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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...

Not just sea water, the salt atmosphere effect is good for up to 200 feet above sea level...

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...

Those one's aren't - the Leaf and Prius ones are comprised of linked modules and they can be sorted out and dead modules swapped out. It's not just the batteries, its the water soaking into the loom...

Yep, but EVs are mostly only a year or two old so the insurance ticket clipping is usually considerably higher than for ICE cars...

Saw one picture of what looked like a row of Tesla roofs. Ouch... Another pic of an EV plugged into a charger, mid window level with the cord just visible out of the pillar. Those are all instant...

The other point is there is a difference between flood damaged - and wet/immersed. If a car has been driven through reasonable water depth sensibly and dried out correctly no damage. If it's left...