Updated on November 5, 2015
STORIES OF HARDSHIP EMERGE FROM CAMPS OF QUARANTINED VOLKSWAGENS
Thousands of Volkswagens and Audis equipped with the scandal-tainted TDI diesel engine are stuck in U.S. ports waiting for the emissions testing debacle to somehow be resolved, and, each day, more heartbreaking stories emerge from the densely-packed tent cities that these marooned vehicles call home.
“There isn’t sufficient shelter, so most of these cars sit out in the elements for days at a time,” said vehicle rights activist Kumho Sipe. “They’ve already endured a long journey just to get here, and now for them to be locked up like deviant cattle is inhumane. Or should I say, inautomotive.”
A tent is defaced with anti-Audi writings. |
Security forces respond almost daily to altercations between confined Volkswagens and Audis, claimed one source who did not want to be named because he already has a name that he says he likes.
“If something isn’t done soon, there’s going to be oilshed, particularly between the GTIs and A3s,” he predicted. “They’re hot little hatches, if you know what I mean.”
With little electricity and too few compressors, batteries become weaker and tires slowly deflate. “There are even reports of surface rust,” claimed activist Sipe. “That’s something we thought we had practically eradicated.”
“America, or maybe AAA, should do something to help these poor vehicles,” said Sipe, adding, “It can’t go on,” he added. “Something is going to get dented.”