Thread: Flod damaged cars?

Originally Posted by csmiffy

What Flyblown said but different.
You had flood damaged cars in aussie being imported into NZ.
Nothing on the system anywhere.

They are flagged at point of entry as damaged.
We've seen a lot come thru work.
Majority show as "statutory write off" by the aussies.
Some are very minor, but they're still documented as having been written off/damaged

Originally Posted by cambo

They are flagged at point of entry as damaged.
We've seen a lot come thru work.
Majority show as "statutory write off" by the aussies.
Some are very minor, but they're still documented as having been written off/damaged

Interesting. Although 9ne of my previous employers did a little more dodgy than that. He got one of the imported flood damaged cars and just swapped the plates from his vehicle to to the new one and just did it that way.
The import never went through any official process other than a warrant.
Hard case as it was a 2wd and his buggered one was a 4wd but wasnt picked up while I was there and at least for some time afterwards. Surprised it lasted anyway as he has penis fingers when it comes to cars and motorbikes
Nuff said

Ramblings.....water and electricity and batteries?

I have been a landlord for years...?
Electric stoves....When a tenant left a property it was not uncommon for the stove to be left in a greasy condition. Including the electrics at the back of the stove. I sometimes took the disconnected stove outside and took the back cover off. Then water blasted the electrics and then spray on a foam oven cleaner / then brush down with petrol and repeat a few times. Basically in the end no fat build up. Let every thing thoroughly dried out with no water residue then every thing works fine electrically wise.

As we all know the Auckland floods and submerged cars .

To the automobile minded on here.
Take for example a parked up Mitsubishi Outlander PHEW with the engine switched off. If that model of car was completely submerged over its roof in fresh water for 24 /48 hours and then worked upon by an expert including a thorough dried out also including the petrol and all oil changed should the car 100% work? Perhaps its not as simple as that electronic wise ?

On the web one reads of stories of electronic devices going in the drink and being salvaged ....dried out then working?

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Originally Posted by video hunter

Ramblings.....water and electricity and batteries?

I have been a landlord for years...?
Electric stoves....When a tenant left a property it was not uncommon for the stove to be left in a greasy condition. Including the electrics at the back of the stove. I sometimes took the disconnected stove outside and took the back cover off. Then water blasted the electrics and then spray on a foam oven cleaner / then brush down with petrol and repeat a few times. Basically in the end no fat build up. Let every thing thoroughly dried out with no water residue then every thing works fine electrically wise.

As we all know the Auckland floods and submerged cars .

To the automobile minded on here.
Take for example a parked up Mitsubishi Outlander PHEW with the engine switched off. If that model of car was completely submerged over its roof in fresh water for 24 /48 hours and then worked upon by an expert including a thorough dried out also including the petrol and all oil changed should the car 100% work? Perhaps its not as simple as that electronic wise ?

On the web one reads of stories of electronic devices going in the drink and being salvaged ....dried out then working?

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What is it with tenants and cooking in bloody lard? I used to hate that, was living in a house and replaced the kitchen - no oven etc. Ended up moving to a better location for work, couldn't seel the place and ended up renting. 6 months of one tenant, new stove, extractor/range hood etc etc what a freaking mess. There was so much fat in there it warped the element housing at the bottom of the stove and it was rooted.

Originally Posted by No.3

What is it with tenants and cooking in bloody lard? I used to hate that, was living in a house and replaced the kitchen - no oven etc. Ended up moving to a better location for work, couldn't seel the place and ended up renting. 6 months of one tenant, new stove, extractor/range hood etc etc what a freaking mess. There was so much fat in there it warped the element housing at the bottom of the stove and it was rooted.

They must have been Poms.....we do like a bit of 'drippin'......

Originally Posted by video hunter

To the automobile minded on here.
Take for example a parked up Mitsubishi Outlander PHEW with the engine switched off. If that model of car was completely submerged over its roof in fresh water for 24 /48 hours and then worked upon by an expert including a thorough dried out also including the petrol and all oil changed should the car 100% work? Perhaps its not as simple as that electronic wise ?



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your right its not as simple as that.............theres a big difference between an oven and an electric car with fuck knows how many computers on board.....
i dont think the floodwaters were entirely freshwater they never are there will have been contaminants in the mix
and then theres the insurance companies whose outlook is always in dollars and cents and future risk exposure....... they simply dont know enough about electric and hybrid cars to make it worth the risk ....will it shit itself in 12 months and come back ? and remembering that if the cost of repair gets to 75% the value then its goneburgers
aside from the power train there is all the interior that would need replacing regardless and then theres parts supply .......many of the parts could be 3-6 months x japan we dont carry a good stock of parts for any vehicle in NZ .......would you as an isurance claimant (if you were one ) want to wait for your car that long or would you rather have the cash and move on straight away?

So what is the future of the second hand market for hybrid and electric cars in New Zealand going to be now ?
No change, life still goes on....Just however it will be buyer beware unless the powers to be do something about flood damaged vehicles?
Obviously a world wide "flood problem" to car manufacturers?

Insurance premiums and payouts.
Any one had problems there.....Like read the small print....Is water damage to a car's propulsion battery 100% cover like intentionally fording a normal concrete fiord creek in normal flow as there is in the rural areas of New Zealand?

Apparently cars that were on the Wahines last sailing got put back on the road.
Let alone had they been parked on their sides, they were also in salt water.
But we were used to this sort of thing back then, Aussie car panels arrived in NZ and were left outside in the weather before final assembly.
I have owned two old Holdens and two old Falcons and they all suffered from cancer.