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Japan's 'Hottest' Export This Year - Radioactive Cars
At the start of the year, Russia said 'nyet' to 132 Japanese cars imported through Vladivostok due to high radiation levels. Fast forward seven months and as AutoWeek reports, it appears the Japanese are up to their old tricks - desperate to make Abenomics look like it's working by jamming exports higher - a total of 70 used cars imported from Japan and found to have increased levels of radiation are being stored in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The import of used Japanese cars is big business in Central Asia, especially in Mongolia and the Russian far-east regions, but several batches of cars have been seized by the government during the last three years - despite 'agreements' from Japan.
A total of 70 used cars imported from Japan and found to have increased levels of radiation are being stored in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and cannot be sent back, according to Silk Road Reporters citing local news outlets. Car retailers in Kyrgyzstan, who have been importing significant numbers of used cars from Japan for resale in the country, have been finding cars that exhibit levels of radiation above normal. Several batches of cars have been seized by the government during the last three years and have at times been sent back to Japan through an agreement with the Japanese government. However, irradiated cars keep turning up in Bishkek, the capital, and not all of them are being detected in a timely manner.
"These cars cannot be dispatched back. Neither China nor Japan will accept them. For this reason, we have to keep them here and deal with their further disposal," Tolo Isakov, director of the Disease Prevention Department in Bishkek, told the AKIpress news outlet, according to Silk Road Reporters.
Isakov told AKIpress and Novosti.kg, another Bishkek-based news outlet, that currently a decision is being made whether to scrap the cars. The cars have been quarantined in an impound lot, but the local authorities do not know what to do with them. The batch of (so far) 70 cars has been building up in the impound lot over time, with cars having come through several other countries. Isakov did not mention the levels of radioactivity that have been detected in these cars, though it is expected to vary from car to car.
The import of used Japanese cars is big business in Central Asia, especially in Mongolia and the Russian far-east regions that are the largest consumers of used Japanese cars in the area. In cities like Vladivostok, Russia, RHD Japanese cars make up roughly 50 percent of all registered passenger cars.
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Don't worry though - Abe promised it would all be fixed by the time the world's greatest and fittest athletes arrive for the Olympics...
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so these cars come with heated seats?
One lump or two, my dear?
But worry not, it's self dimming
No worry...these ahh are made by F.M.
Fukushima Motors.
It has to be fixed or else, or else lie, whichever is taken easiest.
Damn, these nuke powered cars must be super fast!
A head-on collision between 2 of them and you've got yourself another Hiroshima.
Do they fly yet? OK, still not interested.
For a fairly enlighten group here at ZH, there are a lot of believers of government lies about the linear no-threshold model of radiation exposure.
Government lies continually to keep the dupes duped, the fools fooled, and the suckers suckered. Lying about radiation is no different.
Maybe this has link to the Toyota's that ISIS got in Iraq?
Maybe Yakuza had to get involved to start moving the Japanese Autos... Now linked to ISIS and Bokoharum.
"Maybe this has link to the Toyota's that ISIS got in Iraq?"
Yes. They were all made in Japan.
Hey, mutations take time! :>D
I refused to re-up on a honda lease last month exactly for this reason....Went with a Dodge.. Id rather be radiated..
I don't care about the cars. Are the motorbikes safe????? I can't live without Japanese motorbikes!!!!
And I betcha there are more than a dozen unemployed Japanese scientists who would love to study and experiment and try and solve this radiation problem - one for fun, and two because they / their friends / family live in or near Fukushima. And I bet that dozen or more Jappy scientists have no access to any resources and live in frustration every day.
Uh-Oh. I don't see a category for 'radiation' on my CarFax report.
<Maybe Japan has hit on a way to ship all that radioactive water out of Japan in the gas tanks.>
Cog... It's on; ru.Carzfzx.glomp/radjdoktiv
Be aware it's sent over a 40 baud modem from Spbetszseveyoubalnkst
Slow.... very very s l o o o o
Might as well be via Morse Code then. I hear the telegraph delivery girls are hot.
<No dear, that wasn't me. My ZH account was hacked.>
That's a relief. I thought the dog ate the hard drive..., all of them.
Half-life of a vehicle soon to be listed next to mileage.
Cesium 137 makes for really shiny bumpers.
Hot, hotter, radioactive. The newes and shiniest hit from ol´ Japan.
Now available, so get it when its still hot!
Damn....spit take on the screen !
Thanks I.V. <chuckle>
First Ford Mercury, then Pontiac Cobalt, now Toyota Cesium.
AAHhhh.....I see what you did there......clever !
But I think you forgot about the DeLorean.....with the optional Flux Capacitor and Plutonium that produces 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity.
USA car guys pimp out pre-owned sewage drowners every day.... think Katrina, mudslides, etc. Hell, radioactivity is probly better for the engine than goobermint's ethanol gas . Think outside the box.
Boils the water out of the fuel lines so they don't rust.
"USA car guys pimp out pre-owned sewage drowners every day.... think Katrina, mudslides, etc."
I'm in the market for a used pickup truck and went down to High Point, NC a week ago to check out what looked like a good deal. It had been bought at auction in Ohio by the dealer in NC, potentially a sign Ohio didn't want the truck.
It was a warm afternoon when I arrived there and I immediately found the guy I talked to on the phone. He grabbed the keys and flipped them to me as we walked out to the truck. As soon as I had the door open the stench hit me square in the face. Clearly this truck had been under water....or more accurately under sewage. I suspect the carpets and seats had been cleaned several times since they looked well scrubbed.
As I turned to leave the salesman informed me they would hire the local guy to spray some cleaner in the vents to clear up the smell. Too funny. I may be dumb, but I ain't that stupid.
Really interesting story.(I am for real!)
Please more of that!
The reason I went down to High Point, NC from up here on the mountain of Southwest VA is because the locals around here hold their trucks in high regard and won't part with them unless top dollar is received. What $10,000 buys up here can be purchased for $7,500 to $8,000 40 miles away down the mountain.
It actually is a fascinating study in the concept of value. Just like politics, all economies are local.
agree with local economies...in particular the auto plant centers often have better new and used car deals (due to influence of employee purchase programs and sheer volume) and potential to arb differences in state regs to drive a better deal on 'nearly new' vehicles, e.g. some states (midwest states come to mind...) require a vehicle to be identified as 'used' even if never plated or driven while others (southern states come to mind...) do not...met a buyer once who did this full time.
resale of flood damaged vehicles is illegal everywhere afaik.
The water/sewer/flood damage did not show up on the CarFax I pulled before heading to the dealer. Which leads me to think the prior owner never put a claim in on the loss and made a deal with an auctioneer for more than he could get from the insurance if he made a claim. It then got picked up by the NC dealer who felt he could sell it to a local rube. Please note CarFax only picks up what is reported.
Hey CD, ever been to the Flyod dance fest they hold? Got fam down there. Been in Flyod many times.
We know Floyd though we have not been to the fest. Very interesting people in Floyd. Eclectic would be a term I might use.
They are just being creative in making sure we all get some.
The atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean aren't spreading it fast enough.
Let's hide it in everything we export.
In order to avoid radioactive products, may the Japanese should relocate their factories to China...
hehehe ... (Yes, that was mean ...)
No need for a cigarette lighter -- just press your butt anywhere and light up.
No need for windshield wipers either. The water boils right off.
Another bonus - red light and speed cameras won't catch'em. All images will come out overexposed.
In car tanning booth.
Yeah. This thing can be spun positive. Glow in the dark cars. It's a safety feature.
Hee look a "Hot Rod"
Now I know where the Repoman got his car.
They're selling them as Fast and the Furious specials. Wait till they find out why the car glows...
We've been promised "nuclear cars" in 60's and 70's. All part of the nuclear family program. About goddamn time!
"What's that?", "A cheap gieger counter to help me find my car in the WalMart parking lot."
all very witty comments, got tired of upvoting.
No comment on the radiation problem the world faces. This is exactly how the western media controls the story, and it is reflected in the way many of us think. Then I realized something. I don't want the panc that will ensue when westerners find out all products from the sea are poisoned, all open air we breathe, and anything above ground in the open is unhealthy. Fukushima may take 50 years off life expectancy for those ingesting pacific seafood even now. It's more hopeless in japan now than the first week of 3-11. The fuel pools are just patiently waiting, next 7 or higher earthquake starts the cesium137 diet. I think everyting else in the news is the sideshow.
EAT LIES AND DIE.
Give me Scotch, Vodka, Weed, and Zanax, I'll self medicate thank you very much.
Don't forget the strippers. I mean hookers. I mean masseuse.
Just a guess, but I bet you're a load of fun at parties.
We know, man. We know. There's no fixing this. No containing it. No cleaning it up. It's beyond our technological capabilities. Which leaves us where? Lying about the extent of the danger and having a good laugh about it before our vocal cords turn to jelly.
And the best part? Some other nuke plant somewhere in the world is going to suffer a similar fate every 20 years or so, at the current burn rate (no pun intended).
If only they came with one of those beautiful ladies in the back seat.
There might be a little radiation in your Japanese car, but it could be worse. At least its not a GM!!!
If it's made In Japan, turn off the lights to see if it's authentic!
The new Japanese auto sales slogan: "With the exclusive Fuku package, headlights are optional."
Do they have Mr Fusion's on the back?
That's what they'll be calling the driver.
Is Honda and Nissan having a "two-for-one" sale on that?... Buy a brand new civic or leaf and get a year's supply of all you can eat sushi grade cesium 137 laced Tuna!
Nothing like a half-dozen x-rays every day going to and from work!
This should really help the share price and the sales go through the roof!!!!
JHC
Your car's due for a tunap.
Now you can pull your irradiated car into the drive in and order an irradiated burger - and you can do it the day before you go in for radiation treatment!
Sooo... It's perfectly okay to pollute everything in the northern hemisphere with radioactive particles, but I MUST buy a damn CARB compliant gas can to mow the lawn?!?!
Though not hot enough for terrorist to smash them together for critical mass.
When are the plutonium models coming out?
Hey, think about the positives of a radioactive car.
When you're on your way to work in the morning, you can save the time wasted in the kitchen microwaving your breakfast.
Instead, take it with you in the car and place it in the glovebox. By the time you reach the first stop sign at the end of the street, your meal will be hot and ready.
The Japs always were great innovators.
Positives: A lot of dead cash for clunker scammers. A lot of dead ditzy artsy types who didn't buy American. What downside? Repo those cars back onto the lot at incredible prices... donate them to politicians.
Hot Rods. What's unusual about that.
This makes me laugh. I went to Japan 2-3 month after the fukushima disaster. We rented a car at the airport and did a road trip in the fukushima prefecture (among other thing). When we came back from our trip we tested the wheel with a geiger counter and I can't reember the exact reading but it was way above background level. Poor airport guy didn't know we gave him back a radioactive car.
They might have tried to sell it to Russian now.
And I thought Katrina cars were bad...
Been saying it for sometime, if you buy a Japanese car, put a geiger counter on it.
Change that jingo Westinghouse line of "progress is our most important product" to glowing in the dark is what we came for.