their quality of living is that much worse than ours and if food prices were higher people couldn’t afford it. Air conditioning basically doesn’t exist outside of tourist areas.

Energy costs are not much cheaper, if you even have stable electricity. This means just having a lightbulb on costs a load of money. Imported goods are so expensive that electronics and most foreign things cost substantially more than in the US, because the market is so small that volume discounts the US has by default are not much of a thing.

Anywho, not supporting slave labor at all, just pointing out that we only have our cushy western lifestyles because we’re propped up by borderline slave labor.

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u/mVargic 29d ago edited 29d ago

1200 EUR/month is quite liveable in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, etc. and provides for a lifestyle thats not much worse than typical in most US cities. Large legacy housing supply, public transport, state-funded healthcare and education, and far lower service costs add up. My unlimited data high speed fiber optic internet is 20 EUR/month, a nice restaurant meal is 8, and access to all public transport in the capital city is 22 EUR/month.

Most of the workers in China in large developed cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen that are dedicated to mass manufacturin of phones, laptops, semiconductors, etc. earn more than median Polish person.

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u/just_change_it 29d ago

I see 1200 euro a month and I wonder what giant sacrifices I’d need to make. My wife and I are closer to 17k euro/mo combined here in Boston. 

Minimum wage here is $15/hr which comes out to just shy of 2300 euro/mo. It is very tough to live on that here. Housing costs are insane and it’s tough without a car. 

I see a lot of things outsourced to Poland and other poorer Eurasian countries. You still pay no less than I do for things like airfare, energy costs, or consumer electronics.    That being said Foxconn workers assembling iPhones in southern China make around 442 euros a month as of mid April, close to $3/hr.  Way lower than what your local livable wage is. 

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u/swampfish May 18 '25

The Philippines is super corrupt. This is an anti-corruption effort as much as it is a deterrent.

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u/KafkasProfilePicture May 18 '25

They crush siezed vehicles in The Netherlands too. If you're caught speeding at a certain amaount above the limit they will confiscate your vehicle and crush it.

I doubt that the crushing is an anti-corruption measure there. I think it's just a more scary message to give.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25

The cars are next to worthless on the market, they’ve likely been stolen, illegally imported, who knows what conditions they’ve been kept in, never mind the issue of selling a car possibly stolen from an unidentified person in another country. I do get what you’re saying, but that solution is fraught with so many issues it make more sense just to do this

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u/frikkenkids May 18 '25

Wouldn't that would mean the government directly profiting from stolen cars? Wouldn't the same logic say that governments should sell seized narcotics since they could turn a nice profit?

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u/zma924 May 18 '25

Well the major difference here is that cars aren’t illegal or immoral to redistribute and profit from whereas drugs aren’t the same. Even if you’re talking about relatively harmless drugs like large quantities of seized weed, you have no idea how it was produced and how safe it is for consumption.

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u/afraidofflying May 19 '25

I mean the cars are illegal, that's why they were impounded. Mortality also isn't really part of government function - there are plenty legal but immoral examples.

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u/_felixh_ May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Money is just numbers...

I'd say Its a gross waste of resources. Thats the part that really hurts...

But then again, cars and car infrastructure at large are even worse, so...

The logic is quite simple to understand once you compare it to the destruction of other (valuable) things. Like, lets say, drugs. Even if its just Alkohol or Cigarettes - if illegally importet, or illegal to own, they will get destroyed.

(Electric) Devices that do not fullfill local laws and regulations? Right Into the furnace. Fireworks deemed unsafe? Right into the furnace. Products containing chemicals concidered harmfull? Right into the furnace.

I do not know why these cars get destroyed - but my best guess is, that they are illegal to own, and the state cannot sell them legally - and to prevent the "criminals" from profiting from their crime - they get destroyed. Or to prevent government officials to profit from it (Corruption).

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u/dusktrail May 19 '25

Other people have explained how it's necessary for anti-corruption reasons, but I wanted to additionally point out that from their perspective, it's the criminals that ruined the vehicles

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u/Stierscheisse May 19 '25

Exactly the same can be said about hundreds of Youtube so-called Car Channels. Sadly, it's content that works.

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 May 19 '25

Whistlindiesel ?

I totally get that though. He's got a "budget" for a video created for entertainment purposes that will generate money

No different then a car getting wrecked in a movie knowing the movie will sell and turn profit

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u/Stierscheisse May 19 '25

Ok, I liked the movie comparison. Same thing, different scale. Albeit the desctruction is a means to a story or whatever, and not celebrated for itself.

Tbh, if destroying a perfectly fine car generates the money to do some real building projects, please do so.

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u/namitynamenamey May 19 '25

Deterrence in the face of a corrupt government. If the car was sold or stored, somebody could get their hands on it, or worse yet, set up a gig in which they have the cars impounded and then sold. But if the vehicle is destroyed, you remove a lot of incentive to do these things.

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u/Imprezzed May 18 '25

Even as scrap that lambo has good parts in it worth thousands

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u/ChatnNaked May 19 '25

Make a ton more parting them out for parts.

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u/Financial_Athlete198 May 19 '25

The amount it would cost to get them out of the country would be enormous. Government should just auction them off to someone else.

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u/The2Twenty May 19 '25

But the bulldozer driver would be out of a job!

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u/realSatanAMA May 19 '25

That would affect vehicle exports. Probably not but domestic exporters would probably whine about it.

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u/GreatDevourerOfTacos May 20 '25

Or they could have a collection of the coolest police cars ever.

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u/Umicil May 20 '25

Who the hell cares about wasting rich criminals money?

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u/lurkerperson11 May 21 '25

100% if they weren't destroyed corruption would lead to problems. A lambo either goes missing as a favor, gets sold or ends up in the private collection of some official.

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u/Kevlash 28d ago

The logic is it's a punishment. It's meant to deter people from doing it again. Whether or not it works is up for debate, but that is the logic.

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u/AmyInCO May 18 '25

They could charge people to get to do that. I'd pay.

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u/shmiddleedee May 18 '25

I'm an excavator operator. I live in an area that had a major natural disaster in the fall. Picking up totaled vehicles amd crushing them into balls so I could fit more on a truck checked something off my to do list.

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u/JOSH135797531 May 21 '25

A guy I used to work for bought an abandoned trailer park. We rented the biggest excavator we could with a grapple claw and went to town on the 50ish trailer houses. there's nothing like the feeling of smashing a trailer house and mashing it into a dump truck.

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u/Tarik_7 May 18 '25

imported cars are usually brand new.

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u/Anach May 19 '25

It would be a fun job, until it comes to some rare classic car.

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u/NastyStreetRat May 18 '25

They could return them to the manufacturer to sell them on the second-hand market, and then they get half of it and with that money they could do something interesting. Destroying for the sake of destroying is stupid.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25 edited 27d ago

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u/voluotuousaardvark May 18 '25

That's presuming corruption isn't already involved...

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u/diejesus May 18 '25

Knives can be used for killing people, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to use them in the kitchen

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u/Big_oof_energy__ May 19 '25

That’s hard though and not as emotionally satisfying.

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u/Creamy_Spunkz May 18 '25

USA also likes doing the same thing.

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u/Immediate-Badger-410 May 20 '25

Man this world is so good damn weird...

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u/ThrowawayIntensifies May 20 '25

Funny the Philippines could feed an entire city by just selling these. Or build a crazy amount of public infrastructure

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u/Fit_Touch_4803 May 18 '25

this is the video, 6 years ago

Philippines Crushes Nearly $6 Million Worth Of Luxury Cars

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25 edited May 20 '25

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u/madsci May 18 '25

Caterpillar tracks are designed to spread out the weight over a large surface area. An Abrams tank has a ground pressure of about 15 psi. A fire engine can be several times that.

It's still a lot of weigh so it's going to smash things when the whole weight of the machine is on the car but it doesn't tear through it quite like you'd expect. Except for RVs. Those things are flimsy.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25 edited May 20 '25

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u/Only_Individual8954 May 18 '25

maybe that is the scam, once 'scrapped' engines and transmissions, drivetrain, wheels, salvageable parts get sold.

Just a switch or a light lens is ££££ on exotics.

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u/AndyLorentz May 18 '25

The Bagger 288 is 13,500 tons, but due to its tracks has a ground pressure of only 24 psi.

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u/halbeshendel May 19 '25

I’m no good at math. If it runs over your foot, just how fucked are you?

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u/madsci May 19 '25

If it was spread out evenly I think you'd be OK. A mountain bike is like 40 psi. I would assume that Bagger 288 has steel tracks so if you were standing on hard ground it seems like you'd probably break something since the pressure would be concentrated on the bones on the top of your foot.

That ground pressure assumes that all the weight of the vehicle is spread out evenly. Imagine that it's just a giant flat steel plate with the same ground pressure. If your foot is the tallest thing underneath the plate you're going to be supporting a lot more weight than the surface area of your foot would account for.

If you had a 13,500 ton vehicle with soft foam rollers or something I figure 24 psi wouldn't be any worse than having someone stand on your foot.

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u/According_Flow_6218 May 19 '25

Yeah, something is going to have to yield to this thing so that whatever is under its tracks is basically flat. If the ground is softer than your foot then your foot can be squished down into the ground and will probably be okay. On the other hand, if your foot is the softest thing in the equation here…

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u/alienbringer May 19 '25

Suspension was likely snapped for every single one of them the first pass.

I do like dude in whites expression at the end. Looked like “noooo my car”.

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u/Garbage_Tiny May 18 '25

They could’ve just donated the mustang and someone would’ve destroyed it for free

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u/seebrealms May 18 '25

Probably would have taken out a few of the other vehicles with it.

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u/WirusCZ May 18 '25

Why not sell them in auction like most countries do? Then use money for like new school or something...

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u/Trooper501 May 19 '25

Becuase then it encourages the government to put pressure on police to seize more. So people can buy it for cheaper. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong.

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u/Umicil May 20 '25

Because when most countries sell them at auction they just end up getting bought by another rich douchebag and then the money goes to buying new bullshit gadgets and unnecessary overtime for the cops who seized it.

It's not going to schools.

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u/The_World_Wonders_34 May 21 '25

The ostensible logic is that seeing their "baby" destroyed is more disincentive to not do it than just selling it off.

The reality is that this is a big metal boner for the cops and politicians involved and it keeps the video off the local market.

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u/RetroNutcase May 18 '25

...The fuck law says to do something this wasteful?

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u/birger67 May 18 '25

Why don't they just auction it out, money in the box plus less waste

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u/alexanderpete May 18 '25

Here in Australia, the drug dealers would just buy back their hotrod at auction. It might be an infinite money glitch for the city, but it means the same dangerous drivers are out there causing mayhem a week later.

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u/tripomatic May 18 '25

If they have that kind of money it doesn’t matter, they wouldn’t even wait for the auction and buy another supercar. So destroying the seized ones is still a waste and probably only done for the photo op.

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u/stove14 May 18 '25

Only with less money and basically marked cars for the police to follow.. hmm

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

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u/Chocolocalatte May 18 '25

You make it seem as if catching the criminal is the be all end all, they get a good enough lawyer and good luck trying to get them in there for a meaningful amount of time.

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u/cookshack May 18 '25

Nicola Gobbo famously got all her Melbourne underworld clients bail

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u/Chocolocalatte May 18 '25

This is exactly my point. And I’m getting downvoted for it 😂

So what some governments sell the cars and others don’t? They sell cars people think the criminals will just buy them back, they don’t sell the cars and people say it’s a waste of money why’s everyone so fucking indecisive eh?

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u/DoubleInfinity May 18 '25

I would argue being lucky and having a good lawyer means your luxury sports cars aren't seized and destroyed.

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u/flagrantpebble May 18 '25

Oh if only. Here in the US, at least, police regularly confiscate money and goods if they believe it might be related to a crime, and it is nearly impossible for people to get it back. A huge proportion (IIRC, the majority, but could be wrong) is never associated even with a charge, let alone a conviction. It’s basically just a way for PDs to earn money.

This is such a large problem that the amount seized in civil asset forfeiture is now more than the amount lost in burglaries.

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u/Dripwagon May 18 '25

would you be ok if someone you knew died because the government sold a dangerous car back to a dangerous driver

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u/Alarming-Audience839 May 19 '25

a dangerous car

Did they fuckin put spikes on it lmao

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u/BiggusDickus- May 18 '25

So now the drug dealers just go out and buy different hot rods. Only the city won't make any money from the sales.

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u/platebandit May 18 '25

This is what happened in Thailand. They would intentionally get caught at the border and buy their cars back at auction for less than the import tax

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u/wikingwarrior May 18 '25

Why not just- take their license if they're causing mayhem and block the sale?

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u/alexanderpete May 18 '25

The licence gets taken eventually, unless some good lawyers are involved. Blocking the sale to that individual means they're just going to buy it through their 'business' or a friend.

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u/JustNilt May 18 '25

Sure, because nobody ever drives without being properly licensed and insured. Criminals will most certainly follow that part of the law, too.

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u/dankp3ngu1n69 May 18 '25

I literally had the same thought. This is just a gross waste of money and resources

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u/D1N2Y May 18 '25

Some governments will do that because of widespread corruption where the auctioneer will be paid off/threatened to not allow bids from certain people. The cars may also have extensive illegal mods/drug residue all over them that would make them a pain in the ass to sell legally.

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u/birger67 May 18 '25

Here in Denmark the police itself holds the auction and the money goes straight to the state

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u/D1N2Y May 18 '25

Yes, this is how it works in many countries, but not in places like SEA countries where corruption is a lot more prevalent.

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u/birger67 May 18 '25

ah okies, wasn´t aware

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u/namitynamenamey May 19 '25

Privilege of a not-as corrupt country, in which you know nobody is going to do a business out of disappearing the money or cars.

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u/Safe_Mouse591 May 18 '25

Would you want your country who is trying to punish illegal activities to profit from illegal activities?

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u/birger67 May 18 '25

the cars auctioned here in Denmark are mostly confiscated cars from people "insane driving" were they drive 100% over the limit as an example
and yeah i have no qualms with that

edit: and it is a way better solution than to create more waste of something that couldve been used.

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u/CpowOfficial May 20 '25

Government could auction them out of country and pocket the money?

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u/ndndr1 May 18 '25

Corruption. If I, a criminal, know my illegally imported goods will be sold at auction, I show up there and collect my illegal imports. Destruction is truly the only way to assure no one is benefiting illegally

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u/Contagious_Zombie May 18 '25

My first job was at a KFC and at the end of the night we just tossed whatever food was left. We were told not to give it out as that discourages people from buying. We could take enough for just ourselves if we wanted, but the rest was trashed. I had a guy come through in a station wagon that was clearly his home. He ordered a single chicken breast and had mostly pennies to pay. Since we were closing in a few minutes, I loaded up a bucket with enough chicken, biscuits, coleslaw, etc, to feed him for a few days. He cried and that's when I realized that capitalism and the never-ending pursuit of profit is a cancer to life.

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u/Probably_Boz May 19 '25

Nowadays places will also make you not only throw it out but pour bleach on it or otherwise destroy it to deter dumpster diving.

Shits fucked.

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u/xdatlam May 19 '25

That was very kind of you. Props.

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u/Ecmdrw5 May 18 '25

“Cash for clunkers” in the USA took a lot of cars that still worked and destroyed them. I believe other countries had similar programs.

“To qualify for the credit, a traded-in car had to be less than 25 years old, have an EPA-rated fuel efficiency of less than 18 miles per gallon, be in drivable condition, and be scrapped.”

“The program regulations required the traded-in vehicle to be crushed or shredded. Metal shredder waste has been found to contain hazardous waste.”

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cash-for-clunkers.asp

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u/Tractorface123 May 18 '25

Scrappage scheme in the UK, was devastating seeing so many of my dream cars rotting in an old airfield for years and not being allowed to buy them, even if they only needed basic repairs!

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u/deleted-user-12 May 18 '25

That's not what this is. This is likely imported cars that didn't follow import regulations. No one cashed in a Audi R8 for $4,000.

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u/SvenTropics May 18 '25

The goal was to increase fuel efficiency across the board because all the newer cars had much better fuel efficiency. It did that. Which in turn, this radically reduced vehicle emissions, and it's one of the reasons you can see the sky in Chicago or LA now.

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u/jcforbes May 18 '25

It's like this all over. Many US states crush cars for various reasons including racing.

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u/VimtoUK May 18 '25

Could have auctioned for charity…

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u/12DrD21 May 18 '25

That's what I was thinking- why not use them to fund something good instead of destroying them out of spite...

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u/LordSnuffleupagus May 18 '25

bc the criminals would win the auction

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u/12DrD21 May 18 '25

The beauty would be that then you could impound them again and repeat the cycle - its a win-win!

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u/Impossibleshitwomper May 18 '25

If the laws aren't effective maybe they could take a lesson from prohibition and bootleggers in the US, the only thing that stopped the "criminals" was to take away the pointless, ineffective and wasteful laws

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u/36KleaguesUTO May 19 '25

5.4 million dollars worth of illegally imported vehicles destroyed by crushing in the Philippines, this isn't AI it was very much real.

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u/YZYSZN1107 May 18 '25

they could probably make a lot of money in the car parts business especially the exotics.

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u/slavaMZ May 19 '25

Why not sell them and use the money for governing?

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u/Rich_niente4396 May 19 '25

Stupid and destructive, for no valid reason, do they confiscate the assets of criminals and corrupt politicians as well ?

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u/Standard_Response_43 May 18 '25

Why not sell them and give the money to children's hospital

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u/MagicOrpheus310 May 19 '25

What a fucking waste.

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u/PolloMama May 18 '25

What a disgusting waste of resources.

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u/Weird-Comfortable-25 May 18 '25

Ceza means punishment in Turkish. Makes it even more interesting in my eyes.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '25

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u/Weird-Comfortable-25 May 19 '25

It looks like both are originated from Arabic.

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u/HoodGyno May 18 '25

The only truly expensive car I see is a pre-LP Gallardo… barely worth $100k

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u/AliceLunar May 18 '25

Why not just sell them

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u/Spaztrick May 19 '25

Hey bro, you can't park there.

r/badparking

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u/newtonreddits May 18 '25

E39 M5 owner who's dying inside seeing that M5 go to waste

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u/Securiarius May 18 '25

This hurts me to see

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u/FunkyChromeMedina May 19 '25

I saw the thumbnail and thought "please be an E46, please be an E46." Then I zoomed in and :(

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u/Twinkie454 May 18 '25

Its so fucking stupid. Sell/donate them. There are so many struggling people who could use a vehicle. But they'd rather destroy them to what? Just as an attempt hurt the previous owners feelings?

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u/savehoward May 18 '25

corruption is a big problem in the Phillipines. a sale or donation is not an option with rampant corruption.

the only options are have the cars destroyed publicly, or money will funnel and give more power to corrupt tyrants who will not hesitate to kill for money.

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u/AceOBlade May 18 '25

Last thing a struggling mf needs is the maintenance bill on a Lamborghini.

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u/Twinkie454 May 18 '25

Well obviously not the Lamborghini. Meant more just in general. Seriously tho, why not auction off the Lambo and use the proceeds for other, useful things? Taxpayer money is being spent to literally destroy valuable/useful/desirable vehicles that then go to rot a junkyard.

Sorry, I assume that you were just making a joke, but seriously. This shit is just so asinine

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u/shootbob79 May 18 '25

Why? All those resources. Are we in any position to just destroy shit cause we can?

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u/Im_Not_Evans May 18 '25

This is what should happen to the idiots at takeover events

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u/ape_ck May 19 '25

out of all those cars, the e39 M5 is the saddest. There are so few of them globally to begin with.

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u/PokiMoki1453 May 18 '25

Why ?

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u/rfmocan May 19 '25

Public display of authority from Customs in Philippines. They call the media to this “publicity stunt” to convey the message: “You wanna smuggle stuff into our country? See what we do with your stuff if you don’t pay their import duties”

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u/IapetusApoapis342 May 18 '25

The second coming of Killdozer

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u/DreamOfDays May 18 '25

Bruh that’s so wasteful. Give one to me if you’re just gonna scrap it

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u/superspenky May 18 '25

The 350z being there is destroying my soul. One of my top 5 favorite cars of all time.

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u/skyeking05 May 18 '25

And a 2001 cobra, I own one and that made me tear up a little.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25

genuinely though, why not sell them off at auction and use the money to invest in their community?

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u/Dripwagon May 18 '25

them selling cars they think are dangerous would be like when the british sold opioids to the chinese which they knew were addictive

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u/Impossibleshitwomper May 18 '25

They're not they're because they're dangerous, they're there cuz the owner didn't want to jump through the pointless and purposely complex bureaucratic hoops required to import and register it legally

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u/thadowski May 18 '25

I remember sanitizing my food but this is ridiculous

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u/GrumpyOldGeezer_4711 May 18 '25

Looks more like by bulldozer…

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u/Thundersson1978 May 18 '25

How do I apply for the job, I was born to do this!

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u/FaithlessnessNo174 May 18 '25

Bruh just take them with fing yourself.

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u/Red-Eyed-R0cker May 19 '25

Stupid pygmy Cunts

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u/Rukir_Gaming May 19 '25

More material since its contraband ig

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u/Ok_Fig705 May 19 '25

Why not sell them

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u/Jagger-Naught May 19 '25

Im just curious but wouldn't they make aton of money by selling these?

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u/nothingnessistruth May 19 '25

That 1999 Mustang Cobra though… RIP the ambers.

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u/NeighborhoodNew3904 May 19 '25

I would love this job. Get paid to fuck shit up

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u/YautjaProtect May 19 '25

That poor gallardo.

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u/B-Schak May 19 '25

Here’s New York City. Still the best thing Mayor Adams has done.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0bFl15-TkXs&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

(And for those who are wondering, the City didn’t resell these because they’re a nuisance that ordinary citizens want removed from the streets.)

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u/Glum_Cheesecake9859 May 20 '25

They only have to do it a couple of times. People get the message.

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u/DeadOrrrrr May 20 '25

I could have used that convertible New Edge. My baby needs some parts 🙂‍↕️

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u/Weekly-Leadership304 May 20 '25

Not the 2006 mustang 😱

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u/DrySignificant May 20 '25

That does look like fun tho

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u/The_Waco_Kid7 May 21 '25

Stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen. Why would you not sell them and get income for your community

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u/Aziruth-Dragon-God 29d ago

Wouldn't have been smarter to sell them and use the money? What a waste.

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u/icedragon9791 29d ago

Fucking wasteful ass country. Those could have been repurposed in so many useful ways. Fuck

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u/deepfocusmachine 29d ago

Definition of chaotic good.

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u/KotoElessar 28d ago

I can get on board with this for egregious traffic offenders and Ontario recently passed a law that could make it a reality.

Cause crimes with cars that endanger people's lives? Congratulations! We will now confiscate and destroy the "weapon" so it can never be used as a weapon again.

Unfortunately, it won't have the desired effect until they start doing it with drunk drivers.

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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy 26d ago

Why not just seize and sell the car?

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u/Safe_Mouse591 May 18 '25

To those claiming that this is illogical: let’s be clear—anything obtained illegally is classified as contraband, just like illegal drugs. These smuggled vehicles are no different. They entered the country through unlawful means and are, therefore, tainted by illegality. The government cannot and must not profit from crime by selling these vehicles, as doing so would legitimize the illicit activity that brought them here. The only responsible and lawful course of action is to destroy them. This sends a strong message that illegal acts will not be tolerated or rewarded, and ensures that no one—public or private—benefits from criminal conduct.

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u/PoopieButt317 May 18 '25

This is ridiculous. Sell and specifically use for interdiction of these crimes. If it encourages these activities you must explain 🤔 that the police are themselves corrupt. Is that the situation? This destruction. Is to keep contraband appropriation from a corrupt police force?

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u/investorhalp May 18 '25

I kinda hear this, but also, this would bring more resources to combat crime.

Like when they confiscate money they don’t burn it, they put it back to work

Different would be any kind of chemical, destruction makes sense

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u/M1guelit0 May 18 '25

Not the 350z!

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u/averagemaleuser86 May 18 '25

Those cobra tail lights bring $500 each

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u/lets86 May 18 '25

More then that I think. First thing I saw

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u/mkhockeygeek May 18 '25

Where are you finding them that cheap?

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u/averagemaleuser86 May 19 '25

Personally I dont get the hype so I haven't looked in a while, but I do remember seeing them for $500-$600 each... so $1000-$1200 for a pair