Dave Mellor NJ Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Painful sight to Corvette lovers. See this smuggled car flattened in the Phillippines. I'd say it's about a 71 model https://jalopnik.com/the-philippines-just-destroyed-a-whole-bunch-of-cars-by-1822768270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 You get caught racing in Ontario they have the option to do the same here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) So they prefer waste over a sale going straight into the govt. infrastructure project. SAD! Edited February 8, 2018 by JFranklin (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 :'( , verry verry sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 maybe why they are still eating Spam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Look on the bright side it made corvettes just a little more rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Auto-terrorism at its worst! Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalowed Bill Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 The government's problem is, more then likely, the exorbitant import duties, not just the smuggling. The smuggling would be of no real value, if the duties were not so high. High import duties, always seemed silly, especially when there is no domestic production that the govt. seems to want to protect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) In north Cyprus , I saw parked in the docks , range rovers, mercs , porche and Ferrari, all looked new or nearly new , went to a spares garage the following week some of the cars were there cut completely in half! garage owner told us normal procedure for illegally imported cars , or those who try to skip import tax , by pretending to be tourists. Some were also used to conseal drugs . Edited February 8, 2018 by Pilgrim65 Spelling mistake (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 The car in question was a 1969. This type of policy, while controversial, all seems to be part of Rodrigo Duterte's extreme stance against crime. Naturally, one would think auctioning these vehicles would have been a more common sense solution. Instead they opted for a more dramatic display. It has received world-wide coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I'm a big fan of Rodrigo Duterte. Smuggled by those with drug money to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 They could've been put up for auction so other smugglers (the guys that weren't caught) could purchase them already in the country and still make money on them Perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Don't see a pushbutton so 69 is correct. Note they put the most recognizable car on the end. PT would have been proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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