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VW emissions scandal: German carmaker storing 300,000 diesels in 'graveyards'
Sky News ^ | March 29, 2018 | By Andy Hayes

Posted on 03/29/2018 10:18:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

It resembles a car park at an enormous open-air venue - but it is actually a knock-on effect of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Dramatic aerial pictures show row after row of diesel VWs and Audis sitting in the baking California sun, awaiting either repair or destruction in their desert graveyard.

This is just one of 37 storage areas the firm has around the US, housing almost 300,000 vehicles.

In addition to the pictured site in Victorville, other facilities include a disused suburban football stadium in Detroit and a former Minnesota paper mill.

The German company needs plenty of space because it has spent more than $7.4bn (£5.3bn) buying back about 350,000 US vehicles, following the scandal over software that switched engines to a cleaner mode when they were being tested for emissions.

They are not all being stored, though. In December, VW said it had destroyed about 28,000 vehicles and resold a further 13,000.

It has offered, in total, to buy back about half a million vehicles in a scheme that will continue until next year.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; vw
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; DariusBane

Right I agree with you.

I was just wondering if Darius had a different read on it, something I was missing.

What a stupid, pointless waste and mess these clowns are creating. This is what happens when government runs things.

Waste, mess, stupidity, punition.


41 posted on 03/29/2018 12:10:01 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Wow. You’d think it would be cheaper to fix the software and sell them at a deep discount”
I think the software “fix” would make the undrivable.


42 posted on 03/29/2018 12:12:38 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Don't hate me because I'm sane.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Correct


43 posted on 03/29/2018 12:24:17 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for laying my argument out. I guess next time I will have to build a flow chart for these guys to understand.


44 posted on 03/29/2018 12:28:37 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: refermech

I see...you don’t have benchmark to go by.

All I can tell you for now...and I’m having a hard time coming up with a description...so I guess the best thing to say is the car just GOES! Effortlessly, as you are aware.

Just hate to lose that.

Been really wondering what it would be like to run a 3.0 liter TDI. Mine’s 2.0.


45 posted on 03/29/2018 12:32:07 PM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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To: DariusBane
I guess next time I will have to build a flow chart for these guys to understand.'

I politely asked a simple question.

Save your flowchart to keep from pissing on your foot.

46 posted on 03/29/2018 12:38:00 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Nope, mine runs great, with gobs of power and 49mpg average.It was a tiny little change they made.


47 posted on 03/29/2018 12:43:01 PM PDT by refermech
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To: EMI_Guy

Can’t imagine the power a 3.0 would make.My 2.0 pulls almost as hard as my Duster with a 408 in it.


48 posted on 03/29/2018 12:50:25 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds to me, someone who wants a new car, or two, could pretty easily take one of these puppies.. would likely be years before they even realized it had been stolen.


49 posted on 03/29/2018 12:51:51 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good place to “Borrow” a free car!

Will never miss it!


50 posted on 03/29/2018 1:04:18 PM PDT by RedMonqey (" Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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To: refermech

What year is yours?


51 posted on 03/29/2018 1:12:41 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Delta 21

Last I checked Volvo was owned by China and I believe they were going to go all-electric for 2019.

(Checking on that...)

It’s electric and hybrid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/energy-environment/volvo-hybrid-electric-car.html


52 posted on 03/29/2018 1:15:43 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Lol!


53 posted on 03/29/2018 1:17:31 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: TalonDJ

I misunderstood you, sorry. I agree with what you actually said.


54 posted on 03/29/2018 1:22:14 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: DariusBane

You’re a good sport. Appreciate that.

You caught me at a cranky moment which are not infrequent in these our times...lol.


55 posted on 03/29/2018 1:27:27 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: refermech

I’ll bet a 3.0 liter is a doozy.

Yeah, they pull hard. That’s the diesel BMEP working for you which BTW, VW TDIs have some of the highest BMEPs ever recorded.

VW knows what they’re doing, at least in this case.


56 posted on 03/29/2018 1:28:45 PM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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To: NoCmpromiz

2015 golf with manual trans.fun !!


57 posted on 03/29/2018 1:29:19 PM PDT by refermech
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To: Fightin Whitey

He’ll I was being a d@ck but I liked your response.


58 posted on 03/29/2018 1:30:19 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They are not all being stored, though. In December, VW said it had destroyed about 28,000 vehicles and resold a further 13,000.

So, how does one find out more about buying one of these cars?

59 posted on 03/29/2018 1:34:56 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: refermech

SO the fix didn’t hurt it? And do you know if that fix will work on CA/NY vehicles? (NY adopted the CA standards in 2004..)

It’s getting close to replacement time for my ‘97 with almost a half-million miles on it. The injector pump is leaking and the availability for the AHU engine is getting scarce...


60 posted on 03/29/2018 1:36:56 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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