My car was flooded during the last hurricane. I think it spent the night in about 5 feet of salt water. It is going for auction and I'm wondering if I should buy it back. Do you think that I could ever be able to get it properly fixed or is it just good for scrap now? Here is the link to the auction.
https://m.iaai.com/VehicleDetEnc.aspx?AuctionID=13125791.&ItemID=1412 6170.&RowID=3&PageSource=VehicleResults

The auction's description indicates 60k miles but it actually has 6k miles.

 

I would stay away from anything that was flooded, especially salt water. Way too many potential problems to worry about. Unless you plan on making it a dedicated track car or something, but even then it will be a huge financial burden. just my $.02

 

I wouldn't touch it. Salt is highly corrosive, and much of your car is aluminum. A year down the road you'll start finding more and more issues where the salt has eaten it's way out of whatever places it is hiding.

5 feet of salt water means the car was entirely, or almost entirely submerged.

 

Yes that's what I thought. I really love this car and would have liked to give it a second life. I guess it will end up being scraped for pieces..

 

That's so sad! I hope insurance puts you back into the car of your choice. I have to concur with the others. Stay away from it.

 

Salt water is extremely corrosive. Have you seen the car since its been pulled? I bet lots of parts and grounds are already severely corroded. Shame..

 

Its only good for stripping and parts, mostly body panels, subframes, glass, engine block when cleaned up, etc. There's also a Ferrari 599 on the same site with salt water damage that will suffer the same fate.

 

I saw it a few days after the flood and there was some signs of corrosion like the USB key located in the center console.
The insurance was pretty good and gave me a reasonable amount of money. I already bought another car but will miss my aston.

 

5-feet!? So the car was completely submerged? Was the interior fully filled with water as well? How sad.

 

Yes it was entirely submerged and floated for a few feet from where it was parked.

 

Speaking of salt!! How about the salt on the roads?? How corrosive is that to our cars? how long can that crap stay on the car before it's washed off? what kinda damage can it do (painted surfaces, most materials are aluminum, compostite of other metals on our cars) ... maybe it's not salt water but it still sucks! ugh

 

Exactly why my car is put away for the winter..........

 

Don't know about others that have to deal with occasional salt on the road, but I never take out the car until we have a heavy rain to wash away the salt.

 

Can't imagine the salt is very good for the undercarriage.. BUT at the end of the day, I also can't imagine it affecting anything in a major way unless you DD it all winter for a few years. And even then, I remember a few people on this board dd'ing their AM with snow tires and not hearing terrible news from them.

 

Norman,

I feel for you. As you know, I got lucky and my car escaped getting damaged in the storm -- the water stopped rising JUST before it reached my garage. I am one of those people who gets quite attached to cars and I completely understand -- and applaud you for -- wanting to save your Aston. Sadly, salt is truly evil. To really save your car, it would require basically a full restoration. That might make it whole again, but nothing short of that would.

Modern Astons are so much better protected against salted roads than older ones were, but salt is still salt. People who drive their Astons on salted roads may not be having problems yet, but there is no question that it will take a toll. The only question is how long it will take.

Love the Brooklands.