Out in the rain part 2

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:45 pm

So I wake up around 6 this morning.. our pool in the backyard is almost underwater.. about 5 feet. It turns out that the flooding became a lot worse over night because they opened up some flood gates upstream. I think "as long as the cars are safe." And go back to bed.

I wake up later and my dad gets a call from our friend saying "The lot you parked the cars in is starting to flood, you want me to tow em out?" Obviously we said yes. So about 2 hours later we take the boat up the street to the end of the neighborhood.. to find my neon.. and my moms LHS... the only cars sitting in the lot.. up to the headlights in water.

I'm about to scream and my dad starts yelling at my friend for not towing the cars. He takes my keys and STARTS MY CAR!! I'm like ARE YOU INSANE?!??! The whole interior is flooded up to the top of the seats until he drives it out of the water, I open up the door and water gushes out. I drive it to my brothers house while the air bag light is freaking out and won't shut the fuck up and my brakes hardly work. I cleaned her out pretty good and haven't noticed any serious problems yet.. thank god.

I couldn't believe it though, just seeing my car sitting there.. in 2 feet of water, it was so depressing. I'm staying at my bros house so I can still go to work and class without having to take a boat to and from home. But yeah this weekend the car is gonna undergo some serious inspection for damage.

-Anthony

graf AXEL · Post by **graf AXEL** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:47 pm

damn, that sucks dude. thats bs, about not getting it towed. id be pissed.

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:55 pm

jezzzeee

silentneon01 · Post by **silentneon01** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:00 pm

wow mildew is going to own your car

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:04 pm

damn man... that sucks... hope it all turns out well... and dry!!!!

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:34 pm

Just keep shop vacing it

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:12 pm

When I first bought my neon the trunk was filled with water. The whole car was musty smelling it was terrible. Ended up replacing the trunk lining. Not nearly as bad as yours though, sorry bout your luck

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:15 pm

they make dessicant tubs that you can pick up at home depot type places. open 4 or 5 of those up in the car and keep vacuuming...

tough break, hope things get better.

StarStruckNeon00 · Post by **StarStruckNeon00** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:16 pm

omg anythony.....im so sorry man, i couldnt imagine seeing my car flooded like that man....jesus

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:22 pm

anthony just strip the entire interior, the neon is the easist car ever to take the carpet out of......lol just take everything out the car and clean and fabreeze everything. damn it sucks about your luck. sorry to hear.

WykedHellFire · Post by **WykedHellFire** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:55 pm

sorry to hear that man, i wish you the best of luck.

kplaya186 · Post by **kplaya186** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:15 pm

Anthony best of luck with sorting this whole ordeal out! Hopefully you and your car come out on top!

On the lighter side........
So if you would have waited to lower it you wouldn't have had so much water in the car?

J/K!

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:16 am

Damn dude that sucks!
But like KracK said, just shred the entire interior and start cleaning. It's going to be the best thing you can do for it.

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:46 am

i agree with stripping it out now...seems like a good time to go custom, if thats your thing...

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:46 am

that totally sucks ant. im with krack. yank teh whoel interior. carpet and all. clean and dry it. and febrezethe fuck out of it.

NeonBluSXT · Post by **NeonBluSXT** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:24 am

That is awful.. I am sorry to heat that happened.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:45 pm

Thats terrible...cant you claim flood damage on your car insurance?

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:35 pm

should be able to get money then just clean it yourself.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:24 am

daaaaaaaaayyyuum.... thats horrible!

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:37 am

o noes....

it's been almost 3 days since heposted this... i have a bad feeling...

i think emo boy cut too deep.....

told you cutting was bad, didnt i anthony?! DIDNT I?!

sorry bud. i hadta.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:43 am

You're going to feel terrible if he did end the suffering.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:05 am

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:59 pm

this is true. ill feel like a pile of shit

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:10 pm

=0 mayb he's still hairdrying his car ... -.-

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:47 pm

HAHA up yours mike. LOL. But yeah, I've been shopvaccing the car everyday, still waiting to go home. The car is running fine. The waters still haven't receeded at my house yet. My dad might claim that my and my moms cars are totalled to insurance. But IDK if I want a new car- even if it is a SRT. I love my little bugger and have put way to much money into it to just sell all the parts back.

For anyone with insurance experience, is there anyway to make a claim for a damaged engine then get money for a new one.. aka a SRT swap. I don't want a whole new car.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:36 am

best of luck anthony. let us knwo if you need anything. as much as i poke fun, i got your back if you need anythign.

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:10 am

Sorry about your luck. Have you had any odor issues yet?

This reminds me of Katrina when all those cars had to be marked as flood vehicles or w.e. The mildew was just to much.

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:36 am

glasswars wrote:HAHA up yours mike. LOL. But yeah, I've been shopvaccing the car everyday, still waiting to go home. The car is running fine. The waters still haven't receeded at my house yet. My dad might claim that my and my moms cars are totalled to insurance. But IDK if I want a new car- even if it is a SRT. I love my little bugger and have put way to much money into it to just sell all the parts back.

For anyone with insurance experience, is there anyway to make a claim for a damaged engine then get money for a new one.. aka a SRT swap. I don't want a whole new car.

how this would work is that you file a claim for the damage but tell them that you do the work to your car and you want a check cut straight to you then you would go about doing the swap.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:55 am

being the owner of a neon that has been flooded (my wifes) ... here is what i reccomend ...

pull interior out, let seats air dry while you have the carpet out and flipped over so you can vaccuum the padding under it ... (you dont have to replace interior, just make sure everything is good and dry before putting it back together)

get some WD-40 or another water displacing spray .. and go through each connection in your car and pull them apart and spray some of that in it before plugging them back up ...

it is very possible in the next 6 months or longer you will start having odd codes being pulled from the car because of connections going bad .. and sensors messing up ...

would also reccomend checking your oil just to make sure it doesnt have a milky coloring to it ... if it does .. change it before driving for to long ...

Chibits12 · Post by **Chibits12** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:42 pm

Anthony, sorry to hear about your car. Hopefully things work out with ya. I liked your car too.