Flood damaged cars

[Mojooo]

Excuse the pun but will there be a flood of water damaged cars on the market soon?

I am guessing a lot of the cars in flooded areas will have water damaged in the egine and inside the main car.

I guess a lot of them will be insurance write offs...?

But presumably they won't get thrown away - so where will they end up?

I suppose it would be quite obvious to spot a water damaged car unless a lot of work was put into repairing it.

[MethylatedSpirit]

Right here: http://www.copart.co.uk


It would appear that some are already surfacing

Edited by MethylatedSpirit on Saturday 15th February 19:58

[Welshbeef]

Can you ever really fully repair a flood damaged car without replacing the loom and essentially all the electrical components as its likely you will have intermittent faults

[anonymous-user]

The problem is not that you can't repair it, or even that you often don't need too. The issue is that manufacturers of things like airbags have never warranted their devices after flooding. And who wants to risk an airbag malfunction in say 6 years time when you really need it......

[bazza1603]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-Aston-Martin-Virage...

Asking for trouble....

[Mojooo]

Max_Torque said:

The problem is not that you can't repair it, or even that you often don't need too. The issue is that manufacturers of things like airbags have never warranted their devices after flooding. And who wants to risk an airbag malfunction in say 6 years time when you really need it......

But what is going to stop unscrupulous sellers buying them cheap and then trying to flog them on?

I presume they will all be classed as CAT C or CAT D if an isnruance company pays out.

[surveyor]

Mojooo said:

Max_Torque said:

The problem is not that you can't repair it, or even that you often don't need too. The issue is that manufacturers of things like airbags have never warranted their devices after flooding. And who wants to risk an airbag malfunction in say 6 years time when you really need it......

But what is going to stop unscrupulous sellers buying them cheap and then trying to flog them on?

I presume they will all be classed as CAT C or CAT D if an insurance company pays out.

I think they are usually given either an A or B due to possible contamination.

But that Aston is Cad D - so I may well be wrong.

Edited by surveyor on Saturday 15th February 20:27

[Welshbeef]

Max_Torque said:

The problem is not that you can't repair it, or even that you often don't need too. The issue is that manufacturers of things like airbags have never warranted their devices after flooding. And who wants to risk an airbag malfunction in say 6 years time when you really need it......

Also if the airbag light is on it will fail the MOT

[oobster]

One guy at my work, who was a manky get in the first place, drove his Mondeo into a river a few years back (he thought it was shallow - it wasn't. )

He shut the engine off quickly so somehow managed to save damaging it but the water came inside the cabin, he did a lot of miles so just scooped as much out with an empty McDonalds cup he had in the car then just drove around for weeks with the windows down slightly and the heaters on full all the time.

I had to use his car one day to deliver a tender document and it absolutely stank. I used the car before the water ingress and while it wasn't totally fragrance-free it was nowhere near as bad as after the flood.

[wiliferus]

MethylatedSpirit said:

Right here: http://www.copart.co.uk


It would appear that some are already surfacing

Edited by MethylatedSpirit on Saturday 15th February 19:58

Yep, my car was written off in the floods and they came and got it on Thursday. Doubt mine will go for resale - 51 plated Mondeo tddi with a dead engine and water in the cabin. Was worth close to feck all running, so worth the scrap now!