What do you do with a flooded car?

[vampire]

Water was probably up to dashboard. Doesn't start. Didn't even try since the battery is out.
No insurance. Have only liability.

So what can I do with it? Sell for parts? Anything?


P.S. I parked my car 2 miles inland, but still got flooded.

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[Luno]

Hose it down in tap water, inside out, or it will be a rust bucket in 3 days.

Charge the battery at home while you are drying it with heaters in a  Makeshift a plastic tent. Open ECU and fuse boxes, if they are wet, rinse with tap water and dry them out, Dump the engine oil, check for water, remove spark plugs put a snippet of tissue in each cylinder to check for water. Check if air filter is wet. Good chance that it will turn over after this. Buy some vinyl spray for that new car smell, take it to a dealer or keep it.

[Raoul Duke]

Hang it to dry?

[RATM69]

Scrap yard is probably the best option. Water does so much damage to a car when it floods it.

[vampire]

Scrap yard is probably the best option. Water does so much damage to a car when it floods it.

Yea, I need to call few and see how much I can get for it. I don't think its repairable even if it starts.

[juggalodarkclow]

WAIT FOR FEMA!! I lost my car during the flooding in upstate NY last year. The FEMA agent will look at your car to verify it's damaged due to flooding and will also verify you had liability insurance at the minimum. Once they finish their report send it to the scrap yard, most people won't buy anything from a car that was involved in a flood. If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

[vampire]

WAIT FOR FEMA!! I lost my car during the flooding in upstate NY last year. The FEMA agent will look at your car to verify it's damaged due to flooding and will also verify you had liability insurance at the minimum. Once they finish their report send it to the scrap yard, most people won't buy anything from a car that was involved in a flood. If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

Yes. That I was just reading about. I have all pictures of my car's dmg right now. I have the standard 100/300 liability insurance

Thanks!

[Raoul Duke]

If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

That is theft...

[vampire]

If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

That is theft...

I live on 6th floor... So no problems there.

[logansryche]

I'd go with the FEMA idea as a scrap yard'll give you next to nothing for it. Their rates go by the ton.

[notme]

Hose it down in tap water, inside out, or it will be a rust bucket in 3 days.

Charge the battery at home while you are drying it with heaters in a  Makeshift a plastic tent. Open ECU and fuse boxes, if they are wet, rinse with tap water and dry them out, Dump the engine oil, check for water, remove spark plugs put a snippet of tissue in each cylinder to check for water. Check if air filter is wet. Good chance that it will turn over after this. Buy some vinyl spray for that new car smell, take it to a dealer or keep it.

This... unless you can get a government bailout and are okay with accepting it.

Also, a little starting fluid (or carburetor cleaner) shot into the cylinders can help with that first turn over.

[DannyHamilton]

I'm curious.  What type of car (Make, Model, year)?

[vampire]

Hose it down in tap water, inside out, or it will be a rust bucket in 3 days.

Charge the battery at home while you are drying it with heaters in a  Makeshift a plastic tent. Open ECU and fuse boxes, if they are wet, rinse with tap water and dry them out, Dump the engine oil, check for water, remove spark plugs put a snippet of tissue in each cylinder to check for water. Check if air filter is wet. Good chance that it will turn over after this. Buy some vinyl spray for that new car smell, take it to a dealer or keep it.

This... unless you can get a government bailout and are okay with accepting it.

Also, a little starting fluid (or carburetor cleaner) shot into the cylinders can help with that first turn over.

I can't do anything with the car. I don't have tools, electricity, and the car is about 2 miles away from my place.

It's going to a junk yard, I'll apply for FEMA if I can.

Thanks for all responses.

[vampire]

I'm curious.  What type of car (Make, Model, year)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76549.0

[MysteryMiner]

The car will need to be completely disassembled and cleaned from water damage. Most likely the electronics need to be replaced. Someone with the right skills and a lot of spare time can do this but it also is not economical unless the car have special value.

[juggalodarkclow]

If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

That is theft...

So is 8% sales tax here in NY lol

[vampire]

Yay, FEMA has no income limit.

[BitcoinINV]

If you get it back to running condition just get a salvage title.

[caffeinewriter]

Swim.

[Raoul Duke]

If you had any damage to your home don't forget to include items you may not have really had, FEMA will cover a portion of it.

That is theft...

So is 8% sales tax here in NY lol

If you complaint about 8% what should I say about 23% VAT here in Portugal, where the average wage is around $900(minimum wage $600)?

[Garr255]

Yeah the US is relatively awesome when it comes to goods tax...

[benjamindees]

So, the moral of this thread is that, in a functional capital market, flooded vehicles could be sold relatively quickly to those with the motivation to repair them and preserve some value before they turn to rust.

But here in the USSA, waiting around for the local soviet to inspect your otherwise salvageable car and give you a hand-out for it is far more lucrative.

[Jessica]

Sell the car for scrap metal.
Problem solved.

[greyhawk]

Sell it for scrap at the nearest junkyard,
Sell it for scrap at the nearest junkyard,
Sell it for scrap at the nearest junkyard,
Early in the morning.

Put it in the lake and call insurance,
Put it in the lake and call insurance,
Put it in the lake and call insurance,
Early in the morning.

Park it in the lot for the kids to play with,
Park it in the lot for the kids to play with,
Park it in the lot for the kids to play with,
Early in the morning.

Tow it up a crane, let it drop for science,
Tow it up a crane, let it drop for science,
Tow it up a crane, let it drop for science,
Early in the morning.

[vampire]

So, the moral of this thread is that, in a functional capital market, flooded vehicles could be sold relatively quickly to those with the motivation to repair them and preserve some value before they turn to rust.

But here in the USSA, waiting around for the local soviet to inspect your otherwise salvageable car and give you a hand-out for it is far more lucrative.

The moral of the story is that a person who pays 60k in federal taxes gets jack shit from the gov. May be I shouldn't pay?

[Littleshop]

I'm curious.  What type of car (Make, Model, year)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76549.0

While the fema route may be the best financially....

All of the electronics probably need to be replaced, but being a Mustang EVERYTHING is available and often at a lower price then most other cars due to the large aftermarket.  You can get a replacement computer for about $100, a replacement instrument cluster for $100.

[vampire]

I'm curious.  What type of car (Make, Model, year)?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76549.0

While the fema route may be the best financially....

All of the electronics probably need to be replaced, but being a Mustang EVERYTHING is available and often at a lower price then most other cars due to the large aftermarket.  You can get a replacement computer for about $100, a replacement instrument cluster for $100.

I won't bother, I live in an appt. I can't park the car anywhere for a long time due to nyc parking regulations.

Time to let the car go, FEMA wont pay - referred to sba loans.

My gf can rent a car for few months and i'll get a zipcar membership. My parents were hit much harder, the town was pretty much washed away. So bringing the car there isn't an option now, even tow trucks don't have gas right now.

I'll save more without a car, I will able to write the car off my 2012 tax.

[Fluttershy]

Dammit Sandy, quit flooding the engine.

[MysteryMiner]

Stupid capitalist economy with "if it's broken then junk it and buy new one". This is pretty serious disaster for a car to be flooded but it still can be repaired and driven. You are so concerned with pollution that you need to invent low performance "green" harddrives to save one or two wats of electricity at a cost of performance but easily junk a car that after careful repair can drive for another 20 years.

If the car is in EU I can find the buyer for it.

[JohnBigheart]

Top Gear has a matching episode !

Whatever happens do not attempt to rotate the engine before the water is out.
Water does not do well with compression chambers.