| There are hundreds of thousands of cars, | | | | the wheel bearings and working parts. So |
| trucks, classic cars, motorcycles and other | | | | after driving the vehicle a few hundred miles |
| types of vehicles that have moderate to | | | | you will start to develope major failures to |
| severe flood damage, and many thousands more | | | | these components. |
| will be damaged this year, make sure you are | | | | |
| prepared to be able to ferret this cars out | | | | Also the water will get into the electrical |
| before one winds up in your driveway. | | | | system of the vehicle and cause shorts in the |
| | | | wiring that may cause fires or serious damage |
| Before buying get a suspected car,get a good | | | | to the computer system of the vehicle that |
| pre inspection on the car or if a Classic Car | | | | will result in very high repair bills. |
| etc. get a proper Classic Car Appraisal, then | | | | |
| you will be armed to go to your insurance | | | | To avoid buying any of these vehicles you |
| agent and get properly insured. | | | | will need to have a complete inspection by an |
| | | | Automotive Inspection professional, to |
| Some of these vehicles that have not been | | | | inspect or Appraise the vehicle for any tell |
| completely submerged will be cleaned up, | | | | tale signs of water damage. If you can't do |
| freshner sprayed into carpets and vents and | | | | this yourself hire a good mechanic to check |
| shipped North, East and West. These are the | | | | it for you, or use a vehicle inspection |
| cars that will need expert Inspections and | | | | service,like CarFacts, to determine if it has |
| Appraisals, as they will be harder to detect. | | | | been in a flood or any type of accident or |
| | | | had major repairs. |
| The Dealers who deal in these vehicles get | | | | |
| them dirt cheap and do some clean up and then | | | | Check title for previous owners and if it |
| ship them out to the unsuspecting public. | | | | trails back to recent sales in the Hurricane |
| These vehicles will look normal but after | | | | flood states pass up the sale even it seems |
| buying one of them you will most likely | | | | to be a good deal as you may have some high |
| develope serious problems down the road. And | | | | repair bills later or worse, not even be able |
| this could be avoided if you have an expert | | | | to salvage vehicle. |
| Automotive Appraiser and or Inspector check | | | | |
| it out for you. | | | | I know several people that had Classic Cars, |
| | | | Vintage Cars, Street Rods and high dollar |
| These vehicles will have mold started that | | | | Motorcycles that got severely damaged or |
| you won't be able to detect for some time and | | | | destroyed only to find out their insurance |
| the odor will be covered up with some strong | | | | coverage did not come close to covering the |
| sprays that will hide the problem for several | | | | replacement cost of their vehicles. If only |
| weeks/months. But then one warm day after | | | | they would have had a proper Appraisal on |
| being closed up in the sun you will open the | | | | their vehicles that could have all been |
| door to a musty odor that will start to | | | | avoided and their vehicle would have been |
| become worse each day until after a while it | | | | covered for the proper amount. |
| will be unbearable. And this type of odor is | | | | |
| very hard to cover up for any length of time. | | | | Don't let that happen to you. It dosn't have |
| | | | to be a severe storm that damages your |
| The odor may be the least of your problems | | | | vehicle, it could be damaged by a fire, an |
| for after a vehicle is submerged in water for | | | | accident or numerous other things, so check |
| any length of time the water and grit is in | | | | out the proper way to have your vehical |
| the engine, transmission, differential all | | | | Appraised at Carfacts Appraisal information. |