Doubling of the advertisements in Winterthur – Matthias, the car poser

150 car fanatics met in Lindau in January, the Winterthur city police recorded a doubling of reports against so-called car victims. But who are these car posers anyway? An approach.

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Gregory von Ballmoos

Posted today at 11:52 am—

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“The car is like a woman, I can look at it, take a picture and I am happy.” That’s what Matthias says, logistics specialist, 26 years old, gelled hair, car fanatic. Or as the police write in their messages: Autoposer. He himself sees it a little differently. “It’s like model flying. Is the one with the best plane automatically a poser? ”He asks.

The comparison lags, Matthias knows that too. Because the car posers are a big issue with the police, the model airplane pilots less so. In 2020, the Winterthur City Police reported 218 drivers for non-compliant technical changes to the vehicle, twice as many as in 2019.

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