OT: Buying Water Flooded CAR??

I would do it for a muscle car I really wanted wouldn't do it for Mercedes not worth the trouble restoration parts would be too expensive and the salvaged title ruins the car value

i hear all you guys and trust me i'm definitely weighing the risks. The day i go to the auction will decide if i purchase one.. and I'm a frugal dude with my money so I won't be stupid to just buy without thinking it through first. I know i most likely won't buy, but I'll go to the auction for the experience at least :)

Flooded car Ok so lets say it was Larry Holmes Lexus GX570, he lives close enough to the water damaged stuff :flowers1:

Is the car into boxing at least?

you're betting against the odds because water phucks up everything. if you're not prepared to replace all electronics, engine, transmission, fluid systems, basically everything, locks, windows, etc. take a pass. don't forget the car wasn't flooded with deionized filtered water, it took a bath in mud and sh1t, all that dirt and particulate matter gets into moving parts and you're looking at a lifetime of failed components that will need replacing. you can't even count on the body being problem free as rust will eventually show up.

I worked as a tech for a few years. I would never buy a water damaged car unless you're willing to replace harnesses and electronic components and then deal with the body work. Honestly don't buy a car you can't afford new parts for, it always ends in debt and/or disaster. The reason why the car has a salvage title is because the insurance company calculated the cost of repairing the vehicle and it was a high enough figure that it wasn't worth fixing. So they cut a cheque for the owner (cheaper) and sent the car off to a salvage auction.

yeah i suppose your right :) just wanted to see if anyone had experience or information. if anyone else has more info, i would appreciate all that i can read

Any one here have experience with a flooded car. Hurricane sandy flood. I've never ever bought a salvage/flooded title car before, but looking at a few at an auction. What are the pros and cons? anyone actually ever bought one and what was your experience with them. I'm looking at CLS, S-550, GL 450, Range Rover. Anyone currently own or have owned any of the above vehicle who can give me advice would be appreciated. They are cheap for a reason. It will likely end up being so difficult to troubleshoot all the electrical issues and/or the parts will be so expensive to get it running again, that you will end up trying to cut your losses and dump it off somewhere.

Any one here have experience with a flooded car. Hurricane sandy flood. I've never ever bought a salvage/flooded title car before, but looking at a few at an auction. What are the pros and cons? anyone actually ever bought one and what was your experience with them. I'm looking at CLS, S-550, GL 450, Range Rover. Anyone currently own or have owned any of the above vehicle who can give me advice would be appreciated. I can tell you a little bit. I had a new car which I ran through a dip in the road full of water. The flood came in to my car. The carpets were sodden. I was in a country where skilled help was hard to find and even then, it wasn't really skilled. I decided to take up the carpet myself, which I did. It was the worst and messiest job I could have hd, the carpet was hanging in waves in the car for many weeks and the floor rusted badly. When it finally dried out, it proved difficult to restore the carpet in place. It was easy to take up (comparatively) but needed an interior expert to out back, so it was always untidy afterwards. The seats really needed to have been taken out, and all the stripping removed, plus the adhesive in the underlay stuck immovably to the floor of the car, making the drying out period interminable ........That's as much as I can tell you. An expensive car was ruined......

If you are a very good mechanic and have appropriate set of tools, troubleshooting equipment, and time; a water damaged car can be a good deal. However, the cars your talking about are expensive to repair cause parts are expensive. A more common GM, Dodge, or Ford would be a better bet. If I got a fantastic deal I would buy a car with water damage, but my electrical skills are excellent.

Gotta agree with the other posts. Only heard of terrible experiences with buying cars with water damage.

Never buy a car that was underwater