pics of one of Volkswagon's 37 car boneyards - Victorville CA

[Demovictory9]

I wonder how the keys are managed? Are they in the ignition?







Why 300,000 Volkswagens Are Being Stored In These Massive Auto Boneyards

As part of the settlement after it got caught cheating on its emissions tests, Volkswagen has bought back about 350,000 of its U.S. diesel vehicles. The automaker has to date spent more than $7.4 billion on the cars, according to court filings seen by Reuters.

Where does VW put all those cars? Wherever it can find the space.

The German automaker has 37 remote storage facilities around the country, and they're not just parking lots. The sites include a former football stadium in the Detroit suburbs, an old paper mill in Minnesota and a giant patch of land in the California desert.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597991227/why-300-000-volkswagens-are-being-stored-in-these-massive-auto-boneyards

[onethatcares]

1. I've often wondered

what happens to all the vehicles that don't get sold to the American public. Right here on the main drag in St Pete FL there are at least 57 car lots, new, used, luxury, not so luxury, compact to SUVs. and every september without fail another big bunch of cars supplant the ones that were there.

WTF do they do with these things?

[Demovictory9]

2. overseas sales. VW is going to fix these up and sell over seas

they put them in those cargo containers and ship them out. Remember the Katrina flood cars eventually turned up in
other countries.

[onethatcares]

3. but there are 300k more cars coming to the states

in September.from different manufacturers. I'm researching now but I don't think the CAFE and EPA regs are the same throughout the globe. Nor the advanced road surfaces of America and Europe.

Maybe they just smash em.

[pstokely]

5. and a Texas plumber's former truck ended up with Isis

Last edited Fri Mar 30, 2018, 11:43 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-01-09/plumber-whose-decaled-truck-went-to-syria-settles-lawsuit

[Demovictory9]

9. I remember that story

I didn't know he sued

[Lee-Lee]

4. Mine is in one of those lots somewhere

I miss that car. My new has Jetta gets way worse mileage and doesn’t have the same pep or feel.

[ProudLib72]

6. I posted about BMW getting in trouble for their diesel cheating software

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210426805

Exact same thing. It looks like someone at Bosch made a deal with all these car manufacturers to install some software to get around the regulations.

[dembotoz]

7. after all the flooding i would imagine those rusty lemons are still working thru the system

think i would rather have one of these

[Demovictory9]

10. agreed. These cars just have the diesel problem

[dembotoz]

8. there were some similar when obamas cash for clunkers thing went thru

eventually those were all processed

i think

[dembotoz]

11. so if the epa rolls back standards as nytimes reports today. does vw get a get out of jail free card

lying works for trump
why not for vw as well