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.
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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.
“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.
Correct
Thanks for laying my argument out. I guess next time I will have to build a flow chart for these guys to understand.
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.
I politely asked a simple question.
Save your flowchart to keep from pissing on your foot.
Nope, mine runs great, with gobs of power and 49mpg average.It was a tiny little change they made.
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.
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.
Good place to “Borrow” a free car!
Will never miss it!
What year is yours?
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
Lol!
I misunderstood you, sorry. I agree with what you actually said.
You’re a good sport. Appreciate that.
You caught me at a cranky moment which are not infrequent in these our times...lol.
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.
2015 golf with manual trans.fun !!
He’ll I was being a d@ck but I liked your response.
So, how does one find out more about buying one of these cars?
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...
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