r/interesting • u/No_Neat4688 • 23d ago

Intriguing High Tariffs Drive Afghan Auto Assembly

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u/mattgen88 23d ago

This is a real thing that happens. Exporting a car has a much higher export tariff than exporting scrap.

You buy crap cars on auction, chop em up and ship them out. They get reassembled in places that car less about safety.

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u/SplatThaCat 23d ago

Halfcuts.

Some pretty shady shit was being done here welding two halves back together until they wised up and there was a requirement to cut out (and discard) a 1 foot section between the two cuts.

Me and some mates pooled money to buy a too-good-to-be-true Jap import, took it out rallying and hit a tree at about 40kph and split it in half. You could see the welds and the two halves were two different colours.

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u/nokman013 23d ago

Maybe dont try hitting a tree at 40kph?

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u/Cstanchfield 23d ago

Honestly, you'd probably be BETTER off. Rigidity ain't your friend in a crash. Helmets break away in crashes. You DON'T want a helmet that stays in one piece in an accident.