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6 years 4 months ago #15679 by Ro-longo

"Silver bullets are for killing Werewolves, not fixing Cars." -Rob Longoria-

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6 years 4 months ago #15680 by Chad
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:ohmy:

"Knowledge is a weapon. Arm yourself, well, before going to do battle."
"Understanding a question is half an answer."

I have learned more by being wrong, than I have by being right. :-)

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6 years 4 months ago #15695 by Tyler
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:woohoo: :lol:

Sooooooo, did it drive in frozen? Or, was that the whole reason it was there?

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6 years 4 months ago #15699 by Noah
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Looks like nothing a good brake stand wouldn't break up :)

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6 years 4 months ago #15701 by Ro-longo
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Tyler wrote: :woohoo: :lol:

Sooooooo, did it drive in frozen? Or, was that the whole reason it was there?


As the title of the thread implies, this vehicle came to us from Houston Texas. It is one of the 1500 or so vehicles that a local used car dealership bought from the flooded areas of Houston. It's been below freezing here in the Salt Lake City area for about a week and every one of the vehicles we have been getting from them has a waterline mark halfway up the doors.

It's going to be a fun winter for sure. I get the task of finding all the electrical faults. :cheer:

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6 years 4 months ago #15702 by Noah
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I hate flood cars. They're just never the same again.
13 or so years ago, we had a hundred year flood in the Merrimack Valley. It was maybe my second year working at my first junkyard.
Silt and sand gets wherever the water goes, and stays long after the water is gone. And the stink...
Good luck with that batch Rob!

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6 years 4 months ago #15908 by Tyler
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Not jealous of your task at all. :lol: I've been keeping my eyes open for flood cars coming in for pre-purchase inspections.

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