For those who don't know, back in 2006 a ship called the Cougar Ace was en route to the US with a load of 4,703 Mazdas. The load consisted of 3s, 6s, RX-8s, MX-5s and CX-7s. Somewhere offshore, the ship emptied its ballast tanks to empty the foreign water to avoid contaminating the local ecosystem. Upon taking on fresh water offshore, something went wrong and only the port side ballast tanks filled, causing a 60º list to the port side. The crew was rescued and for a little over a month, the ship floated free only monitored by the Coast Guard who corrected its position on occasion to keep it away from shore.
Eventually the ship was towed to Dutch Harbor, Alaska where its tanks were filled and it was rightened. The ship was then towed to Portland, Oregon where the cars could be off-loaded and the ship could be inspected for damage.
To make a long story short, Mazda chose to scrap all 4,700 cars rather than face potentially damaging litigation should a safety system fail to operate. All airbags were deployed, tires and wheels were destroyed, then the cars were crushed and shredded whole. Not a single component was re-used...not even the lug nuts.
Here is a little documentary in the final moments of a doomed 2007 Mazda3.
dizzam, hope they had good insurance. seems like somewhere along the line someone would have asked why are we leaning before it got to that ^ point lol
i loled at 3:30. This is they type of job were you dont need worry about scratching or damaging stuff. I wonder if the guys in the crane get dizzy from all the spinning they do or get motion sickness
i loled at 3:30. This is they type of job were you dont need worry about scratching or damaging stuff. I wonder if the guys in the crane get dizzy from all the spinning they do or get motion sickness
I operated one before and it took me about 8min to So if they get dizzy they probably ain't working the rotators anymore.
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Originally Posted by sumo
So if they get dizzy they probably ain't working the rotators anymore.
Spin left , spin right , spin left , spin right , you get the picture ! lol
haha no really she aint that bad
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