| With the hurricanes and flooding that has
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| | tale signs of water damage. If you can't
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| hit in the south recently there are
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| | do this youself hire a good mechanic to
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| hundreds of thousands of vehicles that
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| | check it for you, or use a vehicle
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| have moderate to severe flood damage.
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| | inspection service and Carfax to
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| Some of these vehicles that have not been
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| | determine if it has been in a flood or
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| completely submerged will be cleaned up,
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| | any type of accident or had major
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| freshner sprayed into carpets and vents
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| | repairs.
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| and shipped North, East and West.
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| | Check title for previous owners and if it
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| The people who deal in these vehicles get
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| | trails back to recent sales in the
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| them dirt cheap and do some clean up and
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| | Hurricane/flood states pass up the sale
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| then ship them out to the unsuspecting
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| | even it seems to be a good deal as you
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| public. These vehicles will look normal
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| | may have some high repair bills later or
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| but after buying one of them you will
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| | worse, not even be able to salvage
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| most likely develope serious problems
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| | vehicle.
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| down the road.
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| | Check out my web site for other tips and
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| These vehicles will have mold started
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| | Automotive information at
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| that you won't be able to detect for some
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| | Jack Cooper
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| time and the odor will be covered up with
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| | This article is free for republishing
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| some strong sprays that will hide the
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| | Source:
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| problem for several weeks/months. But
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| | Occupation: Auto Appraiser/Inspector
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| then one warm day sfter being closed up
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| | I have over 40 years experience in the
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| in the sun you will open the door to a
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| | Automotive field, from ASE Master Tech to
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| musty odor that will start to become
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| | owner of my own repair shop and have been
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| worse each day until after a while it
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| | doing Automotive Appraisals and extended
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| will be unbearable.
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| | warranty/pre-purchase inspections for the
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| The odor may be the least of your
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| | past 12 years.
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| problems for after a vehicle is submerged
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| | I have been working on building and just
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| in water for any length of time the water
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| | about anything connected with cars all my
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| and grit is in the engine, transmission,
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| | life. I have been a Drag Racer (early
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| differential all the wheel bearings and
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| | years) drove stock cars (asphalt and
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| working parts. So after driving the
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| | dirt) built Hot Rods and restored classic
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| vehicle a few hundred miles you will
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| | cars, so have been around just about any
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| start to develope major failures to these
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| | type of vehicle you can imagine.
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| components.
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| | My hobby is NASCAR and building
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| Also the water will get into the
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| | web-sites. My current web-site is a site
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| electrical system of the vehicle and
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| | I started several years ago as an
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| cause shorts in the wiring that may cause
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| | information site for Cars and expanded
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| fires or serious damage to the computer
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| | into trucks, 4X4's, ATV's, Motorcycles
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| system of the vehicle that will result in
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| | and NASCAR. The site started out to be a
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| very high repair bills.
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| | business site, hence the jtcbiz name, but
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| To avoid buying any of these vehicles you
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| | turned into a site on vehicles so don't
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| will need to do a complete inspection of
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| | be alarmed with site name as it had a lot
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| the vehicle to check it out for any tell
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| | of exposure so I left the name.
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