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[-] [email protected] 118 points 1 year ago

Their owners are now a little Singapoorer.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The cost of cars in this country, you can be sure those guys don't get poor.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As a Singaporean, those guys might not even be Singaporean citizens. :)

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The cost to drive on the road is probably about the same as the cost to buy one.

About 10 years ago a Chevy Malibu had a sticker price of $120k USD, which included registration for 10 years.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It’s about $120k USD just for the registration now, depending on the car.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

In case you’re serious; in most places in the world, cars are a luxury and taxed as such. In island nation in particular, imports are also very expensive in general and import taxes are most of their revenues.

TLDR: tax the rich, poor don’t need cars in sane cities.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nah, thats mainly just singapore and vietnam.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A lot of island nations have extreme import taxes on cars. See: every Caribbean island.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Because it’s a small island country and there’s no need for cars. Public transit there is intense. Automated light rail between communities connect to subways that connect to everything. Their buses are great too.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They want to limit the number of cars in use in the country. I believe they limit it to around 1M. The price of the tax actually increases/decreases depending on demand to keep the total number around 1M.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And, after ten years, the car must be scrapped and taken away from Singapore

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In Hong Kong, the parking spot for a car may cost more than the car itself.

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[-] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago

The insurance company: "You crashed a what, into a what?!"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I got close to an accident once, I was driving a rental and the other cat was also a rental, same model, same company, not the same color though.

I imagine it would have been an interesting phone call to the rental company!

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Tbh you could make one fixed Lamborghini if you'd took the parts from both

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Lamborghini of Theseus.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

that's every used car sold in eastern europe

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Isn't this how baby lambergines are made?

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Pretty high odds if it’s Singapore

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Doesn't exist yet

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Hate to see a nice car damaged like that, but its incredibly satisfying to think about how some rich guy lost a shit load of money because of something stupid

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

WHAT ARE YOU DOING STEP CAR

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Imagine owning a Lamborghini in a city

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Come to Vancouver, I see 10 a day.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I see them in my city too and I always laugh. I live on an island where the top speed limit is 100kph, and in the city you can rarely drive faster than 40

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yellow Lamborghini

Yellow top missing

Yeah, yeah

That shit look like a toupée

I get what you get in ten years, in two days

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

two yellow lamborghinis mating in their natural habitat

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

(* In David Attenborough Voice)

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just because you can afford it doesn’t mean you can drive it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You sure those aren't just generic brand racing cars?

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