**Attention - Used Solstice Buyers! READ B/4 You Buy!!

[MomsSol]

I have been asked to pass along the following information:

Beware that there have been some used Solstices that have been in past floods. There are those who have purchased these cars and 'fixed them up' and are now selling them at very attractive pricing.

I am being told that many of these cars are showing up with a variety of electrical problems.

Please .... PLEASE make sure you do a car history report BEFORE you purchase any used Solstice!!

[snaponbob]

I was still operating my SnapOn franchise during Katrina and was servicing two salvage yards. Within WEEKS of the hurricane EVERYBODY in the salvage industry was aware of the huge spike in flood cars. So was the auction industry. The salvage yards in the KC area were refusing to accept just about ANY vehicles from the impact areas as they were being hauled away from there in an attempt to dispose of them. Insurance companies were NOT worried about the disposition of these "totalled" cars. Flood car titles will usually be annotated.

When I was operating in S.E. Virginia there was massive flooding in eastern Virginia and some small towns like Franklin were under as much as 30-40 feet of water !!!!!!! About 2 months after the floods subsided EVERY car dealership and body shop I serviced had cars in their bays with interiors pulled out of them and carpets hanging everywhere. Gee, what a surprise.

RESEARCH THE CARS YOU ARE LOOKING AT !!!!!!!!!!!

[BIO Hazard]

You have to do your homework. Personally, if I cannot see a clean title and talk to the previous owner the deal is off... Always have a good mechanic look at the car as well.

Common sense goes a long way here!!

Good post MomsSol!!! With the flooding going on everywhere you have to be very careful when you are purchasing anything used

[achieftain]

My brother in law once bought a brand new Ford truck that had been in a Johnstown flood in the 70s. It was marked way down but was sold as-is, no warranty.

[jillyann1]

Wholly agreed. Living in Houston as I tend to do, when I was looking around for my used Sol, I bought from Phoenix, def very few floods there Also, for many people I know who have had flooded vehicles or otherwise wrecked, it has never shown up on a carfax history report. Of course it all depends on where you take it to get it fixed. My brother took my mother's 30th Anniversary Trans Am into a gas pump on prom night going about 110 (in a 35), it never came up on Carfax.

[GXP Fetish]

Originally Posted by jillyann1 Wholly agreed. Living in Houston as I tend to do, when I was looking around for my used Sol, I bought from Phoenix, def very few floods there Also, for many people I know who have had flooded vehicles or otherwise wrecked, it has never shown up on a carfax history report. Of course it all depends on where you take it to get it fixed. My brother took my mother's 30th Anniversary Trans Am into a gas pump on prom night going about 110 (in a 35), it never came up on Carfax.

Is it a possibility a car could have been flooded and that not show up on a Carfax report? I've been under the impression the only isssues showing up on a CarFax report are the issues reported and repaired.

[TriUser]

What happens to the new cars that are on the lots down there after flooding?

[duckSol]

Originally Posted by GXP Fetish Is it a possibility a car could have been flooded and that not show up on a Carfax report? I've been under the impression the only isssues showing up on a CarFax report are the issues reported and repaired.

Originally Posted by TriUser What happens to the new cars that are on the lots down there after flooding?

YOU NEED TO HAVE A FULL INDEPENDANT INSPECTION DONE FOR FLOOD AND REPAIR BY SOMEONE YOU TRUST!

Got that?

Yes, this does not always show up on carfax or on titles.

I know, the river runs through us.
I have chest high surge marks under this house.
I have lost two vehicles, both double flooded and another was towed out before flooding while another had to be sacrificed.

That is all