Philippines sets to crush exotic cars.

[Hon'ya-chan]

http://services.inquirer.net/print/p...ticle_id=81981

MANILA, Philippines—Gleaming BMWs, Lambhorginis, Ferraris, Porsches and other very expensive luxury cars most Filipinos can only dream of owning will be destroyed to show the government is serious about stopping the smuggling of cars into the country.

After presiding over a command conference at the Bureau of Customs on Friday, Ms Arroyo ordered the destruction of the cars valued at just under P100 million next week, Presidential Management Staff chief Cerge Remonde said over Radyo ng Bayan yesterday.

Remonde said the President ordered a stop to the old customs practice of auctioning off smuggled cars since these usually ended up being bought by the smugglers.

“When you put these cars to auction, the buyers are the smugglers themselves. The President wants the smugglers to lose their funds and send a strong signal against smuggling,” Remonde said.

[Acolyte]

You know, I personally think it'd make a really strong impression if they gave those cars to the needy.

I know a certain Canadian, 20-year-old computer tech/university student who can't afford a car who could REALLY benefit from such an initiative.

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