My car is flooded and totaled...
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My car is flooded and totaled...
Stupid me drove into a deep puddle in Jersey due the heavy downpour last night.
Anyway, now the car is sitting in a garage in Jersey, and I need to decide what to do with it. The garage told me that they can junk it and deduct 80 bux from the tow fee. I was thinking have them tow it back and I can donate it for tax benefit. Anyone has any idea how they determine value of a flooded car?
Anyway, now the car is sitting in a garage in Jersey, and I need to decide what to do with it. The garage told me that they can junk it and deduct 80 bux from the tow fee. I was thinking have them tow it back and I can donate it for tax benefit. Anyone has any idea how they determine value of a flooded car?
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IMO, if they will total it, I'd say total it if you can get 80%+ of market value. I had the same happen to me and despite the fact that I wanted them to total it...they fixed it...:S and I believe that no matter how much they fix the car, a flooded car will never be the same
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IMO, if they will total it, I'd say total it if you can get 80%+ of market value. I had the same happen to me and despite the fact that I wanted them to total it...they fixed it...:S and I believe that no matter how much they fix the car, a flooded car will never be the same
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yes, the puddle was deep. But the rain was so hard, an hour later, I see about 6 cars including mine were half way submerged into water. The cops closed off the highway, and I have no idea when and how the tow truck got all of the cars out.
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Don't give it to the shop. Or if you really want to keep the car, see if you can try to find another engine somewhere and maybe try to put that in, instead of buying a new car. Regardless, what you decide to do , don't give it to the shop and weigh out your options while the car is in the vicinity of your home rather then being pressured by the garage on what to do with the car or possibly even having to pay for storage fee if the garage is a douche. Be positive man, wish you the best of luck.
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Yes it does a require effort, but come on your just giving it to the shop for 80 dollars. You def can tow it back , part it out and make a lot more money 80 bucks plus bay back in the initial tow fee. Especially if your car has any mods , I'm sure you can get some decent money.
Don't give it to the shop. Or if you really want to keep the car, see if you can try to find another engine somewhere and maybe try to put that in, instead of buying a new car. Regardless, what you decide to do , don't give it to the shop and weigh out your options while the car is in the vicinity of your home rather then being pressured by the garage on what to do with the car or possibly even having to pay for storage fee if the garage is a douche. Be positive man, wish you the best of luck.
Don't give it to the shop. Or if you really want to keep the car, see if you can try to find another engine somewhere and maybe try to put that in, instead of buying a new car. Regardless, what you decide to do , don't give it to the shop and weigh out your options while the car is in the vicinity of your home rather then being pressured by the garage on what to do with the car or possibly even having to pay for storage fee if the garage is a douche. Be positive man, wish you the best of luck.
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Yes it does a require effort, but come on your just giving it to the shop for 80 dollars. You def can tow it back , part it out and make a lot more money 80 bucks plus bay back in the initial tow fee. Especially if your car has any mods , I'm sure you can get some decent money.
Don't give it to the shop. Or if you really want to keep the car, see if you can try to find another engine somewhere and maybe try to put that in, instead of buying a new car. Regardless, what you decide to do , don't give it to the shop and weigh out your options while the car is in the vicinity of your home rather then being pressured by the garage on what to do with the car or possibly even having to pay for storage fee if the garage is a douche. Be positive man, wish you the best of luck.
Don't give it to the shop. Or if you really want to keep the car, see if you can try to find another engine somewhere and maybe try to put that in, instead of buying a new car. Regardless, what you decide to do , don't give it to the shop and weigh out your options while the car is in the vicinity of your home rather then being pressured by the garage on what to do with the car or possibly even having to pay for storage fee if the garage is a douche. Be positive man, wish you the best of luck.
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2001 Acura CL Type-S, Non-NAV, about 57K miles with some mods Comptech sways, Tokico shocks, AEM pulleys and CAI.
I guess when i get the car back, i will take a few pics and start a thread in blackmarket to see how things are.
But you are in Texas bro, and I am in NY.
I guess when i get the car back, i will take a few pics and start a thread in blackmarket to see how things are.
But you are in Texas bro, and I am in NY.
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The water kept on rising, while I was in the dealership, I saw another 4 cars drove in and never made it out (I was gonna go out and yell at them to stop, but that would never have worked due the bad weather, I was literally separated by a running RIVER!!!), including a brand new looking Ford Edge thinking it can "fording" the water, but never made it. It took the cops couple of hours to block off the highway. When my dad picked me up from the dealership, all cars were half-way submerged in water, so not sure how deep and bad it really got though.
As much as it is my fault, I am kind of wondering how the local authority maintain their highway system. Last night, I encountered at least 3 big floods in Jersey, but guess never made it out the last one.
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i had the same prob with my old accord back in i think 03....in Cali.... i was going to school and decided to drive pass a minor flooded intersection (it was the craziest raining day i remember).... all the drains in the city were some how clogged....so i decided to drive over it and my damn car died halfway going through.... so i thought i'd sit there and wait for the water to go back down to restart my car...... but that damn water started rising!! next thing you know water started coming through my doors....few more min later i had to push open the door and climb on my roof of the car....water got up to the side view mirrors on my 91 accord lol....everything was pretty much useless on that car except for the body which i sold back then for 900 lol.
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i had the same prob with my old accord back in i think 03....in Cali.... i was going to school and decided to drive pass a minor flooded intersection (it was the craziest raining day i remember).... all the drains in the city were some how clogged....so i decided to drive over it and my damn car died halfway going through.... so i thought i'd sit there and wait for the water to go back down to restart my car...... but that damn water started rising!! next thing you know water started coming through my doors....few more min later i had to push open the door and climb on my roof of the car....water got up to the side view mirrors on my 91 accord lol....everything was pretty much useless on that car except for the body which i sold back then for 900 lol.
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if i were u, i would part out the car as much as u can.... then sell the car on craigslist and let people know it was flooded so the body/exterior is still in excellent shape (not sure how your car looks)... but people sometimes like to take the parts from it... so it depends if you want to part it out or sell it whole.
i sold mine on craigslist as a whole...didnt do a part out since the car was so old..but the body was in excellent shape....
i sold mine on craigslist as a whole...didnt do a part out since the car was so old..but the body was in excellent shape....
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All good points. First time this ever happened to me, so taking advices from every possible sources.
Thanks guys. I will find out the condition of the car tomorrow.
Thanks guys. I will find out the condition of the car tomorrow.
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JK Bro, That sucks man. I don't see how a puddle could total a car. Unless your suspension is meow royally fucked up, or the nuclear fall out that dirty jersey is desecrated your car. I might be interested in some parts, as long as your engine isn't terribly hydro locked. Don't forget about the whole pull the plugs crank it, drain the oil and swap the filter deal..
JK Bro, That sucks man. I don't see how a puddle could total a car. Unless your suspension is meow royally fucked up, or the nuclear fall out that dirty jersey is desecrated your car. I might be interested in some parts, as long as your engine isn't terribly hydro locked. Don't forget about the whole pull the plugs crank it, drain the oil and swap the filter deal..
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Pics or it didn't happen.
JK Bro, That sucks man. I don't see how a puddle could total a car. Unless your suspension is meow royally fucked up, or the nuclear fall out that dirty jersey is desecrated your car. I might be interested in some parts, as long as your engine isn't terribly hydro locked. Don't forget about the whole pull the plugs crank it, drain the oil and swap the filter deal..
JK Bro, That sucks man. I don't see how a puddle could total a car. Unless your suspension is meow royally fucked up, or the nuclear fall out that dirty jersey is desecrated your car. I might be interested in some parts, as long as your engine isn't terribly hydro locked. Don't forget about the whole pull the plugs crank it, drain the oil and swap the filter deal..
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Parts requests are not allowed in here, if he's parting, he will have to make a thread in the BM.
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