Sad. Who lost their Charger's in hurricane sandy?

[1BAD68]

A general lee   http://member.copart.com/c2/searchliststd.html?_eventId=lotDetails&execution=e2s2&lotId=27242192
and a nice 70   http://member.copart.com/c2/searchliststd.html?_eventId=lotDetails&execution=e2s2&lotId=27464312
Were these members cars?

[JB400]

How about posting picx.  I'm no member, and don't like remembering a bunch of passwords

[1BAD68]

oops sorry I didn't know you couldn't see them.
Both from NY

[1BAD68]

 

[marshallfry01]

Man that's gotta suck. I know the owners are pissed but it could be worse. At least they weren't stolen, burnt, or destroyed. At least they still have their cars! 

[Patronus]

Dont look too lost to me. 

[hawkeye]

is that just the lighting or is there mold all over the interior?

[JB400]

Mold or dirt, either way, it'll clean up.  It doesn't look like flood damage though.

[hawkeye]

must be right on the beach.  surf boards on the roof and very high humidity.  looks like rat poison on the floor.  not the best environment to store a car long term.

[Cooter]

Flood cars=BAD...NEVER get that smell out. So Sad.

[bill440rt]

Fresh water flood you might be able to save by completely stripping & replacing everything depending on how high the water level. Think of completely restoring the car again. Completely.
Most newer cars are just going to be declared total losses.

Salt water flood it's done unless it's completely disassembled to a bare shell, dipped, neutralized, & e-coated. Salt water will get into every crevice and continue to eat away. You're just about replacing everything from the water line down.

Several co-workers of mine that live in southern NJ or along the shore lost every car they own, & have severe damage to their homes.
One co-worker of mine lost his baby, a '74 Pantera. Salt water above the rockers, & into the car almost up to the seats. The car is done. Shame, because it was a very rust-free example. He is heartbroken.

[hatersaurusrex]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but why did these folks not move their cars furhter inland?   The news for a week was nothing but 'super storm on its way'.

Again I honestly do feel for their loss, hell I live 1,000 feet from the Atlantic ocean and I flip out every time it looks like a storm is coming my way, but I actually have a plan to move my crap out of the way should a bad one come ashore on us. 

[JB400]

Some people are just stupid.  No further explanation necessary

[jasonspragg]

i dont know about anyone else but my charger would never become a catch all for other stuff in my garage

[tan top]

sad sight  ,

Salt water flood it's done unless it's completely disassembled to a bare shell, dipped, neutralized, & e-coated. Salt water will get into every crevice and continue to eat away. You're just about replacing everything from the water line down.

      ,  need to get the car stripped & the shell acid dipped Asap 

[jb666]

Some people are just stupid.  No further explanation necessary

Some people didn't have time to REALLY prepare for this storm... And some people definitely didn't think it'd come packing the punch that it did..  I can't look at victims of this storm as "stupid" regardless of what they lost and the decisions they made...

[elanmars]

I guess living in the South it's different...if it's coming and it's looking bad, no way am I leaving the Charger behind-unless it's being worked on...and that means it's at my friend's shop, secured where no damage will occur to it.

[will]

Some people are just stupid.  No further explanation necessary

So I guess if the Mississippi floods and your car gets wrecked all we'd have to do is show this post. Perhaps other less fortunate people have no back-up plan for their cars. That doesn't make them stupid. It's pretty ignorant to make a statement like that without knowing peoples circumstances. Maybe these guys retired to the shore, this was a 500 year storm for this area. The subways flooded, the tunnels flooded. There were MILLIONS of people without power. They can't all be stupid.

[Mopar Nut]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but why did these folks not move their cars furhter inland?   The news for a week was nothing but 'super storm on its way'.

Again I honestly do feel for their loss, hell I live 1,000 feet from the Atlantic ocean and I flip out every time it looks like a storm is coming my way, but I actually have a plan to move my crap out of the way should a bad one come ashore on us. 

If it came to moving my car out of danger or my kids, my kids come first. Really, who cares about their cars over human life, what's insurance for? Do you think the mother who lost her two little kids was worried about her car?

[Cooter]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but why did these folks not move their cars furhter inland?   The news for a week was nothing but 'super storm on its way'.

Maybe they tried selling and all they got was "Not for that much coin He's Dreaming! Car's only worth about a third of what he wants"...And decided to allow mother nature (And that heavily insured coverage) pay/buy it?

[hatersaurusrex]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but why did these folks not move their cars furhter inland?   The news for a week was nothing but 'super storm on its way'.

Maybe they tried selling and all they got was "Not for that much coin He's Dreaming! Car's only worth about a third of what he wants"...And decided to allow mother nature (And that heavily insured coverage) pay/buy it?

Good point Cooter.   Also those cars look like they're in good shape but it could be that some people's classics are in non-running shape and they can't get them moved within a week.    It's easy to have 100K in stuff you can't move just sitting around.

[bill440rt]

Some people are just stupid.  No further explanation necessary

Some people didn't have time to REALLY prepare for this storm... And some people definitely didn't think it'd come packing the punch that it did..  I can't look at victims of this storm as "stupid" regardless of what they lost and the decisions they made...

Amen.
Case in point with the owner of the Pantera. He lives well inland, not even in a flood zone. They didn't call evacuations until the last minute. No time.
I live inland of a small river, my neighborhood is elevated away from it. They started calling voluntary evacuations of people living on the street that lines the riverbank. I knew the water wouldn't come up to my house. But, screw that. I put them up on jackstands anyway, as high as I could get them. No water damage in my neck of the woods, but the wind/tree damage was unbelievable.

Speaking with another friend, he saw on the news of a detached home garage that blew away. All that was left was a slab. And, sitting on the slab was a GTO. 

[JB400]

Everyone had a week and a half to prepare for the storm.  Besides, if you live on the coast, you know your going to have storms like that blow in at least one every decade.  I wouldn't move to California today and act like an earthquake isn't going to happen.  We have twisters here and they give you 20 minutes tops if one is reported.  But, they give you at least a day to get ready.  Our meteorologists do a great job giving you plenty of heads up.

[1974dodgecharger]

I don't want to sound insensitive, but why did these folks not move their cars furhter inland?   The news for a week was nothing but 'super storm on its way'.

Again I honestly do feel for their loss, hell I live 1,000 feet from the Atlantic ocean and I flip out every time it looks like a storm is coming my way, but I actually have a plan to move my crap out of the way should a bad one come ashore on us. 

cant fix stupid, thats the word right now is that these folks had a week advance to know about the storm, but most stayed.

From what I read they said, 'I can with stand this storm this aint nothing' 

[Ghoste]

Wasn't this one worse than anything that had hit them before though?