Flood Cars

There are hundreds of thousands of cars, trucks,you will need to have a complete inspection by an
classic cars, motorcycles and other types ofAutomotive Inspection professional, to inspect or
vehicles that have moderate to severe floodAppraise the vehicle for any tell tale signs of
damage, and many thousands more will bewater damage. If you can't do this yourself hire a
damaged this year, make sure you are preparedgood mechanic to check it for you, or use a
to be able to ferret this cars out before onevehicle inspection service,like CarFacts, to
winds up in your driveway.Before buying get adetermine if it has been in a flood or any type of
suspected car,get a good pre inspection on theaccident or had major repairs.Check title for
car or if a Classic Car etc. get a proper Classicprevious owners and if it trails back to recent
Car Appraisal, then you will be armed to go tosales in the Hurricane/flood states pass up the
your insurance agent and get properlysale even it seems to be a good deal as you may
insured.Some of these vehicles that have nothave some high repair bills later or worse, not
been completely submerged will be cleaned up,even be able to salvage vehicle.I know several
freshner sprayed into carpets and vents andpeople that had Classic Cars, Vintage Cars, Street
shipped North, East and West. These are the carsRods and high dollar Motorcycles that got
that will need expert Inspections and Appraisals,severely damaged or destroyed only to find out
as they will be harder to detect.The Dealers whotheir insurance coverage did not come close to
deal in these vehicles get them dirt cheap and docovering the replacement cost of their vehicles. If
some clean up and then ship them out to theonly they would have had a proper Appraisal on
unsuspecting public. These vehicles will look normaltheir vehicles that could have all been avoided and
but after buying one of them you will most likelytheir vehicle would have been covered for the
develope serious problems down the road. Andproper amount.Don't let that happen to you. It
this could be avoided if you have an expertdosn't have to be a severe storm that damages
Automotive Appraiser and or Inspector check ityour vehicle, it could be damaged by a fire, an
out for you.These vehicles will have mold startedaccident or numerous other things, so check out
that you won't be able to detect for some timethe proper way to have your vehical Appraised at
and the odor will be covered up with some strongCarfacts Appraisal information.Jack Cooper
sprays that will hide the problem for severalOccupation: Auto Appraiser/Inspector
weeks/months. But then one warm day afterWebsite:
being closed up in the sun you will open the doorBiography: I have over 40 years experience in
to a musty odor that will start to become worsethe Automotive field, from ASE Master Tech to
each day until after a while it will be unbearable.owner of my own repair shop and have been
And this type of odor is very hard to cover updoing Automotive Appraisals and extended
for any length of time.The odor may be the leastwarranty/pre-purchase inspections for the past 12
of your problems for after a vehicle is submergedyears.I have been working on building and just
in water for any length of time the water and gritabout anything connected with cars all my life. I
is in the engine, transmission, differential all thehave been a Drag Racer (early years) drove
wheel bearings and working parts. So after drivingstock cars (asphalt and dirt) built Hot Rods and
the vehicle a few hundred miles you will start torestored classic cars, so have been around just
develope major failures to these components.Alsoabout any type of vehicle you can imagine.My
the water will get into the electrical system of thehobby is NASCAR and building web-sites. My
vehicle and cause shorts in the wiring that maycurrent web-site is a site I started several years
cause fires or serious damage to the computerago as an information site for Cars and expanded
system of the vehicle that will result in very highinto trucks, 4X4's, ATV's, Motorcycles and
repair bills.To avoid buying any of these vehiclesNASCAR.