Used cars for sale: there’s a boom in flooded cars | They fall apart after two months of purchase

The car market seems to have seen and experienced all types and colours: between surges, declines, lean periods and booms, from total crises to relaunches of the segment. And then?

More or less, between cases rare and particular, the sales flows have always moved forward in a certain sense like a sort of sea wave, between ups and downs.

Goià, special cases and rarities: like that of flooded cars. It might seem strange, but there are cases like this: real booms that are recorded. Nevertheless?

The problem of the second-hand market e special cars, like the flooded ones, is that they can provide, in the short term, according to some studies and reports problems obvious.

Cars going in pieces and shattered after just one a few months after purchase, due to a series of interconnected factors. How to avoid all this? There is a way, of course.

Flooded cars, how to avoid trouble

First of all, when we talk about flooded cars, we enter into such a particular context that it is clear that prudence must never be too much. There are some tips that we can use to understand if a car is damaged, and how much, by a flood. For example, check the origin of the car, going back to the history of the vehicle, its date, and possible indications such as ‘salvage’ or ‘flood-affected’ that may appear in the transfer documents.

In concrete terms, then, pay attention to the dashboard, carefully examining that there are no signs of water, as well as electronic components: pay particular attention to lights, headlights, indicators, windshield wipers, as well as the radio and cigarette lighter, air conditioner and hot air. If all this works, then the condition of the car is at least acceptable. But also pay attention to the wires, to see if they become fragile upon contact and if they are wet or worn by ‘water’.

Check the status of the vehicle like this

And then naturally the interior must be checked: inside the object holders, in the trunk, the seats and so on. Looking for traces of rust, of mud, of stale humidity. If the colors are faded, if you smell musty, if the floor mats don’t seem to match, these can all be clues.

Then check under the hood for traces of stale water or hidden damage. Generally speaking, however, when you go to buy a car whose origin and functionality you are not sure of, it would always be better to be accompanied by one experienced specialist.