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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[YOU HAVE GOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 TO BE KIDDING ME MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>THEY SCRAPED 4700 CARS.....................MANNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br><br><br>THEY COULD HAVE RECOVERED THEIR MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THOSE CARS AS " AS-IS" CARS ON A CAR LOT-  REMOVE THE WARRANTY AND LET THE PEOPLE KNOW. JUST SELL THE CARS FOR $1500 BUCKS................]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[THEFIREMAN101]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 4:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[why bother.  just put a dodge nameplate on them and nobody would know the difference.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[henry ford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 7:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[Legal pirates? You mean it was salvaged by some lawyers?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[M.Furman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 10:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[I cant believe this... They should have aleast donated them to some sort of non-profit agency to assist with something... who cares??? Also as you stated Fireman... they could have easily sold them As-Is... used car dealerships do it all the time... what's the difference here?? To me this makes no sense at all... "preserving Mazda's name?" the fact of them destroying the cars and not donating or selling them as-is to me does more damage to the Mazda name than destroying them would have ever done IMO.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[I.M.Black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 3:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why can't they randomly scrap the old junker rusty cars in cities in the USA? It would be economical to scrap the older models and encourage gas efficient vehicles!! It's about time 100 mpg cars are on the market, pressure needs to be applied to the industries to help clean the environment up a bit!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 2:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[This happened about 15 years ago to Diahatsu. Their freighter was caught in a cyclone and the cars and trucks were destroyed once the were on land. The insurance company did not want to take the risk of the cars having potential damage and face lawsuits.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Bohanan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 2:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[If the cars didnt get wet,what's the big deal? Better safe than sorry,though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[G.L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 3:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a waste. Mazdas are crap but why not part them out or use them for auto related classes. There must have been hundreds of better uses for these cars without the risk of liability on Mazda's part.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[carcrazy714]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 3:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[oh for goodness sake....they could have "given" them to some charity or tons of other things they could have done with them....scrapping them just makes costs rise!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cathys0820]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 3:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mazda did the right thing in this "sue happy" world we live in.  Probably, most other automakers would have done the same thing.  The cost of 4700 cars is chump change compared to the cost of defending yourself against class action lawsuits for years on end.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RAC55]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 3:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[@@@ ~~  MAZDA  ??<br><br>ALA FORD!!<br><br>ALIAS GM*!!<br><br>ALSO THE GREAT GARBAGE AND DUNG HEAP MANUFACTURERS??.<br><br>smartest move LATELY by any of the garbage spewing auto makers.<br>they all need to be "" SCRAPED ""!.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wm J. Rountry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 3:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[How sad that thanks to our sue happy society all these new cars had to be destroyed.  They could've been sold for parts or donated to needy people but I understand Mazda not wanting to take a risk if something malfunctioned in one of the cars.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mazda is very cool.  They have integrity.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rountry, you dummy ! They were SCRAPPED not scraped !<br>You must ride a jackass !]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roland Esquivel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[here is a thought why didn't they just take them back to thier prodution lot let them sit there while they conducted some ivestigation on some those cars and pusht them to see what effect it had on the car if they passed all safety test then the rest of them would have been safe to donate to some of the fire departments to use as extracation training cars this way they would not end up on the street for common consumer use only becuse it would be to difficult to determine long term effects of what happened to them ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND THEN YOU SEE THE STUPIDITY OF OTHERS !<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SG HOPKINS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree, what a total waste!  But I see thier point about the liability issue.<br><br>ALTHOUGH,  if they wouldv'e taken the engine and transmission out of the cars and replaced them, or rebuilt them, they still could've sold them for the cost of the parts and labor. I wonder if they even thought of that??<br><br>It helps to have a basic understanding of the internal combustion engine to know why they did what they did. It would've been a nightmare for years to come (for all involved) if they sold those cars "as-is". <br><br>Tell ya what tho, IMHO, Mazda's are junk. I had a B2000 pickup years ago and grew to hate it...it broke down on the side of the road one day, I <br>got my tools out, and let it get towed and never bothered to get it out!<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SirFixalot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 4:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[You do realize that truck was a Ford, right? They just stuck some Mazda badges on it so they could sell it somewhere else.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 5th 2008 7:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[At 1 car a minute coming off the assembly line, for a 12-hour day, thats 6.5 days (a weeks) worth of cars.  They probably had insurance, and it's just a write off, that is cheaper than lawsuits.  Look at GM stopping trucks because there are too many: they pay workers 80% of their normal pay while they are not working.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry Ford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 5:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mazda Sends 4,703 New Cars to the Scrap Heap]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/04/30/mazda-sends-4-703-new-cars-to-the-scrap-heap/</guid><description><![CDATA[With the sue happy nation that we are now, I think they did the right thing.  They aren't sure what would have happened to these cars on the ship and if they donated it there is still the chance of them getting in the wrong hand risking injury to someone in turns will be a lawsuit.  Seems too easy these days to sue.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Molly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2008 5:24PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>