Putty Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Holy geez....I bet some are in perfect shape still. http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/04/mazda-disposes.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Wow.... that sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Its ashame that they wouldnt sell off the cars on the cheap and have people sign waivers. Or simply USE the parts, not crush and recycle. How does a cat go bad from being tilted for a couple weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080429/FREE/360566202/1024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 That fail boat definatley arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Happened in 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1647545510 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 It won't, but if they did sell that converter to someone and down the line in a 1/1,000,000 chance their car catches on fire they could sue. If you were a multi-billion dollar company why would you take that risk? Exactly, why risk the chance for a lawsuit? They did the right thing by claiming it on their insurance and moving on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 That fail boat definatley arrived. You could make one with the picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyall86 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 OUch..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1647545496 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 why don't they use them for crash testing or artificial reefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
large_x7 Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Video from Wired: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/02/ff_seacowboys_video Long but interesting article detailing the rescue effort: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Here is an interesting angle: When you total a car, they pay you for it, put a salvage title on it, and sell it to a scrap yard or whatever. Why couldn't the insurance carrier sell these as salvage title cars as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansonivan Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 The rescue article is pretty sweet, worded like a Clive Cussler novel without the sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venture Guy Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 i see what happened there http://images.istheshit.net/rlpflekq.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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