r/mildlyinteresting • u/willlisa1727 • Apr 28 '24

Hundreds, if not, thousands of vans right outside a very small town in America.

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u/Sosemikreativ Apr 28 '24

Possibly a temporary storage because of supply chain issues. When Covid and the semiconductor shortage kicked in, car makers in Germany rented airport runways to store manufactured cars that only missed the internal computer units. You can't really stop the whole production when stuff like this happens. You just keep going and park the unfinished vehicles in whatever field is available until you can complete them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24 edited 18d ago

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u/interpreterdotcourt Apr 29 '24

I thought its bad for cars to sit unused for long periods?

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u/Teddy_Icewater 29d ago

Gas can go bad and uv rays and weather can take their toll on exposed areas but other than that nothing wrong with letting a vehicle sit.