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Believe I will stay away from used..........

jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
cars in the northeast for a while. Usually can get them for a deal, but are they worth it?

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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,157 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Oh c'mon, there's some bargins to be had there!!![;)]
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lots of cheap parts will be available for some time now
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    What? U never heard of FABREEZE? [;)]
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jltrent
    cars in the northeast for a while. Usually can get them for a deal, but are they worth it?

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    After they dry out and get the smell of seaweed mixed with diesel and raw sewer removed they will be just fine and dandy.
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What if they offered them at 0% financing for 60 months and threw in a lifetime pass to sea world?
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    just back from the 'car wash'
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  • MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    A guy I know bought a Jeep CJ from an insurance auction that had been in a flood. Some cleaning and pressure washing, new oil and gear oil, some buffing compound, new radio and new seats he had a $15,000 jeep for $1,200. It looked like new when he finished and didn't cost him a lot of money.
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
    What if they offered them at 0% financing for 60 months and threw in a lifetime pass to sea world?


    Throw inna corned beef sandwich and ya gotta a deal. If not, forgeddaboutit...........
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Back when I was in high school, during 1973, My school was "given" 12 brand new Chrysler cars that were in a flood. Not one of them had over 45 miles on the odometer. Never to be registered, only to be used for training in the auto shops.
    We [the students} knew more about the latest mopar electronic ignitions systems than the dealers at that time.[:D]
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    States have different guidelines but once an insurance company has deemed a vehicle "totaled" or "unsalvageable" the owner is compensated and the insurance company basically has bought the vehicle and must stamp the title "SALVAGE". The vehicle can be sold with a title like that but must be restored and inspected as safe to operate on public roadways before the title can be cleared from salvage status. Some years ago there was a big stink about salvage title vehicles being retitled as used and sold across state lines which then brought in the Feds. Turned out thousands of cars, trucks, vans and even commercial trucks were being sold under this scam.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I accually bought a truck from the catrina hurricane. It had mud and water behind the speedometer[:D] We still use it everyday for deliveries. Its a great running truck Its a ford f150 and had 12 thousand miles on her. Got it for 3,200.
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Part of my job was inspecting Salvage/Rebuilt vehicles.
    Some did a good job cleaning up flood vehicles.
    And some of the flood vehicles had not really been in the deepest water. I saw vhicles that had barely got their tires wet but were included in a loss because they were in the same flood area. If you got one of those you were lucky. Others were completely under. You don't want one of those.
    I had one rebuilder that only dealt in luxury cars, BMW, Lexus, MB.
    He made more on those than original dealers. But sometimes they came back a lot for repairs.
    I know this, no matter how the rebuilder tried, months or even a year or two later, things will start to happen. Wires will short, window and seat motors will go out, etc. There will be rust.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wait a little bit as many japanese cars should start showing up on our west coast
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    wait a little bit as many japanese cars should start showing up on our west coast
    They can brag about the gas mileage, over 6600 miles on less then a single gallon of gas.
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