If it sounds too good to be true...

jaydee · 08-03-2010, 12:56 AM

...it probably is.

I'm just wondering how many storm damaged cars will be flooding the market(pardon the pun).

People will be off loading cars that have been for a long deep swim and some unscrupulous panel beaters will be giving new cars that look they've been parked on a golf driving range a coat of bog and paint and flogging them off.

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So just a "buyer beware" people.

VZSS250 · 08-03-2010, 01:10 AM

Yeah I can see this happening, lots of people offloading late model cars that have been flooded. The strong scent of odor-eliminator used by dealerships should ring alarm bells.

03wrx · 08-03-2010, 02:57 AM

sorry been out of the country for 4 months. Which state was affected by flooding ?

GoldCoastGTP · 08-03-2010, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 03wrx

sorry been out of the country for 4 months. Which state was affected by flooding ?

Victoria and Queensland

Rodp · 08-03-2010, 07:28 AM

Could be good bargains to be found in hail damaged cars in yards though.

Peter Warren has new cars marked down by ~$5k and advertised as hail damaged. An Ego G6ET where you had to really look to find where hail had hit, I'm sure a dent puller could iron that puppy out for a couple of thou and you've got yourself a nice little saving there.

Unless I'm mistaken and they're replaced it with another Ego in the yard, it's still there and it would be an 09 plated car so even more savings could be made.

ltd · 08-03-2010, 08:02 AM

Flooding in Victoria and Queensland; that's never ever happened before.......
Must be climate change.

Auction houses like Pickles and Fowles will probably end up with quite a few of these cars.

VZSS250 · 08-03-2010, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ltd

Flooding in Victoria and Queensland; that's never ever happened before.......
Must be climate change.

LOL, good point. I myself have bought many second hand cars that were likely to have been involved in floods.

How could I tell you say?

When you take off an interior door sill trim in a and there's mud in there, you know!!!

GTP owner · 08-03-2010, 09:23 AM

I was thinking a new fpv with hail damage could be a bargain to be had

Smoke Pursuit · 08-03-2010, 09:39 AM

They all end up as stat write offs and anyone who doesnt do a revs check on a car they are buying privately should be shot. Dealers have to disclose it.

Smoke Pursuit · 08-03-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GTP owner

I was thinking a new fpv with hail damage could be a bargain to be had

Pfft yeh, they discount them by $60 a dint.. car has 10 dints then its $600 cheaper??

I can buy a new GT in qld for $59,990 drive away, why would you want a dinted one!

GHO57 · 08-03-2010, 10:25 AM

Theres only 1 other GT for the same price, But Pre-owned can move alot more than new cars can.

**Luke Plaizier** · 08-03-2010, 10:26 AM

Wow. That's some storm. Who would want a car hit by a lightning strike ???!!!

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**Falcon Coupe** · 08-03-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by GHO57

Theres only 1 other GT for the same price, But Pre-owned can move alot more than new cars can.

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mik · 08-03-2010, 01:26 PM

i would`nt buy a hail damaged car even if it is hard to see , you will always know it is there.

GTP owner · 08-03-2010, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bfiipursuit

Pfft yeh, they discount them by $60 a dint.. car has 10 dints then its $600 cheaper??

I can buy a new GT in qld for $59,990 drive away, why would you want a dinted one!

If that is the only amount discounted then i would not bother...

**TUF_302** · 08-03-2010, 05:52 PM

Im glad i live in tas and the hail we get is always very small and soft, *Touch wood* lol!

302 XC · 08-03-2010, 08:06 PM

i remember 10 or so years ago in caboolture (QLD)
the hail damage was that bad that even the wreckers didnt want them
once it smashed all windows/panels the hail wrecked the interior

Smoke Pursuit · 08-03-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nerida67

i remember 10 or so years ago in caboolture (QLD)
the hail damage was that bad that even the wreckers didnt want them
once it smashed all windows/panels the hail wrecked the interior

I remember that.. Took some AU's out bad!! broke all the plastics on them and left them looking like oranges..

Lol.

Airmon · 08-03-2010, 11:47 PM

When Syd had a big hail storm a year or 2 ago there were a fair few at the auctions.
6 months old BFII Fairmont ghia for around $10K, VE SSV with 11,000km on the clock for $22K, not too bad if you could repair them.

Poetic Justice · 09-03-2010, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bfiipursuit

They all end up as stat write offs and anyone who doesnt do a revs check on a car they are buying privately should be shot. Dealers have to disclose it.

Why would they be stat write-offs? Hail damaged cars that is.. unless you're talking about flooded ones.

Generally they'd be repairable.

Fled74 · 09-03-2010, 03:02 PM

On a possibly related note, the Mythbusters have proven that golf ball-style dimples all over a car do indeed improve fuel efficiency and aerodynamics.

302 XC · 09-03-2010, 03:48 PM

hail damaged stat write off means,
that the damage to the car would cost more to fix than its worth
every tried fixing hail damage,right royal pain
then theres the paint job on top
so judging wat a panel beater charges nowadays it doesnt take much for a stat write off