Safety on the roads? Then U.S. Customs, when are you going to destroy all of GM cars? Don't be stupid.

@emmareporter4324

6 жыл бұрын

Ch1Frequency yup ignition switch gate happened 3 years ago

Yea i am sure a 2005 defender is way more unsafe than a 1970 defender! Good Job I am so glad you get our tax dollars for this. Just think I might have been killed by this land rover! Much safer having 25 year old land rovers with rusted brakes driving around. Only in America!

@jadeisawesome115

5 жыл бұрын

wait what brakes?

What makes me incredibly upset when I see videos like this is this defender was perfectly roadworthy and in Florida you see cars driven all the time with bald tyres and broken suspension and all sorts of weird lifted trucks and Kit cars which are legal to own but a defender in perfect condition like this one is not- just goes to show you the idiocy of the customs and border patrol agents that did this.

@jerzywoking1699

2 жыл бұрын

There are laws on imports, and this failed them. And because the importer lied not just about its age, but tried to disguise its origins. Serves the greedy bastard importer right.

@abugalyon3272

2 жыл бұрын

did you listen what he said. the vin has been tampered with and these cars are not cheap to begin with. go to 2:54

@Mark3nd

Жыл бұрын

​@@abugalyon3272 Yes, but they would've just put the car for sale AFTER putting a new VIN. However things are cheaper and more polluting to destroy. No wonder we dont get any goods due to the Idiocracy of the government

@Shlankadorp

8 ай бұрын

It was literally smuggled into the country it’s not about the quality it’s because it’s not allowed for anyone to drive a car that is literally not even supposed to be in the country. Yeah it was totally usable, but this is like using a stolen credit card, you can do it but it won’t end well.

The use of the term "unsafe vehicle" is absolutely absurd. It violated federal laws on vehicle imports, nothing "unsafe" about it.

@JimsEquipmentShed

8 жыл бұрын

+eccIefechan Yup, nothing more than a power trip.

@afcgeo882

5 жыл бұрын

It is solely an EPA violation of clean air standards.

@bonda_racing3579

3 жыл бұрын

@@afcgeo882 wait so cars from 1960 and 1970 and up to EPA standards but a 2005 land rover defender is not? Where's the consistency?

@afcgeo882

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonda_racing3579 The EPA exempts all vehicles 25 years old and older from compliance. They’re considered classic cars from a very different era. It’s consistent with most nations’ laws.

@bonda_racing3579

3 жыл бұрын

@@afcgeo882 Fair enough i quess. They could of atleast make it 15 like Canada

Guy seems pretty proud of his brave hero buddies who turned $100k into $30.00. Just what US govt is good at!! Heros at work. Brave heros

Unsafe huh? Compared to my first car in high school? The rusted out Beetle with plywood for floors and fenders screwed on with drywall screws? lol... but that was legal... ass-backwards merica

Unsafe today, but perfectly safe in 5 years? How do you even say that with a straight face? Just say it doesn’t meet EPA requirements and be done with it. No B.S. needed, thank you!

Wow good job! You should be very proud! Thank you so much for doing such an important service! Your work is truly worthwhile! Thank god you saved us all from a land rover.

3:43 What he said here just makes me angry at how someone can call this work! Yea it took a lot of work to destroy that suspension and those tires 😱 Actually like this comment if you think he should be sent to Britain to help make these vehicles for no money for a few years. Now that might make up for the nice work he so happily destroyed. He should've been sad about it, not arrogant and pleased. This guy really gives the Americans a bad name. Plus he just made someones life very miserable. They could've used it for parts, (which would be rare in USA)

@themirageguy6292

2 жыл бұрын

Stop crying about it smh just a car

@Mark3nd

Жыл бұрын

​@@themirageguy6292 I dont think you understand the car community. If you think its "just a car" you shouldn't even be worried about your money to buy a new one (which are EXPENSIVE)

@themirageguy6292

Жыл бұрын

@@Mark3nd that was a year ago before i actually joined the car community. i understand it now lol. my bad about that comment.

Crushing a Land Rover Defender....really? that's just evil

@SamsungizAmazing

9 жыл бұрын

This breaks my heart...

you can tell this guy is definitely the "catcher" in the relationship.

could have donated to GM/Jeep for reverse engineering, so that they can learn to manufacture a real SUV.

chassis still stronger than most American road cars....

Will last 5 times longer than The Humsht

@oliverstanden5478

10 жыл бұрын

Not with the 2007 Engine and transmission.

So you can drive a old rusty jeep with no roof,doors or seat belts but not a solid Land Rover defender 110 with no rust good quality factory seat belts a roof and windows.

1:20 Core those tires took a hell of a beeting! And they said it's not safe for American roads! Shite! The British really know how to make a tough car, the suspension was invincible too. they're just jealous I swear. They could've just seized it and used it😫

Translation: "We're shit at making cars which is shown by constant recalls so we stop the competition entering our country to protect the freedom of 'murica."

"Because it doesn't meet safety and emissions standards" Well then, why don't you go start seizing and crushing all the beater cars out there that are in much worse shape and are more likely to cause an accident? And why do we even have safety standards anyway? If I don't care about how safe a car is in an accident, shouldn't that be my right to die in my unsafe-mobile? (If it's unsafe because of the damage to the other guy, that's his problem for not having a vehicle to protect against that.)

@olis_garage

10 жыл бұрын

yeah but you having an unsafe car becomes other peoples problem if your brakes fail or if its a lump of steel that has no crumple zones... Utterly ridiuclous that they are crushing this car for 'safety reasons' when they let all these other pieces of shit drive around just because they are american made...take those off first before you take off a reletively safe one...

@SamnissArandeen

10 жыл бұрын

Oliver Rashid Exactly why we should have annual roadworthies like the Brits and Aussies do. I have the right to be reasonably sure that when the guy next to me hits the brakes, he will slow down. (But within those regulations I should be allowed whatever I please from wherever I please.)

@olis_garage

10 жыл бұрын

Samniss Arandeen do you not have an annual inspection for cars in america!!?!?!

@RayHikes

10 жыл бұрын

Oliver Rashid The only thing your car has to pass is a smog test and a one-time inspection when it's registered. Other than that it's free game

@Jeep19XJ91

10 жыл бұрын

***** It all depends on the state. In PA, were required a yearly emissions and safety inspection. Its just a money making scheme really.They can fail you for having a small crack in the windshield, a gas cap that doesnt hold pressure, etc. I drive 15 minutes south into maryland and they require a safety inspection at the time of title transfer, and thats it. Other states such as Kentucky, its fair game, no inspection, no emissions.

You can buy a 200 mph fiberglass supercar that disintegrates when it hits a mailbox. Not a matter of safety but domestic car manufacturer protectionism.

@karigreyd2808

9 жыл бұрын

No ypu can't. The Pagani zonda is illegal in the States.

Are they INSANE! Thats an iconic vehicle ooooh this hurts to watch😩😳

Given the fact that they didn’t make the Defender in 1975, rather a Series 3, a buyer would be stupid not to do research. These 2007 (07/57) Reg Defenders have airbags, and full safety features.. safer than any crap car on American roads. I dislike America’s 25 Year policy, I really do.

I don't think Fords or Jeeps are safe for American roads. I always see them breaking down in the middle of a highway...

@congame11

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Mainly jeeps.. The newer Land Rover Cars are better then jeeps.

I can't believe my tax money goes to pay for stuff like this...

the defender doesn't meet safety standards meanwhile the very new jeep grand cherokee fails the moose test

Insure the safety of imported products? Bullshit. That rover would have crushed anything it encountered. People wouldn't try to skirt the laws if it wasn't such a joke trying to do so legally. 5Mph bumper requirements? Interior door supports? (On a vehicle you can take the doors off from?) Derp..... If we were not such huge pussies in the US, we would have a more interesting line up of vehicles available to us. Big brother always has to watch out for our well being, disgusting. As far that the useless ass EPA goes, they probably leached more toxins into the environment crushing that one truck than it would have emitted in its lifetime.

At least have the decency to send it back! Instead of destroying it...

@jomo0581

5 жыл бұрын

You think they would waste money shipping that back? Crushing it is the best option as the car is has false a ID. It's a wrongun.

Every crushing blow was like watching old yellar get put down. Safe? That officer is so brainwashed he thinks he is saving lives, when he is merely crushing dreams. Its not a race car its meant for off-road where most people detach or remove there airbags anyways. One of the saddest videos I have seen in along time, I am ashamed to be an american.

Something I guess we just can't get enough of... another semi-literate, skinhead, punk, Gestapo, storm trooper keeping us safe.

1: this is why americas economy has failed, instead of giving this car to some needy family or auctioning it off, they trash it... 2: those are some strong ass tires! lmao ;)

The authorities should have just kept it until it was 25 years old, then auction it off. No need to destroy it when they honestly know it genuinely is a safe vehicle. Its not like its a one-of-a-kind backyard knockoff or fake.

Real tough guys do this sort of thing. I bet they pulled up in a MRAP playing soldier and did a no-knock raid just to seize it.

It's like the whole cash for clunkers thing, no wonder America is 17 trillion in debt.

I wish I can crush the crane operators car. This video makes me so sick seeing a Land Rover suffering from a big claw. This Land Rover could of lasted many years. Thumbs up if you are feeling what I am feeling.

@sunbreathing4202

3 жыл бұрын

i agree i also wanna crush a crane operator car that destroys any land rover

@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317

2 жыл бұрын

Why not the crane operator himself, and the other people behind this?

This is so sad :( Couldn't they have shipped it back even?

why not donate it, or ship it to one of their embassy in Africa.Shame

Yeah it has no air bags. So I can go buy a rusted out 1974 Pinto that's a real death trap and that's for American roads, but a Defender, with a proven tough body structure and a very safe vehicle, will be crushed? Maybe that douchebag at 0:10 should have to drive a rusted out 1974 Pinto. Before 1990, it was legal to import vehicles, but some of the car companies' US branches went to the government and whined "We're losing money!" when they wouldn't bring over some of their higher performance models, so people had to import them. I say, can the stupid laws and let people bring cars over. Not to mention those foreign countries have safety standards as stringent as ours in many cases. Where are they importing from, Burkina Faso? No. They usually import from Europe, Japan, etc... countries with crash and road safety standards. November 10, 2013 2:12 pm

What a waste.

I feel safe now.

The government employee looks like he also seized Michael Jackson's nose.

That car is better than any american car ever made. Why do you see Defenders in Africa, Asia, Europe, in jungles, in deserts and on the roads?

Bureaucrats playing the saints!

USA like not safe for the roads, oh wait we have classic cars HERE! Better not touch them you have to crush me with it >:c But I understand the ID change, but not safety, that sounded like excuse!

still better than a jeep

@CoolizBrown

4 жыл бұрын

Bigboibob Legit yes

US goverment, smell like fear, Y r u soo afraid??? Simply the best 4 x 4 ever built

2:54 In what universe is it better to destroy an imported vehicle rather than ship it back to where it came from? Seriously, that is just stupid.

Right, because a 25 year old Defender is way safer than a 2005 would be.

while you was seizing the land rover tonnes of cocaine was being imported in the next container. ?

I don't care for Land Rovers, but this is unnecessary. It's hard not to dislike that officer.

Im pretty sure the real reason this was crushed was because the car companies paid millions of dollars to get laws passed so that used out of the country vehicles could not be imported and cut into their american new car sales. As far as being unsafe, just because they aren't crashed rated doesn't make it a vehicle that should be crushed. High emissions? I bet its not that bad to really worry about. Another example of why america is so in debt. So many resources allocated after something so small. Well guess what-Im still not buying a new plastic car from the car companies. If I can't import the vehicle I want, I will just buy an old one before they stopped importing them and fix it up as new.

@sagawa_kuristina

8 жыл бұрын

Bang on! It's why when America gets Japanese cars imported, they are small naturally aspirated engines and front wheel drive. Where in Japan they are AWD Turbo models. There are clear laws in place that regulate these vehicles because of competition. Already Japanese cars are favored more over the American vehicles, so they have to limit power and capability. A lot of the time they use reasons like "non economical" or this case for importing "not safe for american road use". But if a car is not safe now... Why 25 years later does it become safe :) You are absolute correct about the competition law. Even some vehicles over 25 years old that we get inquires on where I work, have to be cleared with the united states, but because of high power output, they sometimes do not allow them. It's claimed that as long as there is an American counterpart, a non 25 year old model can be brought in. In some cases this is true. A few models of the Toyota iST for example are importable that are only 10 years old, but have to be re-branded by it's "american name" to be registerable. It's such a head spinning business...

@waimeagavin808

8 жыл бұрын

I read about one sentence of what you said and already can confidently say you're an idiot that makes no sense. it had to do with emissions

@VulpesHilarianus

7 жыл бұрын

The emissions thing is really just a lie. In the early 1980s Mercedes-Benz saw their profits getting destroyed in North America, because people in their New York showrooms were asking dealers to import cars like the 280SL and 500SEL from Germany, where the cars cost the same or cheaper and often had better options not legal for sale in America. By importing these cars and doing federalization modifications like headlight and speedometer replacements, these dealers were able to make a profit selling these otherwise illegal cars at above MSRP because they weren't from the factory -- they were technically used, having been imported from dealerships in Europe. Mercedes-Benz, pissed at the fact that their own dealers were cheating them, teamed up with BMW and lobbied the NHTSA to ban grey imports, under the guise that because the conversions weren't done from the factory they weren't safe. In 1987, after years of bitching and whining and throwing money at the government, Mercedes-Benz and BMW got their way, and the import ban was introduced. The United States government specifically designed it around the EPA, as during the time when it was being tossed back and forth the environment was a very big concern. This allowed them to appear as though they were following the initiative to clear smog from cities, despite foreign gasoline (not diesel or UK) vehicles being as clean or cleaner than their American counterparts. It wasn't until around the late 1990s that the NHTSA changed the rules and said vehicles over 25 years old could be legally imported, in a nod to the collector car scene. So in essence Mercedes-Benz paid off the government because they got pissy.

@moabman6803

7 жыл бұрын

waimeagavin808 Their are plenty of older vehicles that are allowed on us roads that do not meet new vehicle emissions standards. Having a couple thousand imported is a small number to the millions of older used vehicles with old crappy emission components on us roads. Not worth making a issue over some imports.

4:00 - 4:19 - That man just showed how much of an idiot he is. First off, there is no 1975 Defender. They started making them in 1983. Second, $30 worth of scrap metal? Doubtful. There's a lot more than $30 of scrap metal in that thing. November 10, 2013 4:16 pm

'statistics from the UK Department for Transport show that the Land Rover Defender is one of the safest cars on British roads as measured by chance of death in two-car injury accidents' unsafe car my as5...

get your facts straight, the defender wasn't even conceived back in 1975

@jgizzy

10 жыл бұрын

...and he thinks 4500lbs of scrap metal is only worth $30. That a foolish appraisal, and it shows how disconnected he is to the details of his own work.

If I ever see a video of an imported Volvo getting crushed because 'its not safe', I don't wanna live on this planet. I'm sorry but that's one reason why I don't want to live in America, especially if you kill the poor thing like that

i dont wanna see a land rover suffering from a giant claw it makes me so sick that i would crush that tractor with a gun or a bat i just hate seeing a poor landie suffering from a big claw. you could've just saved the suspensions they work better than most off road cars

Oh you know, just my dream truck. Spending the time to rupture each tire seemed pointless, but it is a government agency so that makes sense.

Just send it back to Britain.. probably safer than 99% of American crapboxes.

Imagine that car would’ve probably been worth triple now, but they’ve turned it into a baked beans can

You can drive a Jeep Wrangler of 1 star rating ,but not solid defender!

They could have done anything other than pointlessly destroy this brand new car. It was probably only a paperwork issue and it could have been donated to any charity, but they got to mash something up legally - what a service these imbeciles are doing to society. Their mothers must be really proud. No one else is impressed.

What a catastrophic waste. Not just of the vehicle but that people are even paid to do a job like this. These vehicles could be re-sold at auctions, re-purposed, and refurbished. Instead money is spent to destroy them. And people still try to argue that we don't live in a wasteful society.

Notice that the officer hardly blinks. Obviously a sign of pschcopathy.

this is unbelievable.. that defender is imho safer and more "suitable for US roads" than half of the cars driving in the USA. what a shame..

Could have sold it for parts. But they are stupid so they crush it

Were the tires forbidden by American law? The stereo? What a disgusting waste.

why does almost every cop or federal agent end up with that 10000 yard dead inside "id torture puppies" stare

My truck needs new tires, and I bet those would fit. "The hard work" of our overreaching government is on full display here.

Still fixable. I’d say it still runs

This gov't employee from 3rd world country thinks that US safety standards are better than those in EU where this car was manufactured? US safety goes as far as US fuel saving standards.

Thank you for the testament to the strength of defenders.. That chassis held up fucking well a long time after the body had gone

It's not the cars that are unsafe, it's the drivers. It's sad to see people who will say anything to try to justify their BULLSHIT job.

There are countries in the world where the people think a Defender is the only vehicle there is because they will go ANYWHERE!

wow - what superhero police work: Stealing someone's car and crushing it... so glad the CBP is on the job - what would the world come to if people chose to drive Landrovers in the US! Disgusting

That guy needs a better haircut

so... who came up with this wonderful idea to film this and put it on KZread? Didn't they have the slightest inkling that people wouldn't believe their american safety standards claim. Do they expect the public to nod in agreement or swallow whatever reasoning they come up with with a stupid smirk on their faces? Who are these idiots? Should I clap and say 'good job'

I wonder how many families need a vehicle right now, who are struggling.

Funny how 99% of people think this is stupid and a huge bureaucratic waste of resources crushing a safe classic vehicle...so thumbs down. BUT the description says thumbs up if it should have been saved? Either way, tax dollars being flushed down the toilet so these yoyos can play with cranes. They're following the law so can't blame them, but these laws were probably lobbied by Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors in the first place. Nothing to do with safety...

US prolly have one of the weirdest vehicle market and rules ever....

The dexterity of the crane operator is quite impressive.

Remember the Ford Pinto? The car that exploded on rear impact because the fuel tank ruptured. That's a safe American product right there for you.

Wait a minute. He said they were keeping an unsafe vehicle off of American roads at 3:48, yet, had it been 25 years old or older, it would have imported legally with no issues. Isn't that the same 'unsafe' vehicle still on American roads? So just because of it's age, it goes from unsafe to safe? Nevermind, who am I to expect logic out of our government.

Ok so the government pass a Ariel Atom and a smart car for U.S roads but not a Land Rover Defender? OK?

@machscope

8 жыл бұрын

I guess it was for that certain year :( It would have to have been 25 years old to not be crushed

The argument about safety is bullshit, but if you watch to the end he does make the point that the person trying to import this particular vehicle had faked the age of a newer model to try and get around the 25 year rule... yes the 'punishment' is harsh [and almost vindictive], but equally they had purposely tried to dupe the customs and import dept, got caught, and made an example of. At the time of writing (2022), as long as it's a genuine pre 1997 Defender there should be no reason you can't import it as a classic vehicle under the 25 year rule.

This has nothing to do with safty, it has to do with goverment and corperate cronyism. This is absolutely pathetic that this guy seems to buy his own shit

So a 1975 Defender is safer than a 2005???? And a change on the paper work makes this an unsafe vehicle???? Maybe they ought to put this genius on the Mexican boarder and see if he can target those who cross illegally and make our country safer.

Perfectly safe and sound vehicle destroyed for literally no reason. WHY destroy the car when they could employ a team of people to dissemble and sell the parts at least. OH WAIT A GOVERNMENT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY IN A SAFE AND LEGITIMATE WAY? Never going to fucking happen.

UGH!!! How painful to watch. Defenders aren't garbage! They're the world's best overlanding machines!!!

our tax dollars at work....

Stupid US regulations. I would love to have that Defender, that thing is a tank.

ah, bureaucracy at it's best, bloody minded, arrogant and destructive

At 0:03,that tow truck deserves to be crushed more likely!

You could choose not to destroy it. You don't have to. Stop lying Mr. Hunt.

You can just see and smell the amount of bull shit flowing outta his mouth I guarantee the defender is safer and easy more tough than any usdm bull shit

Sad to see such a nice vehicle ruined by overzealous law enforcement. I'm a US citizen and I think this is silly. Yeah, it doesn't comply with current new car regulations, but get a special dispensation or something. They did it for the first new Mini's with their bumper height dispensation. A few years later, they had to redesign the Mini and make it larger with higher bumpers to comply with regs, but a few cool ones still got in. And don't get me started on the Smart Cars. Ugh, what a waste of a sweet Landy.

i lol'd seeing how the big machine struggled to crush the defender tires and suspension. proves how good the defender is.

I wonder does that guy actually believe the dribble he is talking.

Land of the free indeed

This is disgusting.

Great advertisement for those tires: Absolutely indestructible!

Not only was private property destroyed, but it cost money to destroy it. And where does that money come from? So, even more private property was destroyed than is visible in this video. The cop talking sounds like a programmed robot. Which is what he is, really.

Give it to poor people .. that was madness