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Article #381: Flood Cars

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






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