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Life is getting better in Russia. More and more almost new cars go to the recycle facilities everyday, like those two Mazda cars.





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    36 Responses to “Life is Good”

    1. Your assumption that those cars are almost new and in a good technical shape is probably wrong.

    2. NyaR says:

      You make it sound like everybody is buying new cars.. in reality it is very few people that can send brand new cars to the scrapyard, and this remains unchanged from 10 years ago.

    3. antani says:

      Tires and lights are presumibly good. Why they are wasting them instead of reselling? There must be something different from what was showed in the pictures.

    4. In what sense does increased number of automobiles make life better? Automobiles are one of the worst nuisances of modern living.

    5. madineg says:

      ever heard of waste management….mixed scrap is only worth less compared to pure metal scrap

    6. Norway=) says:

      Probably insurance trouble. At least some kind of “paper trouble”. If the car is “condemned” you cant even sell parts from it. Its amazing. I worked part time at a scarp yard that a friend of mine owns. One day this beautiful audi came in. Great shape. One small dent in a fender. Much better then the one i had. But no way in hell. Its really strickt. Couldnt touch it other than drain fluids and compact it. But its a waste. Its still a good car even if some papers are bad. Rules are rules

    7. .w says:

      This is bullshit - these cars are actually brand new - there is a reason that they are being scrapped. Car companies do this a lot when cars are unfit for public sale.

      Check: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120942873506551291.html?mod=blog

      Mazda crushed 4,703 BRAND NEW cars recently.

    8. What’s the point of doing this, I couldn’t figure out… Both cars look OK. They must have a logical reason for doing this but sure, that reason is not taking photos :)

      • Swede says:

        The cars probably has some hidden damages and Mazda won’t allow the possibility that the cars or parts from the cars will be involved in a future accident and they will get sued.

    9. Norway, oh, You’re such a naive guy :) Russians working by rules :)
      But situation is weird. Even if these cars aren’t new and not in technical condition, anyway ther are lots of stuff to unmount and sell as spare parts and to earn a pretty good money.
      Very often to sell a used car in spare parts is way much mor profitable than to sell it as a whole.

    10. Traveler says:

      These cars were used by the Lada corporation for reverse engineering.

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    12. Marrock says:

      Feh, they’re mazdas, so who cares.

      They look better cubed anyway.

    13. AndersonBMX says:

      “hey…!!!
      wait a minute!
      no no no no!!!
      my car, wait… no… wait, stop it! stop it please! no my car, no!!! nooo! noooo myyyy caaarr, damn it! ohh fuck! noo!”

    14. CanadaGuy says:

      Who was in the trunk? ;P

      Or other evidence disposal?

    15. FUBAR says:

      I am surprised they are actually crushign these cars. I would expect Russians to resell those cars or at least steal some parts and sell them on the blackmarket.

    16. FUBAR says:

      Oh and just because they crushed a bunch of new cars, doesn’t mean life is getting better in Russia. Its shit and always will be…unless you are in Moscow.

    17. cbeh says:

      In Soviet Russia, nice new cars get sent to the crusher, while expensive Bentley’s get sent out to a field.

    18. Zafarad says:

      One in million,oh i mean two in million! ! ! ! ! ! !why we assume about the Russian prosperity by judging these “two new” cars?????look carefully recycling yard,almost every part of recycled metal was so old and rusty,we can`t see single car remains.prosperity! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! what the hell you wanna say! ! ! ! ! !.in last,pic no,12 shows human,i mean Russian stupidity about safety and common sense! ! ! ! ! ! ! !.

    19. maxD says:

      Moscow is the most expensive city in the world for several years now. The last report showed it was 47 % more expensive than New York. Second place was London or Tokyo; 26 % more expensive.

      And beside being the most expensive city, it’s getting more expensive every year ! Unfortunately, unlike the pictures and the comment suggest, life of the average Russian is not developing at the same pace.
      A new middle class [meaning: making approx. 2000 USD p/month] is developing, indeed, but they still have a hard time making ends meet. Simple shopping for groceries is troublesome for many, the average Muscovite is still trying to survive on a meager 500 - 1000 USD p/month salary [or less, in many cases, like when you're on a pension]. When you leave the metro to go home, there are a lot of beggars on your way. Every day, every time of the day.

      So buying new cars is not really an everyday event for the average person.

      There are of course the idiots, like a guy I knew, [32 years old], he still lives with his mom in a shitty one room apartment [20 m2] with only the most basic furniture and utilities. He got lucky and got his hands on 20,000 USD some way. What he did was buying a brand new 4-wheel drive. Simply to show off. I call that stupid.

      No one gives a shit, of course, and apart from that, his money is gone, basically. Cars wear out pretty fast in Moscow, and he will be left with nothing.

      Short term vision. The modern Russian curse.

    20. They didnt even bother to take the tires off so Im guessing that every plastic and rubber thingy inside the car went down as well. No wonder that Russian steel is crap :)

    21. ne nu eto konechno legko skazatj, mol,- “chevo oni ohueli” no dumaiu chto prichina vse-taki estj.

      a mozhet eto voshje fotoshop ebaniyi

    22. jl says:

      they were inside a boat that sank I don’t know where, and mazda decided to destroy them instead of selling the cars, so they would not have reliability problems which could harm the brands image

    23. Bean-O says:

      Even in America they’d resell those things.
      Someone must have gotten 2 and hated them both. A lot.

      Or perhaps it’s the mafia and there’s a surprise in the trunk of each car.

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    25. loki says:

      Comment by Traveler cracked me up.

    26. Lenin says:

      The only thing to do with japanese cars…

    27. Gotta love the effort you put into this blog :)

    28. Volkswagen says:

      Great thanks
      Cool blog :)

    29. Hunchison says:

      I estimate that’s an official move by federal police to treat illegitimate imports of cars, those Mazdas may be confiscated from smugglers, crushing it and showing it to intent smugglers.Is that right? the Reporter? I saw it happened in Phillipine.

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