| 4/30/2008 7:45:30 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
soulcitywalker
Lexington, KY
age: 49
| Mazda destroys 4,703 shiny new cars worth $100 million
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, April 29, 2008 3:25 PM
Wall Street Journal reports that Mazda decided to destroy "approximately $100 million worth of factory-new automobiles" that had been shipped on a tanker that tilted on route to the US.
The freighter, the Cougar Ace, spent weeks bobbing on the high seas, listing at a severe 60-degree angle, before finally being righted. 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. Might corrosive fluids seep into chambers where they don't belong? Was the Cougar Ace now full of lemons?
SCW: They should have shipped them there cars to Springs, TX.
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| 5/2/2008 6:49:33 AM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
osoroho
Mesquite, TX
age: 58
| Whats wrong coward only want your rants posted??
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| 5/2/2008 7:50:59 AM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
sdcentaur
Sioux Falls, SD
age: 48
| So Mazda made a business decision, it's not coming out of my pocket
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| 5/2/2008 9:55:53 AM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
twohawks
Bothell, WA
age: 69 online now!
| Mazda builds them. Mazda can destroy them. BIG DEAL!
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| 5/2/2008 10:19:41 AM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
libra75
Garfield, AR
age: 32
| ".....them there cars???"
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| 5/2/2008 1:33:54 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
njman
Jersey City, NJ
age: 49
| bad mazda 
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| 5/2/2008 2:27:36 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
tahoefreak64
South Lake Tahoe, CA
age: 44
| gotta take them business losses where they can
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| 5/2/2008 3:18:57 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
uhadme
South El Monte, CA
age: 45 online now!
| when one has scraped then the world is seen from a foriegn view to the natural successes about.
it is like food companies tossing day old stuff. wish there was a law it had to be given to food kitchens.
lots of waste in packaging. but it is a conspiracy to keep tree huggers busy.. lol.
possible tax of .25 cents per plastic grocery bag... AAAHHHHHH
[Edited 5/2/2008 3:20:49 PM]
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| 5/2/2008 3:23:44 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
rlynn_1
Hedgesville, WV
age: 39
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| 5/2/2008 5:35:12 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
1pinkstar
Omaha, NE
age: 54
| Mazdas take the patience of Job to work on.
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| 5/2/2008 6:18:08 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
sdcentaur
Sioux Falls, SD
age: 48
| Mazda, from those nice people who brought you Pearl Harbor
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| 5/2/2008 6:37:21 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
jake68me
Phenix City, AL
age: 46
| WELL SHIT! i guess the price of oil will go up again!
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| 5/3/2008 1:12:19 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
greggx
Daytona Beach, FL
age: 53
| Mazda scrapping car's and the price of oil going up .That's a bit of stretch there dont you think?I wonder what would be said about Mazda if they sold a whole boatload of car
s they knew where damaged
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| 5/3/2008 1:19:32 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
allyours4now
Glendale, AZ
age: 36
| yeah it seems like just a good business decision to me. the effects of the tilt for that period were unknown. should they have taken the risk and sold the vehicles to people who later would have found out after some system failure or crash? imagine the lawsuits. they acted responsibly.
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| 5/3/2008 1:21:44 PM | Mazda destroys $100 million in vehicles | |
jake68me
Phenix City, AL
age: 46
| yeah greggx that is a bit of a stretch. it was meant as a joke. it just seems that every time the wind blows hard the price of oil goes up.
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