Ought to be a flood of used cars coming soon

[Frank]

I'd be real wary of all the used cars coming up soon with all this flooding everywhere. Some shenanigans will occur fo sho.

[CWO]

a flood of flood cars

[BoostedD1]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/drivers-stranded-homes-damaged-houston-area-flash-flooding/story?id=31302320

Its not so bad .... Sheesh.

[1carcrazyguy]

All just had a bath, just to freshen them up.

[Rreemo]

I remember back in 2005-06 when we had a lot of flooding that year and a bunch of those cars started showing up at the auctions. I had a good buddy of mine ask me about a deal he had found on some sort of little Hyundai coupe (whatever the sporty one was at the time)....it was less than a year old and it only had like 5K miles on it, and he was offered it for some really low price...I want to say like $4K-$5K. Anyways, I advised him to steer clear of it b/c I've always known flood cars to be a nightmare, especially the newer they get with more electronics. He went against my advice and bought it anyway...had to spend about a grand on it, getting it back running/driving, and completely cleaned up inside & out...was like a brand new car again when he got done with it.

Funny thing....he daily drove that same car until last year, sold it with just a little over 200K on it, and he never did anything else except for maintenance. He says it was one of the best cars he's ever had, and that was the worst advice I've ever given him!

[Baron Von Crowder]

I remember back in 2005-06 when we had a lot of flooding that year and a bunch of those cars started showing up at the auctions. I had a good buddy of mine ask me about a deal he had found on some sort of little Hyundai coupe (whatever the sporty one was at the time)....it was less than a year old and it only had like 5K miles on it, and he was offered it for some really low price...I want to say like $4K-$5K. Anyways, I advised him to steer clear of it b/c I've always known flood cars to be a nightmare, especially the newer they get with more electronics. He went against my advice and bought it anyway...had to spend about a grand on it, getting it back running/driving, and completely cleaned up inside & out...was like a brand new car again when he got done with it.

Funny thing....he daily drove that same car until last year, sold it with just a little over 200K on it, and he never did anything else except for maintenance. He says it was one of the best cars he's ever had, and that was the worst advice I've ever given him!

My uncle picked up a really low mile 89 735il for my aunt that was a flood car. He said he didnt have to do much, couple relays and a good cleaning. My dad bought it from them with 180k on it, and drove it to 250k before it cracked a head and he dumped it. It was a great car for both of them.

[Tremor14]

I'm pretty sure my old FRC C5 was a flood car out of houston in 02 or 03, but it wasn't on car fax. ( i bought it from carmax). But i never had any issues with it either. Even sold it for more than what i paid for it.

[MustangPoser]

I would not be scared of buying a freshwater flood car or a boat that sunk in freshwater. You wouldn't have ongoing issues if everything was taken care of in a timely manner.

A car that got flooded in saltwater? I wouldn't ride to a cowboys game with you, even if you were paying for parking.

[Denny]

I've had two flood cars (both clear titles) that took very little to make perfect again. The LT1 Trans Am I got is still on the road as a guy's daily in Keller. It just depends on each specific car's damage. I'll always consider damaged vehicles of any kind, as long as I can see the damage first.

[kingjason]

I've had two flood cars (both clear titles) that took very little to make perfect again. The LT1 Trans Am I got is still on the road as a guy's daily in Keller. It just depends on each specific car's damage. I'll always consider damaged vehicles of any kind, as long as I can see the damage first.

Yeah I almost bought a black 2012 Miata hardtop out of Georgia or something before I bought the Club. It was 8k even so about 6k off regular. That was my only issue. Guy told me it was in a fresh water flood and only got up to the center console. I asked about pictures and he had none. Their whole business was rebuild able or flood cars almost. You know damn good and well people are going to ask you for before pics. He had three cars that miraculously only got flooded up to the bottom of the seats.