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I knew a couple of people who had flooded cars that were paid off as total. One tried to cross a stream at a ford, the other rolled down a boat ramp into a lake. The insurance companies just gave them the remains. Fortuitously worked out well for both, but neither vehicle was something classy like an RX-8. That was also well before the days of electronics, etc.
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i'm going to call the dealership it was towed to and talk to them to see what they think so i can start looking for something else or waiting for it to be fixed.
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don't take the dumbass award of the day man, don't let the guys on the forums talk down on you. Sorry that happened though, that's way shitty.
I'd start looking for new cars just in case.
I'd start looking for new cars just in case.
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Suck!
You of all people should know when you drive, you'd like to avoid the water hazard!
Let us know..............it might just be salvageable if it got no higher than in that pic. Probably best if they go ahead and total though. Stink is hard to remove and I'm sure you have electrical issues sooner or later.
You of all people should know when you drive, you'd like to avoid the water hazard!
Let us know..............it might just be salvageable if it got no higher than in that pic. Probably best if they go ahead and total though. Stink is hard to remove and I'm sure you have electrical issues sooner or later.
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ok so to fill in the story....
start to go down the road and see it is looking deep. it is a one way road. some ***** in his big pick up truck behind me starts honking and waving at me as i try to back up. he won't move for me to back up so i say f it...i can see the ground on the other side it must not be that deep...and i was wrong.
i will officially take the dumbass award of the day for sure...
start to go down the road and see it is looking deep. it is a one way road. some ***** in his big pick up truck behind me starts honking and waving at me as i try to back up. he won't move for me to back up so i say f it...i can see the ground on the other side it must not be that deep...and i was wrong.
i will officially take the dumbass award of the day for sure...
But yea, I would blame that A hole in the truck behind you, heres hoping he flips and drowns in that flood.
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We all make mistakes, just thank your stars you weren't hurt and that you have GAP coverage so you won't be underwater (no pun intended) on the car if it gets totaled. If it helps at all, my Mom's car was in water about as deep as yours, it was a 60,000 mile or so Infiniti, they totaled it without too much thought for some of the reasons explained above.
Good luck, and hope everything works out.
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Best of luck with your insurance company, hope they cut you a check and you can find another.
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That sucks dude, that's why I avoid going through downtown like the plague when it starts raining like that. I almost flooded my car trying to get to crosstown but I managed to back out in time. I could literally hear my exhaust bubbling underwater.
No damage though. I didn't realize there were so many 8 club members in Charleston though.
No damage though. I didn't realize there were so many 8 club members in Charleston though.
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That really sucks.
Here in Phoenix (and in Vegas), they have some pretty strict laws and penalties about getting stuck in flood water. People see a wash and think "hmm, its not that deep" and end up getting sent down stream.
I think you need to send that car to its grave - it will never be right again and will start to have increasing and pervasive issues.
STFU, troll.
Here in Phoenix (and in Vegas), they have some pretty strict laws and penalties about getting stuck in flood water. People see a wash and think "hmm, its not that deep" and end up getting sent down stream.
I think you need to send that car to its grave - it will never be right again and will start to have increasing and pervasive issues.
STFU, troll.