| There are hundreds of thousands of cars, trucks, | | | | of these vehicles you will need to have a complete |
| classic cars, motorcycles and other types of vehicles | | | | inspection by an Automotive Inspection professional, |
| that have moderate to severe flood damage, and | | | | to inspect or Appraise the vehicle for any tell tale |
| many thousands more will be damaged this year, | | | | signs of water damage. If you can't do this yourself |
| make sure you are prepared to be able to ferret this | | | | hire a good mechanic to check it for you, or use a |
| cars out before one winds up in your | | | | vehicle inspection service,like CarFacts, to determine |
| driveway.Before buying get a suspected car,get a | | | | if it has been in a flood or any type of accident or |
| good pre inspection on the car or if a Classic Car etc. | | | | had major repairs.Check title for previous owners and |
| get a proper Classic Car Appraisal, then you will be | | | | if it trails back to recent sales in the Hurricane/flood |
| armed to go to your insurance agent and get | | | | states pass up the sale even it seems to be a good |
| properly insured.Some of these vehicles that have | | | | deal as you may have some high repair bills later or |
| not been completely submerged will be cleaned up, | | | | worse, not even be able to salvage vehicle.I know |
| freshner sprayed into carpets and vents and shipped | | | | several people that had Classic Cars, Vintage Cars, |
| North, East and West. These are the cars that will | | | | Street Rods and high dollar Motorcycles that got |
| need expert Inspections and Appraisals, as they will | | | | severely damaged or destroyed only to find out their |
| be harder to detect.The Dealers who deal in these | | | | insurance coverage did not come close to covering |
| vehicles get them dirt cheap and do some clean up | | | | the replacement cost of their vehicles. If only they |
| and then ship them out to the unsuspecting public. | | | | would have had a proper Appraisal on their vehicles |
| These vehicles will look normal but after buying one | | | | that could have all been avoided and their vehicle |
| of them you will most likely develope serious | | | | would have been covered for the proper |
| problems down the road. And this could be avoided if | | | | amount.Don't let that happen to you. It dosn't have |
| you have an expert Automotive Appraiser and or | | | | to be a severe storm that damages your vehicle, it |
| Inspector check it out for you.These vehicles will | | | | could be damaged by a fire, an accident or numerous |
| have mold started that you won't be able to detect | | | | other things, so check out the proper way to have |
| for some time and the odor will be covered up with | | | | your vehical Appraised at Carfacts Appraisal |
| some strong sprays that will hide the problem for | | | | information.Jack Cooper Occupation: Auto Appraiser |
| several weeks/months. But then one warm day after | | | | Inspector |
| being closed up in the sun you will open the door to | | | | Website: |
| a musty odor that will start to become worse each | | | | Biography: I have over 40 years experience in the |
| day until after a while it will be unbearable. And this | | | | Automotive field, from ASE Master Tech to owner |
| type of odor is very hard to cover up for any length | | | | of my own repair shop and have been doing |
| of time.The odor may be the least of your problems | | | | Automotive Appraisals and extended warranty |
| for after a vehicle is submerged in water for any | | | | pre-purchase inspections for the past 12 years.I have |
| length of time the water and grit is in the engine, | | | | been working on building and just about anything |
| transmission, differential all the wheel bearings and | | | | connected with cars all my life. I have been a Drag |
| working parts. So after driving the vehicle a few | | | | Racer (early years) drove stock cars (asphalt and |
| hundred miles you will start to develope major | | | | dirt) built Hot Rods and restored classic cars, so have |
| failures to these components.Also the water will get | | | | been around just about any type of vehicle you can |
| into the electrical system of the vehicle and cause | | | | imagine.My hobby is NASCAR and building web-sites. |
| shorts in the wiring that may cause fires or serious | | | | My current web-site is a site I started several years |
| damage to the computer system of the vehicle that | | | | ago as an information site for Cars and expanded |
| will result in very high repair bills.To avoid buying any | | | | into trucks, 4X4's, ATV's, Motorcycles and NASCAR. |