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All those cars are headed for Craigslist. "great condition, 2020 pickup, only 30 miles on the odo. salvage title."
by vmh1928 6y ago
All those cars are headed for Craigslist. "great condition, 2020 pickup, only 30 miles on the odo. salvage title."
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoSlight water damage.
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- daniellarusso 6y agoOnly slight joke. I did see they are building a temporary recycling center for when they remove the vehicles. Those are all probably 2019 or 2020 models, so the salvaged parts could be worth some decent money.
- dredmorbius 6y agoDestruction as part of the salvage process to avoid just this situation has been done, though I'm not certain this is standard practice. Mazda in 2008: It all started about two years ago, when a ship carrying 4,703 shiny new Mazdas nearly sank in the Pacific.... The mishap created a dilemma: What to do with the cars? They had remained safely strapped down throughout the ordeal -- but no one knew for sure what damage, if any, might be caused by dangling cars at such a steep angle for so long.... The Japanese car maker, controlled by Ford Motor Corp. , easily could have found takers for the vehicles ... [but] Mazda turned everyone away. It worried about getting sued someday if, say, an air-bag failed to fire properly due to overexposure to salty sea air.... So it decided to destroy approximately $100 million worth of factory-new automobiles. https://archive.fo/5Peq8 https://archive.fo/5Peq8 (WSJ)