Asbestos In Cars

[mercman from oz]

This whole issue is a knee jerk reaction after the horse has bolted.
You see, Australia has announced a recall of some 23 000 cars produced by Chinese brands Great Wall and Chery due to asbestos having been found in certain vehicles. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has explained that the asbestos is located in the engine and exhaust gaskets. More than 50,000 Great Walls were sold in Australia between 2009 and 2015, but the budget-priced utes and SUVs are not currently being imported, with the trickle of sales this year representing the clearing of stock.
Had the government people overseeing the importation of motor vehicles into Australia been alert, this problem would have been picked up before thousands of suspect vehicles entered the country. However, it wasn't, and now these same people are picking on the casual importer of second hand collector cars from any part of the world. If you read the Attachment in my earlier Post, you will see that they are "attacking" these cars with little regard to the damage they are causing. The poor Collector Car enthusiast is left to clean up the mess with no chance of compensation for loss or damage.