used car seller 8 Posted February 11, 2014 Buyers be very carefull out there ! theres plenty of self insurance, third party only etc cars out there flood damaged, and abi catagories are just meaningless nowadays, been told its only gone up to sills and hence cat d is meaningless, insurance companys just want as much back as possible, hell i am expecting that flooded/stripped audi mentioned on here popping up somewhere catc just keep your eye out anyway ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
williamblackshaw 43 Posted February 11, 2014 Yes - back to basics more than ever, check the part x with a good eye, we got stung last time with a diesel that had been flood damaged and was dried out, but once got the vehicle running noticed it had a misfire due to engine damage, slap on wrist and reality check to ensure you follow process Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimreidvehicle 255 Posted February 12, 2014 yip,please pardon the pun but the market could become flooded with these cars, as they will end up somewhere! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Entwistle 96 Posted February 13, 2014 Hopefully with the number of sensors on cars these days it will be easier to spot ! A friend with his own independent is running round in a flood damages written off 2008 Focus TDI. It was cheap, but has been a lot of trouble, things just keep failing ! He does tell me a story of a local character from around Woking who used to buy these, tart them up and sell them on back in the eighties. He bought a Sierra that had been up to its windows in a river. Cleaned it up and sold it on, he thought he'd done a good job until the punter brought it back to complain about the Cassette player. He couldn't get a tape in it, so he'd taken it apart assuming a tape was stuck in it. Turns out it was full of mud. He managed to bluff his way that they had stuck an old unit in it as the original hadn't been working apparently.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
used car seller 8 Posted February 19, 2014 the salvage yards are now running out of room down south and moving vehicles up north, you cant just put salvage in any yard, enviromental reasons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
