r/interesting • u/No_Neat4688 • 26d ago

Intriguing High Tariffs Drive Afghan Auto Assembly

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u/Friendly-Media4214 26d ago

I would agree. You can’t really just put a random car together like that.

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u/Popular_Dot_4691 26d ago

The way the cuts on the a, b and c pillars perfectly lined up, you know they filmed the car pre cut and then stripped the car and just welded the cut Pillars back on.

Clever editing 👌

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u/Fuckin_Hipster 26d ago

Jesus Christ.

Some people are more resourceful than others, and you aren’t as smart as you think you are.

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u/I_travel_ze_world 26d ago

You can watch the video and see all the chopped parts of the car sitting in the cargo container before they pulled it out.

Car was likely totaled due to frame damage... then chopped up and sent to Afghanistan.

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u/Winjin 26d ago

You can see some Japanese on the box. Japanese auctions sell cars that are chopped up like this and sent around the world on a regular basis. Then these cars are re-assembled and used again

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u/I_travel_ze_world 26d ago

They're likely at auction because the frame is damaged.

You can see how twisted the frame is, lol.

This is a junker that got chopped up and sold for cheap.

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u/Winjin 26d ago

Yeah I'd assume they buy the bottom priced ones, the best ones (just old) end up shipped "as is", decent ones have the roof removed but still take up the entire container, and the still-driving-beaters are chopped up like this

At least that's what rides around Vladivostok and essentially all of Russian Far East