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Date Posted: 15:10:31 11/17/01 Sat
Author: Doug M
Author Host/IP: 24.4.253.126
Subject: Re: Followup question (flood damage?)
In reply to: Rod 's message, "Re: Followup question (flood damage?)" on 14:36:04 11/17/01 Sat

What you should fear in flood damaged cars is what happens years down the road. All electrical contacts may have been submerged. It is possible that the mechanical parts were submerged as well. It may run fine now, but it will probably haunt you for life. I know an auto dealer who said he would rather buy a car that had flipped and bent a frame than one that was flood damaged.


>Hey, thanks for the bit of history, Phil.
>
>I took a look at the GTS in question today. It is a
>silver outside, black inside 1994 model. As I
>mentioned in a previous post, CarFax revealed that it
>had been flood damaged. This dealership appears to be
>fairly straightforward and upfront about things. They
>have a number of cars that have been flood damaged;
>several of them (including the GTS) are sitting in the
>garage without their seats. They buy these from
>insurance companies, professionally clean and repair,
>inspect, retitle etc. and then resell them.
>
>The 928 is without its seats at the moment and has a
>slight musty smell. The sales guy says that the car
>runs fine and was running when they received it.
>While I was there, we connected the battery and
>started the engine; all okay. I tried some of the
>electrics (headlights, hazards) and all okay. The
>salesguy said the only thing not working on the car
>when they got it was the module for the electric motor
>for movement on the driver's side seat, which I could
>not verify, of course. Cosmetically, the car seemed
>to be in good shape: there were a couple of smudges on
>the front bumper, the engine looked clean, there is
>still plenty of meat on the tires. The engine sounded
>awesome!
>
>Anyway, he said it'd be probably five weeks before the
>mechanics and detailers and inspectors (state of CT)
>could get around to looking at it; they have a backlog
>of cars waiting for the same treatment. There is a
>Porsche dealership a mile down the road, so I'll get
>them to do an inspection at some stage.
>
>I'm not totally disuaded from buying this car, but I'm
>pretty cautious now.

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