A Crushing Issue: How to Destroy A New Car

PORTLAND, Ore. — “Fire in the hole!” shouts Ron Hoodenpyle, covering his ears and stepping away from a brand-new Mazda 3 he just wired with special detonators. Suddenly, all six of the car’s airbags explode at once.

Within hours the metallic blue sedan will be drained, gutted, squished and shredded — one of thousands to meet the same fate here. The cars are so new, most don’t even have 10 miles on the odometer.

Auto makers usually try to find the best way to build new vehicles. These days, Mazda Motor Corp. is busy figuring out how to most efficiently destroy them.

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Political Bumper Sticker Thought

A friend of mine sent me this picture and it just made me think of all the W bumper stickers I still see on many vehicles in Texas.  These are the two I see most often:

I wonder why they haven’t taken the time to remove those stickers.  Possible reasons:

  • Because he’s from Texas and these folks still think well of him.
  • Too lazy to remove the sticker.
  • They lost a bet.
  • They don’t listen to the news.
  • They think a faded four-year-old sticker looks really cool.
  • They think he’s running for a third term.
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