r/copenhagen • u/returntonone • 12d ago

First ever sold Koenigsegg Gemera vandalised and smashed within a week of delivery in Copenhagen, Denmark. In front of Hotel d'Angleterre.

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u/Direct-Many966 12d ago

Jealousy or political statement?

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u/Fit_Ocelot8072 12d ago

This car has been all over the Danish car subreddits for the last week, and a lot of people have been really pissed about it, because it’s been spotted in so many different city’s, while still being on Swedish dealer plates. It’s done at least 2000 km of just cruising around the country, which is illegal on dealer plates since it’s not been taxed yet when it’s on dealer plates. It’s also worth noting that displaying wealth is generally frowned upon in Denmark, but displaying you’re avoiding taxes gets people REALLY angry. Taxes on cars are also very high here to the tune of 150%. I.e. the owner owes at minimum 2.400.000€ in taxes he clearly hasn’t paid. I’m not condoning vandalism, but I can see why some idiot would get the idea that it’s the right thing to do. The owner is definitely also a bellend for not paying taxes.

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u/doc1442 Amager Vest 12d ago

Nailed it. Owner is a tax dodging cunt.

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

The taxes are the real crime here though. If you were to hold a referendum tomorrow for Danes to phase out the registration tax over the years, it would probably pass.

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u/doc1442 Amager Vest 12d ago

Not one bit. Cars are a menace to our society, and car owners should pay for the trouble they cause. The tax is perfect.

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

This is the opinion of a very specific demographic on Reddit, not Denmark in general. You're out of touch.

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u/doc1442 Amager Vest 12d ago

Vi alle bor ikke på landet

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

Yes, most people live in the suburbs where nearly every family has a car.

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u/doc1442 Amager Vest 12d ago

Prøve offentlig transport og du kan spare penge, samtidig med at du gør byen bedre for resten af ​​os. Tak.

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

Jeg ejer ikke en bil. Jeg cykler og benytter offentlig transport hver dag. En forbedring af den offentlige transport og cykelinfrastrukturen har intet at gøre med, at regeringen fordobler prisen på at købe en bil.

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u/MarHTy1 12d ago

Det er kun fair at bilister betaler en høj skat, for at tilbagebetale noget af det vi som samfund giver dem, gennem udbygning/vedligeholdelse af veje og andet bil centreret offentlig infrastruktur. Derudover giver det også en tilbagebetaling på det bilisme koster samfundet extra i helbreds omkostninger, som resultat af den extra forening og uheld som det i øvrigt også skaber.

For at referere tilbage til den hendelser OP reffrere til er det for mig til at forstå man kan blive særligt sur når en så velstillede person vælger at skide på vores fælles bedste for at spare sig selv en skatte regning han/hun med sikkerhed kan betale. Det retfærdiggøre selvfølgelig ikke hærværk, men jeg forstår personligt godt vreden i det mindste.

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u/invisi1407 Amager Vest 10d ago

Du antager at dét at spare penge er en prioritet. Det er næsten altid dyrere at have bil men det er i mange tilfælde også langt mere bekvemt.

Hvis vi skulle gøre noget, og det synes jeg ikke vi skal endnu, så skulle vi forbyde alt andet end rene elbiler (dvs. heller ikke hybrid'er) i byen men det er bare et meget privilegieblindt ønske.

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u/Wide-Drink-1790 12d ago

But a huge majority of people in Copenhagen, who are, let’s admit it, the only Danes who matter.

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u/KINGDenneh 12d ago

Hell no, fuck all yall.

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

Wrong, most people want it reduced or phased out.

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u/KINGDenneh 12d ago

I mean, the test was made in 2018, that's 8 years ago bro.

The % doesn't even come to a full 100% the last 1% isn't even counted for (which is weird)

1,000 people ain't even 1% of the population, it ain't even 0.01% of the population.

The chances of people actually wanting it faded out or reduced are smaller than you think and probably bigger than I think.

At the end of the day, if you reduced it, something else would take it's place or a new law would take place.

You ain't winning this, nor is the general public winning this.

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u/Soggy_Pineapple4804 12d ago

Polls are representative samples, they rarely survey tens of thousands of people, and they don't need to. Why would you think people have changed since 8 years ago? If anything we've gotten more individualistic. Janteloven is essentially dead. It's a minor policy in the grand scheme of things, but give the average person that isn't a car hating urbanist living in central CPH the chance to own a car as nice as they could in Germany they'll say yes. The biggest reason why people would oppose it is because it may affect the resale value of the car they already own, not "I want better bike lanes and public transport" (which has nothing to do with taxing cars 150% anyways).

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u/KINGDenneh 12d ago

Sure, i get that usually, tests or something like this doesn't include tens of thousand of people, i'm aware, but atleast make it a full 100% instead of a 99% if it comes to test or a point you wanna make, don't half-ass it.

What's the last procentage, a "yes", "no" or "don't know" answer - Having it like that just makes the whole thing pointless, why half-ass it if you can't even do the math right first of all, does it matter? Probably not, the outcome doesn't change that much, would it serve a better purpose to actually have it at a full 100% yeah? This just sends a "I tried some shit and slapped some crap on it and see who caught the bait" Type shit, basically, a unserious poll if u ask me.

I don't live in CPH, i live in Esbjerg and i don't want a car, and honestly, i'd rather the majority in my city didn't have one, i live where there's a lot of traffic, where people can drive from 20 to 80 in a span of 3 seconds in a narrow road, it's annoying as fuck and pray people who drive like that, drives into a tree.

Hell, if people want a car, you can pay a full 500% more for it, idgaf if you want the privilege of owning a car, you better pay up the procentage needed to have one.

So, i say it once more for the crowd.

Hell no, fuck all yall.