Mireille, probably the geekiest blogger in Lebanon, made two interesting charts showing the most popular car brands and colors in Lebanon, most probably by making use of the Lebanese cars database that was leaked earlier.
The most popular brand unsurprisingly turned to be Mercedes Benz with 22% (mostly taxis?), while the most popular color turned to be white with 19%.
What was really interesting to know though is that 57% of the Lebanese cars are more than 20 years old, and 83% are more than 11 years old! Tells a lot about our purchasing power…
An anonymous reader sent me these 2 videos showing members of the Lebanese internal security forces breaking into a BMW and driving it away to probably clear the street for a convoy or something…
Knowing that the authorities collect the phone number of all car owners in Lebanon, couldn’t they have looked up the owner’s phone number through his plate number and told him to just come and park it somewhere else? Or why not using a car carrier to move it away instead of breaking into it?
Also, notice how easy it is to steal a car, the whole thing doesn’t take more than a couple of minutes!
This is a video of a REAL car theft that has occurred on saturday morning, the thieves as you will see were acting so cool and appear to be professionals! It only took them 2 attempts to unlock and turn on the car. The whole thing was captured on some security camera installed by one of the street residents.
I found it weird when the video said the stolen car is a 1988 BMW 323. Correct me if I am wrong, but thieves usually target new cars, don’t you think this car might end up being used in a car bombing?
Lebanon in the 60′s: I just came across this old segment by Harold Baim about Lebanon in the 1960′s. Pretty nice... http://t.co/OqmxuEQjFebruary 7, 2012 8:39
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