Another life for doomed TDI diesels?

While we are on the VW subject, what is the German company going – or likely – to do, with all these TDI diesels sitting on parking lots? Fix them (how?), crush them or who knows?

These cars that VW had to purchase back from consumers have been piling up in large sites, all around the country, but since the automaker can't store them forever, how will it get rid of the hundred thousands that it has collected?

In fact, Volkswagen has until June 30, 2019, to buy back or fix some 482,000 2.0-liter diesel vehicles. Passed that date, VW may, once again, face hefty fines totaling tens of millions for missed deadlines.

Under the terms of the agreement with the U.S. government, VW has to remove at least 85 percent of the affected diesel models from the road, repair the other 15 percent, then either crush or repair the majority of diesels it bought back.

Doing either will cost the company so much that I wouldn't be surprised, based on its DNA and ethical track record that many, most, or even all of them might “percolate” south of the border to be somehow resold as good, used cars, and give some badly needed cash back to the derelict company.

So next time you're in Mexico, the Caribbeans, Central America or even all the way down into Patagonia, don't be surprised if you recognized your own, or your neighbor's TDI diesel, still roaming the streets and polluting the planet!