Katrina Flooded Cars For Sale
The
flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina has put thousands of almost new
vehicles on the market at very low prices.� Some of these cars only
have a few miles on them.� They look like they just came off the
showroom floor.� But the problem is they have been under seawater and
they will never run correctly again.� You don't want to buy a car that
has been under floodwaters and especially under seawater.
Insurance companies paid off dealerships for the flooded
cars and then sent them to auction.� The almost new vehicles were dried
out and may run for a while.� But there will always be a drop of water
ready to slip over a computer chip and the car or truck will stall, and
new may have to get a new motor.
I investigated the movement of new cars that had been flooded on the
East Coast and then shipped to the Midwest and Texas.� My TV crew and I
found the flooded vehicles on car sale-lots in Houston, Texas.� When I
posed as a customer, the sales people told me "outright" that these
were not vehicle that had come from a flood.� They said the vehicles
had extremely low prices because the manufacturers in Detroit had made
too many new cars and trucks and had to cut the price.� Some buyers
actually believed that "Cock-n-Bull" story.
The only way most car buyers could tell that these were vehicles from
floods was by checking the metal plate that was used to replace the
manufacturer's plate on the driver's side door post.� This small metal
plate said there was NO Warranty on this vehicle.
The owners of new vehicle dealerships were extremely angry that the
flooded cars would be moved into their areas and sales people would
mislead consumers about the history of the flooded vehicles.
New and used vehicles that were flooded in Hurricane Katrina on the
Gulf Coast are now arriving in California and the West Coast.� Check
the titles, and call some new vehicle dealerships and asked them about
these low priced brand new vehicles that are showing up on car lots.�
You might get a beautiful car that would normally sell for $25,000 for
just $15,000, but after the engine seawater bath it may only run for
about five to six months.� As my Mom always said: "You get what you
paid for."� You never want to buy a vehicle that has been under
floodwaters, no matter how great it looks, | |
