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Flood Damage, Car Totaled, what to do...?

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Old Apr 3, 2010, 07:08 PM
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Good luck. With the amount of work invested in it you may want to keep it but it's a matter of how much hassle you're willing to deal with.
Old Apr 3, 2010, 07:13 PM
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the car was flooded. Get rid of it.
Old Apr 3, 2010, 07:29 PM
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I'm sorry, but it had to be said, this is NOT something to talk about on a public forum about insurance claims.....

Sux about the problem you now have
Old Apr 3, 2010, 07:32 PM
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scrap the car but try to work out a way to keep the motor & trans. however you do it is up to you.
Old Apr 4, 2010, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by smokedmustang
A friend of mine is a body/paint guy, and he said he bought some flood cars before that were totally submerged, and he put a crapload of rice, or ricebags in it, and it totally dried all the electronics, and it worked fine ever since. if you want to know the exact details, I can ask him.
did this with an iphone when i dropped it in the pool.... put it in a ziplock bag with rice in it and left it in the sun and the rice absorbs all the moisture and the phone works perfect now haha
Old Apr 4, 2010, 02:56 PM
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if you buy it back, i would be interested in buying the rolling chassis. i can easily get my hands on new harnesses. and you could keep your engine and trans to drop them into a non-damaged vehicle
Old Apr 4, 2010, 04:37 PM
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why not just buy the car back if the price is rite...... buy an entire car harness... problem solved.
Old Apr 4, 2010, 05:24 PM
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i would just buy a new one
Old Apr 4, 2010, 05:33 PM
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yup i agree total and get anew one.
Old Apr 4, 2010, 07:52 PM
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I'm undecided weather or not I wanna just buy a "new" evo 8, or buy an Audi RS4...
Old Apr 4, 2010, 07:54 PM
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Also, what about the relays under the dash... would these be ruined?
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it may sound harsh but i would try and use it as a track only car because the amount of money it will cost to fix might not be worth it. but thats up to u.
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i say try and buy it back from them that way u can keep it as a track car and just run a stand alone ecu
Old Apr 4, 2010, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by PaperClip
i say try and buy it back from them that way u can keep it as a track car and just run a stand alone ecu
It actually had an AEM in it...
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*cough*buy a peice of junk engine and throw it in and total it *cough*


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