Hauling Cars By Train

dodge guy are you a member of THEFIREARMSFORUM or TFF?

 

No, not familiar with that one.

 

In 2006 a freighter tipped on it's side with more than 4700 new Mazdas on it. Even though the cars were strapped down and only a few were damaged, they all were destroyed. I read in Car and Driver they drilled a half inch hole in all the tires
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/15/mazda-scrapping-all-cars-aboard-capsized-cougar-ace/

 

There was a media storm on that one, even before Mazda had decided what to do with the cars. Lots of speculation that the damaged cars would end up on dealers lots and sold to unsuspecting buyers. Then they started getting unsolicited bid inquirys from mega used car dealers ('Car Max'?) for the cars. Mazda decided it would be a public relations nightmare, so they destroyed all the cars on the boat - even the undamaged ones.

 

I must respect Mazda for that decision. I am quite sure if it had been any American manufacturer, the cars would have been sold without any discolsure.

 

ME TOO! Kerosene and steam. Same year at Suburban VW DeKalb, Il. I lasted about a week.
My God that was awful, it gave me a rash. I'm thinking OSHA would have had something to say about this today.
Re the Vegas shipped vertically; It all makes good sense to me.
BTW the Vega's engine troubles would be non-existant today with low sulpher fuel. The bodies would still disolve but the engines would last longer.

 

I also remember reading that someone went about deploying ALL the airbags as they are considered a hazard if disposed undeployed.

 

Everything is a hazard, now. I guess if we were even allowed to wash cars with kerosene, we would have to dress out in a hazmat suit with supplied air respirator and steel toed boots.

 

As we probably should have. Hell, I probably had a cigarette in my mouth while "de-cozzing" cars.
Most people I've told about the de-coz process don't even believe me.

 

I know what you mean. I remember one time while I was away in service (late 60s), I was living in base housing. My buddy up the road and I decided to rebuild a carburetor one Saturday. It was cold up in northern Virginia and I got some gas and poured it in a pan in my living room, no less. There was a gas heater going just a few feet away. It was one of the big ones, completely enclosed. Probably what saved us. Neither of us had sense enough to think about the vapors and flames and what might happen if they got together. I guess God looked down on two poor, dumb-ass Marines and saved us from ourselves. Guess we all have done some pretty stupid things not realizing we could kill ourselves. Anybody else ever done something like this??