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i have a 2012 honda accord that was in a flood but it was a lake water and
not sea water it went up all the way. But so far we have not notice
anything that doesn’t work other than one AUX port and USB radio /Lights
all work fine only reason we bought it is because it was a brand new car
that was flooded and only had 5k miles on it when we got it.
what about cars from a dealer that have been detailed? They detail all
their cars to sell them.. What can you do to still get a good deal from
them?
Excellent video, thanks for sharing. Now I’m dying to know where you would
recommend finding one. You mentioned you don’t use copart and you have a
relationship with a salvage yard. Would copart still be viable? How would
I best find other salvage yards, just google search my area? Any tips on
picking out salvage yards? I would guess just calling around. Thanks
We had flooding once in 2005 our car was flooded up to the radiator cap
level and not just our car 100s of cars but none of them were written off.
As you said if flooding happens above carpet level then the car is a no no
and insurance company just pays off but it was not like that in our case we
called the person from the authorized Suzuki service center and he towed
the car to repair shop and they changed clutch plate and flushed
transmission and engine and filled oil again changed the filter and checked
for electronics, since we cut off the battery when it was raining heavily
and we expected flooding electronics was not damaged, and the car is still
running. May be laws are different in USA for insurance company. One
question, does insurance company replace the cars in US if declared total
loss or pay the insured value only?
Last owner, right! As you can’t sell the car, trade it in or borrow money
against it, why not just throw the carpets out? Couple of rubber mats for
the front if you’re fussy.
Thought I recognised you and the music – but more so Scruffy.
Watched you feral cat video moths ago. What you did for those cats was
amazing. You’re a top guy!!
thanks man. this is very helpful
You need more lighting but greatvideo
Superb video Jim!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge about flood damaged cars and, more
importantly, what to walk away from. A great video.
Tom
That was a great video. Before that I admitted I had a sort of prejudice on
flood vehicles. But I guess that if you’re buying a more sophisticated car,
let’s say a Bmw that carries loads of electronics, it’s important to make
sure everything works, or you might be in trouble. Also, maybe taking
records, such as photos of the recovering process, may help on resale, I
suppose. Anyway, very useful advises. Thank you, sir.
In 2012, I got a 2009 Chevy Cobalt SS for $7.5k. It had 22.5k miles on it
and was considered salvage/flood. It’s been the greatest car but I have
faults with insurance on it.. Progressive is the only place I can find that
insures them and they’re NOT cheap. To this day, I still get 25mpg city and
have retained majority horse-power. No faults with engine or anything.
Whoever repaired it did a fantastic job.
great……………………….
Great video thanks for making it.
Thanks for the tips, soon i will have to buy my first car and a car is very
expensive these days so im looking for the cheap options.
I also have been doing this for over 15 years. More things to consider are:
The satellite computer boxes sometimes under the seats need completely
dried out or replaced with a donor. Window and door lock switches need to
be 100% dry.
I think there is a value threshold you need to stick to. I think this
vehicle it right at this dollar mark I feel comfortable doing this in. I’d
drive the wheels off of it.
nice video thanks
A friend of mine’s Corolla got stolen. It was found three days later in a
farm dam. Only the roof was above water. That was in 1987. Last year the
car was finally scrapped due to an accident. Never had a problem. But back
then electronics was virtually non-existing in a car.
good vid thanks
KICK ASS VIDEO !!!
Can I be your apprentice
Great video!
Excellent video. Very informative. I’m considering buying a flood damage
car for my niece whobis about to get her license…thank you so much…your
video is extremely helpful.
Great video manual. Thanks!
Very helpful man
nice video
excellent
video
I wanna sell my 2005 corrolla for a newer model and this is a great way to
go easy on the wallet.thanks for this video