Thread: Flod damaged cars?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so how nd where will all these flood water emerged cars be disposed of is more to the point?????
if wreckers get hold of them the parts will fly far n wide ,the issues will spread. panel beaters could well salvage MOST OF the panelwork and you could argue wreckers could do so too....but where does the line get drawn??? and how does it get enforced????
if not able to be parted out,and actually even if it is,where does all the rest of car go???? landfill...... seeing images of all the household stuff chucked out....all our cloths and bedding are gone,we need new sheets...ummmmm so when your kids shat the bed,did you go and buy new sheets or did you wash them ?????
when kids came home off sports field on wet weekend did the uniforms all get binned or washed ready for next weekend????
flood waters may well be carrying all manner of goodies n floaties..but its clothing and bedsheets FFS...it will come out in the wash.

About the only stuff that won't get recycled (if it's not fit for sale) is the plastics and seats

i guess they all smell of sewerage, a dead giveaway

there were huge piles of stuff out on kerbside that was all going into landfill...unless you know something I dont know and its going to all be sifted through.

I was just talking about cars....

I spoke to my insurance broker about this as had a work vehicle submerged at the Auckland Airport.
His answer was If the vehicle had been submerged in grey water (floodwater contaminated with sewage) it will be written off no questions asked. That is the policy of all the major insurers.
Not sure what happens to them after the owner is paid out.

they are resold...had friend in Dunedin who got paid out for just that senario only 2-3 years ago..he bought car back at much lower price than paid out...gave it a good clean up,replaced carpets etc and continued to drive it...just hack for work n back so no big deal.

They are usually put up for tender aren't they?

So someone buys it for F all, fixes it up a bit, and flogs it off to an unsuspecting buyer...

Originally Posted by Cigar

They are usually put up for tender aren't they?

So someone buys it for F all, fixes it up a bit, and flogs it off to an unsuspecting buyer...

not entirely correct

yes they are sold but they are deregistered to get back on the road they have to go thru a stringent expensive certification process after which it is noted on the vehicles papers that it was water damaged and deregistered.

if this doesnt happen then some dodgy backhander has been done , and none of the insurers allow that to happen anymore

the vehicles that will slip thru the cracks are the uninsured ones that get a quick waterblast by the current owner which there is no control of and its buyer beware

Vin numbers deregisted,car sold as is where is for parts.

Not dereg for the VIN, it stays in the system and if it's searched it's flagged as flood damaged - if someone was to try and put it back on the road it would need to be fully recerted with brand new electronic everything which is in itself a huge parts cost but getting to some of the bits can be a nightmare.