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Flood Damage Salvage Title Questions???

dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Having a 16 year old son can be a serious challenge as many of you well know. Being a normal 16 year old man/child he wants a car, but he wants something "cool". Since he can't afford "cool" and I am unwilling to pay for "cool", Uri has a problem. His solution is to scour the Internet searching for "cheap" cars. Uri's latest hot button is that he has found a web site specializing in flood damaged cars. I try and explain to him that there is a reason these cars are cheap but he is like all normal 16 year olds in that Dad don't know poop![}:)]

So other than electrical problems and mold, how many other reasons are buying a flood damaged car with a salvage title not a good idea??
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Electrical problems and mold aren't good enough reasons?? Insurance...16 year old plus salvage title...may be hard if not impossible to get insurance on it.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no matter the cleaning you cannot get all the grinding compound out of gears, bearings, engines, transmissions, etc..why do you think flood cars quietly show up in high and dry states
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    neighbor had a new model suburban for 1 year, it was in the shop 12 times during that time. Guess what some investigation into it's background uncovered.............[8]
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  • longspur riderlongspur rider Member Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Run as fast as you can away!. Electrical problems won't be a nightmare, They will drive you insane & drain your bank account.
    A salvaged title car is no problem to get insured. It will be the 16 yr old driver that will be costly.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    If U replace the entire wiring harness,tear down the engine,trans,and rear diff.Clean and reassemble everything,your still apt to have trouble with the wheel bearings,breaks,U NAME IT!!
    Now, If they would flat GIVE AWAY the flooded cars or, U found one that just got the tires wet....OK.[^]
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A friend of mine that I used to work with ran his new white '73 Olds Cutlass into the Mississippi River and he had to swim out. The insurance company would only pay to have it repaired and "dried out". Ha what a laugh. We would be going to lunch during work sometimes and when it was Charlie's turn to drive everybody would be rolling their eyes and saying "oh, Charlie's driving....ahhhhh I've got some things I need to do at lunch maybe next time". In the summer the windows were always fogged up and the thing smelled like a pack of wet dogs. In fact Charlie smelled like a wet dog. The electrical system in that car after that seemed to be controlled by a poltergeist or the Prince of Darkness. [:D] He got made fun of unmercifully until he finally sold the car...or actually gave it away to some poor soul.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,505 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are other salvage vehicles... Wrecked and repaired, or stolen.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NIGHTMARE waiting to happen bad enough on a 1950 car but new car will not run two days in a row before another problem will show up IT might be a good learning lesson but I could not do it to someone I hate much less a child of mine
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,677 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Here is what you get for the kid. A 1982 Mercedes 240d with a stick.
    Built like a tank so he can't get hurt if he should wreck.
    With a top speed of 68 mph he probably won't wreck.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
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    Here is what you get for the kid. A 1982 Mercedes 240d with a stick.
    Built like a tank so he can't get hurt if he should wreck.
    With a top speed of 68 mph he probably won't wreck.


    Slap some chrome 20s and some tint on it and he'll be fly [8D] WASSUP
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,558 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just find a nice reliable car that is in good condition like a Sonata or Toyota or something. He can use it through college and then buy what he wants. I Bought my son Chris a new Eddie bauer Expedition after he got straight A's and was headed to college. I did it because I could afford it and wanted him to have a truck to drive in the snow, back and forth to college. He didn't want it, he wanted a "cool" mustang. NO. Insurance is too high and you are going to smash it up. The truck has been good to him and next year when he graduates college, he can buy what ever the hell "HE" wants.

    You will find that after a couple of months, The "Coolness" wears off and it is just a car to get from here to there with his friends and to school. I wish I would have made my son buy his first car like my dad did to me, because he never appreciated it until last years snow storms. Oakie
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,558 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    Copyofmercedes002_zps4bd114ae.jpg

    Here is what you get for the kid. A 1982 Mercedes 240d with a stick.
    Built like a tank so he can't get hurt if he should wreck.
    With a top speed of 68 mph he probably won't wreck.


    Slap some chrome 20s and some tint on it and he'll be fly [8D] WASSUP


    Pimp daddy classic[;)] I love it. "He will get some leg for sure", Diamond David Lee Roth[:D]
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In 45 years, I worked on some flooded cars and trucks.
    There wasn't one that I would have [^]
    We had some in Fla that were shipped north [xx(]
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  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    2 a day football practice started today. It was 100 degrees in the shade but there ain't no shade on a practice field. For some reason he seems a little tired and out of sorts tonight and is sleeping as I type this. When he gets up I will have him read your wise replies and hope he thinks all of you are smarter than his Dad!![:D]
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Step father just got out of a practically new KIA, wheel bearings rusted horribly on both sides.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,677 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jim, either you are kidding or mine needs a tune up. Going downhill on the interstate, with a little tail wind, it might crack 70.
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dreher

    Think of it like this. If air can get in. So can water. If the car was fully submerged or merged to the top of the doors. Very nook, cranny and crevice has had water in it. From rear diffs, fuel tank, frame, engine, transmission to the heating and air condition units, Not to mention every part of the electrical system..

    Buy a flood damaged vehicle?? NO WAY.. NOT ME..
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Since the advent of the microprocesser... No water in cars...

    Elect and fuel problems galore with no solution.[:o)][:o)]
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  • scooterdriverscooterdriver Member Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Please don't. I did...and regretted it every day. Electrical issues were non-stop. The bath (pun intended) I took to get rid of the vehicle was worth it just to get rid of the dang thing.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,043 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When my sons (3) started to 'want' cars I told them 'sure' anything you want. only 2 things have to come first
    1. you have to have a job (to buy gas & insurance)
    2. you have to pay for 1/2 the car (and have your 1/2 first)

    no 'freebies'
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  • mango tangomango tango Member Posts: 3,833 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Insurance companies always total a car that was submerged in water, then why would anyone else want all the problems with it?
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,764 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your son wants "cool".
    Kasey and a little yellow car comes to mind. Anybody else remember all those stories?
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,201 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpage
    Since the advent of the microprocesser... No water in cars...

    Elect and fuel problems galore with no solution.[:o)][:o)]
    Yes exactly, a date with the crusher is the only fix.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When my 2 children started driving I kept my eyes open for $5000.00 sedans. I was buying, so they were happy. If they weren't happy, too bad.....
    Also I declared ZERO tolerance on Drinking and driving and any other reckless activity. Including use of cell phone while driving.
    I just hate childrens funerals.
    Good luck. You'll need it!![;)][;)][:D]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Add even more flood salt water or fresh. If salt water just run away.
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  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by longspur rider
    Run as fast as you can away!. Electrical problems won't be a nightmare, They will drive you insane & drain your bank account.


    There is also the risk of fire hazard.
    Ask him if he wants to bail out of a smoking burning car on the freeway.
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dreher
    Having a 16 year old son can be a serious challenge as many of you well know. Being a normal 16 year old man/child he wants a car, but he wants something "cool". Since he can't afford "cool" and I am unwilling to pay for "cool", Uri has a problem. His solution is to scour the Internet searching for "cheap" cars. Uri's latest hot button is that he has found a web site specializing in flood damaged cars. I try and explain to him that there is a reason these cars are cheap but he is like all normal 16 year olds in that Dad don't know poop![}:)]

    So other than electrical problems and mold, how many other reasons are buying a flood damaged car with a salvage title not a good idea??


    Goodness! You're not encouraging him to buy a flood-damaged car? I'd think any father of a 16-year-old would prefer to see his son stuck at home every night -- because the car isn't running -- than out running around. Just think of the load-of-worry you'll save by him having a car he can't use!
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you should be convinced by now, but add my "DON'T DO IT".
    In my former job, I inspected hundreds of salvage and flood vehicles, verifying damage and inspecting the finished vehicle before dealers/rebuilders could sell them. I only saw a couple of flood vehicles that I would have bought. These were ones that were flooded on a dealer's lot, and only got wet tires, but were included in the whole lot. Anything that gets wet above the axles is crap at any price. I saw them return time after time for problems the dealer had to try to fix.
    Sometimes whole interiors were replaced and all the wiring was sprayed with products that was supposed to prevent rust and corrosion, but it may work for a few months, then everything starts to crap out. Although I have bought a couple of damaged vehicles that were repaired, NEVER would I buy a flood vehicle.
    Take Elvis's advice, "I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e."
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Speaking of cars flooded with salt water. We used to go to Daytona Beach a lot back in the 50s and 60s and you could drive your cars on the beach as you still can today except it didn't cost anything back then. Anyway people were forever parking their cars on the beach when the tide was down only to come back a few hours later to find their cars up to their windows in the ocean. Me and my friends used to go to the boardwalk every night just to see how many were going to have to be towed away while the vacationers stood there looking at each other wondering how they were going to get back home to Iowa. [:D]
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