But they lacked a trailer and therefore tried to place the car in the back of a van.
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| German Police finds hidden Mazda sideways inside a Mercedes Sprinter on its way to Kazakhstan |
When the Mercedes Sprinter proved to be too narrow, the two men found an answer. They put mattresses on the floor and got some help from their friends and stuffed the Mazda into the Mercedes Sprinter - sideways.
They planned on driving from the German city Bargteheide, close to Hamburg, to a city in Kazakhstan. That would be 3540 km.
German police noticed the box car that behaved shaky on the road and decided to stop it and investigate. They were very surprised at the sight that met them.
"It was quite bizarre. I have no idea how they have managed to get the car into the Mercedes, it weighs quite a lot," said a spokesman for the German police.
When they examined the car closer they could see that the car had not received a scratch. The two men had covered the windows of the car with newspaper to prevent people to see what the cargo was.
In no case will we allow for such a dangerous way to transport cars. It was dangerous to other road users and dangerous to themselves. The car could have tipped over on its side at any time," police sources said.
The car was confiscated and they will get it back if they come up with a more driving way to transport the car.
But the two men did not immediately agree with the police in their risk analysis.
"I do not know why we were stopped. We took good care of your car and it was completely unscathed. It was safe and we had no problems," said Konstanty Krol.
Why did you do it?
"It is far to go to Kazakhstan and with the petrol prices these days it would become too expensive. We had no trailer, but the car matched perfectly back in the Mercedes Sprinter," said Konstanty.
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