Hurricane Harvey Flooded Cars Hitting Resale Market

Omar Villafranca reports they are being sold to salvage yards, dealers and individuals

[nestorvazquez]

Freaking farmers told me that i couldnt buy my vehicles back and then i know people that they did bought their vehicles back. Now they going to sell them. Thats messed up

[hugosanchez-cfvp]

I bought a 2016 f250 king ranch from copart last week for 29k she runs and drives 0 issues to bad it has flooded title, can't really complain though still retails for 68k

[TheForeignNationalBornNatural]

Literally just had one come in the shop. Diesel engine completely shot at 148k miles and evidence of flooding all in the trunk. Buyer beware

[theboss-beer]

bought a 98 silverado here one owner low mileage still running strong water never got into the truck so no issues and got it for 700 cant beat that

[Starman]

If you want a great deal now is the time. A lot of these cars barely got flooded.

[bkpatl]

Salvage yards like Copart are common and you know something is wrong with the car if it was salvaged. But there are dealers who will re-sell these vehicles on their lots without disclosing the full history. At some point when the insurance company is selling the damaged cars to dealers the history is altered and try their best to get a clear road worthy title. I will not mention car dealer names but overall you have to be extremely careful buying cars from FL, specially used. I know someone in GA bought a car from offLeaseOnly and after 2 years nothing but electrical problems. Mechanic proved that the vehicle was flooded i its previous ownership and then basically was sold next to nothing due to issues.

[jamesalvarez]

Just found out my car is one of em.... Gift from my father but now it's giving alot of major issues

[lotusjaggarage]

I have seen 90 percent of those cars go through a showroom. Sad

[moonfire]

Cascade Auto in Portland Oregon bought a bunch of these and kinda sorta fixed them up to sell, but they lie about how bad the water damage is. They should be put out of business!

[THEGAMINGHELP]

I hate it that they don't make it impossible to remove the flooded branding on titles.

[bigdogpete]

Part them put. Millions of people are ripped off by auto parts everyday.

[bondamabond]

Where to buy this cars apart from copart

[genevieestella]

There are various salvage yards and dealers that report to various reporting agencies. I suggest that you get two primary sources when buying a used car. One from typical paid services like Autocheck, the other source may be acquired through a free VIN search like VinCheck.info . That way, you may consult another source to fill in the gaps that the other is missing, vice versa.

[omarzowila]

This was almost like the Copart salvage auction

[MrsTI]

My moms car was a hurricane harvey car and i saw her car on this vid

[dbuc]

if u guys are so unhappy regarding the false water damage claims, do research - its because of the world economy+car market, and how to deal with this massive accumulation issue because more people than u guys think are unwilling to damage may not be problematic right now, but later down the road it it creates massive health and safety risks

[tunercars]

Hell yeah ill take a g8 gt or hell cat

[saklion]

How can i buy and you have website for check the cars or not

[kvaz]

Melt them down and make electromagnetic engines from them.

[bigpimping]

Dealership tried to sell me one of those cars and ran the vin number and saw it was one of them, clean tittle my ass!