With all of the folooding in Texas going on be on the lookout for flood cars coming the market.

 

Lots of folks will need help, that's one very large mess. I have a good friend there.


I was at Summit Hills and they had been rebuilding a Vanquish flooded during Sandy for over a year, all on the owners dime.

 

hurricane Sandy was 2012!

 

And as of November 2016 they were still rebuilding that Vanquish.

I don't know when they started.

 

...and that is the 'speed' of Aston parts. I've been waiting for 8 months each time I have a 'warranty' issue.

 

I had an airbox on order for 4 months and I went in to cancel it if it was going to be much longer [could have one from Bits in a couple weeks!] and they gave me one that came in for a body shop job.

I know they were using alot of used parts in the Vanquish.

 

I've never really had to wait for parts, but I have been waiting for nearly two months for touch up paint... lol

 

Paint? You didn't PPF the crap out of that beauty?!

Yea, having an Aston as my only car was probably not the smartest plan, but you only know that when experience informs you

 

The entire front and the quarter panels are covered. But the gf spotted a tiny chip inside the wheel arch that I can't ignore, now. And besides, it's always a good thing to have.

 

When the water recedes the cops and who ever in Texas deal with cars will go around with a bar scanner. They hit every car that is flooded and the vins will go to a data base for insurance and the Tx car title unit or what ever they use in Tx. So if all goes well between the ins and the cops the vin should show up as a flood car. Dep sheriff would know what states to watch for but you can take a flood car to some states clean the car and get it inspected and have a new clean title.

 

One estimate reported on CNBC is that 500,000 cars were flooded by this storm.

 

I have never dealt with something like this; this will be a huuuuuge scale INS mess. However, I think the INS companies when totaling the cars-----most all will be claimed------input flood damage so that goes on the title work. But, where the issues are------are when they are not totaled and just have water ingress and those are not reported (such as dealers lots) and they get dried out, wholesaled to another area, then put through auctions there so the buyers don't think flood area cars.

But, then you can have lets say salvaged titles or totaled titles, where buyers go in, buy cheap, repair as much as possible, then somehow get a clean title and the cars get sold. These are all the worries. Honestly, for anyone in TX, LA and flooded areas their values of high end cars is likely to drop. Would you buy a car from someone in that area who says NO their car wasn't damaged at all? So I think selling would be difficult for a time----maybe year or two. Proof will have to be shown.

FORUM members in Houston should take all the photos they can, showing how their care hasn't been touched by water at all. TIME DATE Stamp the photos. This will be the proof needed at whatever point in time the selling of the vehicle is conducted.

IMHO