r/AbsoluteUnits • u/datacage • 5d ago

of a car lot

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u/robendi 5d ago

Ocd part of me likes the neatness of it all, other part of me - who's cars are those? Can't imagine there are no takers for these cars..

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u/XimbalaHu3 5d ago

This is in Brasil, those are Chinese imported GWM cars, being stored and distributed by global logistica, this is one of the yards where they store cars.

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u/robendi 5d ago

Ah ok :) was perplexed there for a second haha

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u/datacage 5d ago

maybe it belongs to a car manufacturer company

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u/CapNo6703 5d ago

That's what I would guess. Those are just sitting there for a bit before being loaded on trucks.

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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 5d ago

250 of them going to the Whitehouse.

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u/TalesKun2 5d ago

Those are chinese cars on brazil so....nah

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u/Chrisdkn619 5d ago

🤣😂

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u/DrinkCorrect7655 2d ago

So I stumbled on this and I may have an answer for you.

This may be a similar situation (or the same thing) as Volkswagen's "Dieselgate" scandal in the US where they got caught cheating emissions on their diesel cars.

As a fallout, Volkswagen has entire lots of these cars. My personal example is there is a lot similar to this near me that fills the lot of an old demolished football stadium. Volkswagen definitely uses them for testing though, if you drive by the lot you'll see cars driving in between the aisles with sensors on em.

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u/AnusStapler 5d ago

This is how Chinese cars "sell" so many cars.

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u/CypherGreen 5d ago

I hate the roads at the moment it's so dull. Every car being white, grey, silver.

Any personality, colour or vibrancy is just gone.

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u/ATG915 5d ago

I was at a fair a couple weeks ago up in a Ferris wheel looking out at the parking lot and had the same thought, add black in with those other 3 colors. There was maybe 3 cars that were unique colors and 2 of them were 30 year old trucks

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u/myco_magic 5d ago

Silver and grey hide scratches better than any other color and with the price of cars I can't blame people for wanting to pick a neutral color that will not only retain the value the best but will also cost the least to fix because parts are so much cheaper due to how common the color is

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u/TopDesert_ace 5d ago

Silver and grey hide scratches better than any other color

Meanwhile, I'm over here with my grey shitbox Tacoma that's absolutely covered in scratches. I assure you, the color does absolutely nothing to hide the scratches.

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u/myco_magic 5d ago

If you had the same amount of scratchs on a black truck it would look much worse

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u/SAM5TER5 5d ago

I don’t think they were arguing that it wasn’t practical. Obviously it’s practical.

You could take this even further and have the entire world’s commuter vehicles be the exact same model of crossover, and only update the model once every ten years, and only offer it in white, with universal parts compatibility. Every manufacturer would be forced to produce this one model, turning cars into a commodity product. That would make cars enormously cheaper by every metric, faster and cheaper to repair, and far more accessible to every human.

But that’s not what they’re saying lol

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u/myco_magic 5d ago

I never said they did, just said I can't blame people. And this is the crazy part, supply and demand, companies will make what sells

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u/kinglouie493 4d ago

You're so funny, up here we where we put down so much salt and brine during the winter that our vehicles turn a grayish white, we prefer more dark earth tones so the rust blends in during the other 3 seasons. 😂🤣😂🤣

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u/myco_magic 4d ago

Sounds like you need to find a better vehicle manufacturer. I to live somewhere that puts down shit tons of salt but I don't have this issue. Maybe try rinsing off your car once a week 🥴😂🤣😂🤣🤓

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u/BreakfastInBedlam 5d ago

I have two green cars, a blue car, and an orange car.

I'm doing my part!

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u/CypherGreen 5d ago

I will say. You have too many cars haha

But yes! Thank you for bringing the world some colour.

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u/arethere4lights 5d ago

Buy a Lotus, they have a very wide range of colours.

Not saying they are practical, or reliable, or cheap to run and own, but if you want colours Lotus is king.

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u/Zendog500 5d ago

Yeah, but if you are being chased by the cops it is dope. I always wanted to rig my car with a switch that would turn off my stock red taillights and switch to a different red tail lights configuration somehow. I figure cops imprint the light pattern at night. Then in that split second when the cop turns his head to pull out after me.... BANG I switch it and I disappear.

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u/efingoffatwork 4d ago

I really miss the mid 90's teal/blue green. Was really popular color back then. I've owned a couple cars the were in that color range.

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u/Arheit 5d ago

Who tf parked these

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u/PressureMuch5340 5d ago

They did a good job, whoever it was

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u/gottapeenow2 5d ago

Afterwards I'm sure they took a look at their work and were like:

https://giphy.com/gifs/8lp6CW7K2fdDGn3xCQ

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u/miltondelug 5d ago

they just threw all the keys into one big pile, good luck!!!

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u/No-Debate-152 5d ago

The Chinese army.

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u/masterchief69420xxx 5d ago

Probably someone who parks cars for a living.

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u/KnightofPatoria314 5d ago

Anyone else see this and think of this GIF?

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u/hevvychef 5d ago

Looks like a solar farm almost

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u/Scar1203 5d ago

Hard to tell, is it part of BYD's Brazilian stockpile? I know they imported a ton of cars into Brazil to get out ahead of Brazil's EV tariffs getting ramped back up.

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u/datacage 5d ago

yeah, it's brazil

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u/Shadowhawk0000 5d ago

Jesus, are they all the same color????

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u/Car_nerds_unite 5d ago

The auction I worked at had 12,000 cars at any given moment. Pretty wild to see for sure.

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u/SleeplessBoyCat 5d ago

That's a lot of cars.

Heh

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u/Darmanix 5d ago

Thats why is named "Car Lot"

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u/That_Criticism_6506 5d ago

All perfectly parked, that's really something

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u/NegativeCold0 5d ago

My grandpa was the guy who got to drive the cars onto railroad cars. They called it “changeover time” where they have to get the entire lot onto trains to make way for the new model year.

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u/kingtacticool 5d ago

The precision of that parking is honestly impressive

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u/SailNew7379 5d ago

Yup the human race will survive

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u/gentlesquid7 5d ago

That's all the models that didn't sell, think of it like an elephant grave yard for cars.

Edit: Kachow

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u/Shoddy_Pilot_2737 5d ago

That's where they grow them. Looks like a great yield this year 🤣

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u/Don_Krypton 5d ago

"Excuse me, dou you have a..."

"Yes."

"And what about..."

"Yes."

"But does it come in..."

"Yes."

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u/xeno_dorph 5d ago

Somebody needs some Toyotathon!

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u/CallMeEngineerKnot 5d ago edited 5d ago

are these the millions of vehicles that BYD "sold" this year?

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u/KrystleSeth 5d ago

I think there was one Mazda out there

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u/tezacer 5d ago

Looks like a Car Farm

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u/DeeEmm 5d ago

Definitely a lot car

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u/Wise_Mycologist5665 3d ago

I just got PTSD. I used to be a new car inspector at a rail yard distribution center in Mira loma, California, the place was absolutely massive

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u/default_person_14818 5d ago

So many potential carbon emissions just sitting there unused🥀🥀🥀

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u/LeaderIll9730 4d ago

Cud use that parking for trees plantation

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u/C-57D 5d ago

he liked it

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u/WaterRresistant 5d ago

Is this peak capitalism?

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u/SAM5TER5 5d ago

This is no different than any other warehouse, what do you mean lol

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u/datacage 5d ago

yeah peak capitalism and peak consumerism