Thread: Flod damaged cars?

Originally Posted by mikee

the mixing of sea water and electronic stuff has / does provide me with a job for nearly 35 years.
If it gets wet its f%^Ked if you want/need/expect any type of reliability out of it or rely on it.

With all modern vehicles a veritable smorgasbord of electronics, and the propensity for so many muppets to drive their cars/utes through all these coastal roads inundated with sea water, I see many businesses being kept busy once the salt water gremlins do their thing...

Apparently cars that were on the Wahines last sailing got put back on the road.
Let alone had they been parked on their sides, they were also in salt water.
But we were used to this sort of thing back then, Aussie car panels arrived in NZ and were left outside in the weather before final assembly.
I have owned two old Holdens and two old Falcons and they all suffered from cancer.

Originally Posted by XR500

With all modern vehicles a veritable smorgasbord of electronics, and the propensity for so many muppets to drive their cars/utes through all these coastal roads inundated with sea water, I see many businesses being kept busy once the salt water gremlins do their thing...

Yep!!!

I saw some of the cars recovered from the Wahine disater about a year later all stacked on the wharf in Evans Bay about 1969/70. VW's, Station wagons etc. All rusted out, dented, upholsetry covered in weed. Find it hard to believe anything would get reused? There are pics in the Wahine Museum in Wgton.

Originally Posted by Cigar

Yep!!!
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typical coaster...... no doubt that will turn up when he takes it for its next warrant and it fails due to surface rust on the chassis ....normally they bring them in and dont understand why it failed and when we get them on the hoist not only are they rusty but also caked in clay because they dont know how or can be bothered cleaning them underneath......too much money too little common sense

I spoke to my insurance broker about this as had a work vehicle submerged at the Auckland Airport.
His answer was If the vehicle had been submerged in grey water (floodwater contaminated with sewage) it will be written off no questions asked. That is the policy of all the major insurers.
Not sure what happens to them after the owner is paid out.

they are resold...had friend in Dunedin who got paid out for just that senario only 2-3 years ago..he bought car back at much lower price than paid out...gave it a good clean up,replaced carpets etc and continued to drive it...just hack for work n back so no big deal.

They are usually put up for tender aren't they?

So someone buys it for F all, fixes it up a bit, and flogs it off to an unsuspecting buyer...

Originally Posted by Cigar

They are usually put up for tender aren't they?

So someone buys it for F all, fixes it up a bit, and flogs it off to an unsuspecting buyer...

not entirely correct

yes they are sold but they are deregistered to get back on the road they have to go thru a stringent expensive certification process after which it is noted on the vehicles papers that it was water damaged and deregistered.

if this doesnt happen then some dodgy backhander has been done , and none of the insurers allow that to happen anymore

the vehicles that will slip thru the cracks are the uninsured ones that get a quick waterblast by the current owner which there is no control of and its buyer beware

Vin numbers deregisted,car sold as is where is for parts.

Not dereg for the VIN, it stays in the system and if it's searched it's flagged as flood damaged - if someone was to try and put it back on the road it would need to be fully recerted with brand new electronic everything which is in itself a huge parts cost but getting to some of the bits can be a nightmare.