Flooded Car for sale on eBay
$7551 and climbing..............
07-18-2010, 07:30 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: 05-13-2008
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 2,075
10K is entirely too much for that car. this is not something that you can get a loan for.. its total out of pocket, unless your bank or Credit union really likes you. Then, it may not happen for a year but when it does look out. first to go is the interior. Say what you want but the styrofoam will start to break-up right after the seat springs rust away. the head-liner will fail even if it was never directly soaked, places where metel meet metal will start to rust and corrode especially at the bottom door pinch-points, hell members are already starting to report rust on 4 year old cars that haven't been bathed up to her waist. Someone said a good drying and cleaning would have taken care of most of it, but I would fear what got in-between the wires within the wiring harness. With this car it doesn't really matter how deep the water really got but how long the car sat there and got saturated, and I'm sure silted too. When I first bought my SS, I had the first oil change at 500 miles... they screwed up and didn't tighten the filler cap... I drove to family across stare before On-Star called and told me I had registered really low oil pressure, about 10 seconds after the message came on the DIC. I opened the hood and discovered oil everywhere! Immediaately took the car to a dealership who wasn't too happy with the other dealership 200 miles away. I said I could just take it and hose it out and get some cleaner, and the Tech Mgr got a real upset look on his face and said that was the last thing I wanted to do, and that the days of hosing out you engine with a big ole can of gunk are over, and then proceeded to have two techs clean the entire engine bay by hand, and even having them remove the airbox to get it all.... Parts car, or Dragster--Yes. DD--NO!
07-18-2010, 07:59 PM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: 02-09-2009
Location: Downtown Saint Petersburg, Florida
Posts: 3,169
This car will be ok. It will never be faultless, but then who's is? Now had it's water soaking been salt water this would be an entirely different story. Knowing the history of the car I think the actual value should be around $6K mainly because of the salvage title. I have owned several cars with salvage titles. The only problem is selling it to someone that's ignorant of the facts. Although if the price is right then the salvage title doesn't cause any problem. And that is just because of the mind set that individuals have. If everyone thinks that the value of an item is at a set value then that is what it is. A good example is this particular car. I read where someone posted what if the bidder knew what we know. It doesn't matter whether the water soaking will actually do any real damage later on or not, it's the perceived notion that sets the value of an item.
07-18-2010, 11:07 PM
#28
Member
Join Date: 07-10-2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 56
Heck, my local Chevy dealer had an ad in today's paper for a brand new 2010 (albeit base model) HHR for $10,999!
