Well I'm sitting in Houston right now. Looks like I may even have to come into work tomorrow. I'm pretty sure my living quarters will stay dry (I'm up on the Northwest side), but just incase my beloved TL gets hit...

Obviously, don't start while it's sitting in water. But what about if it gets flooded out, how long do I need to wait before I can try to start it again without screwing it? Or will it even start at all again ever?

And say it gets flooded, and it runs okay, but the interior is destroyed. Insurance cover that, I hope? I've got full coverage. Would a destroyed interior/flooded motor on a 2000 TL-P total it out, would that be fixable?

 

Comprehensive coverage should cover floods if you have that coverage. I would check.

Also why dont you take the time now to park your car on higher ground? Say in a public parking garage on the top floor?

 

Well I'm going to ride it out in my apartment (3rd floor). No public garages around where I could park it and then walk to my place. I had thought about that this morning.

 

Might be worth the effort and cost to bus/taxi to one

 

I dunno, I was sort of thinking if it gets totalled out I'd have an excuse to get that TSX I want.

 

Thats a big risk, if it doesn't get totalled, you may be stuck with a car that has gone through all that damage.

 

Yeah I was sort of joking. I'm going mad about thinking of parking garages around here I can sneak it in. Recently, I'm not so afraid of flooding as I am of the windows getting blown out.

I was just out for a smoke and Gessner is friggin' gridlock right now. Internet says all of the roads out of town are in lock down. Shit shit shit.

 

Holy shit dude, thats situations you never want to be in...Good luck...

 

If it gets flooded check to see how high it went. I actually was parked on the street for Hurricane Katrina and got flooded inside the carpet but the engine was fine. I first checked my block and it was dry a bone. I went ahead and changed my oil even though I'm sure it didn't hit my pan. However, if you know for sure that the engine is effected, tow it to a mechanic.