I bought a used car recently for below market price.
I am suspecting it might be flood damaged. I'm not sure.
Everything works great. For starters. I drove it and it is smooth and runs fine.
The guy who bought it before me drove it for at least a thousand miles as well, all A-okay.
The VIN number checks out okay.
But I have my suspicions. First, there is an odd smell to the car. It might just be the guy though, and his pets. It doesn't smell like mold, it smells like *edit* soap. But it still smells some.
It came from the Georgia area which I believe was flooded recently?
I searched around the car, looked under all the floormats I could, looked at all of the seat rails. THey look fine. I did dig my finger into a compartment below a floor area and it was very slightly moist and it smelled bad. The smell could have come from water damage? Or maybe just naturally?
most importantly, I found the owners manual in a compartment below the back passenger seat foot area. The owners manual was not wet, but it was clearly soaked through with discoloration and pages sticking and warped. Now, I don't know if it might have been snow tracked in or something, or why the owners manual was in there in the first place, but that is a bit odd.
What are the odds?
I am suspecting it might be flood damaged. I'm not sure.
Everything works great. For starters. I drove it and it is smooth and runs fine.
The guy who bought it before me drove it for at least a thousand miles as well, all A-okay.
The VIN number checks out okay.
But I have my suspicions. First, there is an odd smell to the car. It might just be the guy though, and his pets. It doesn't smell like mold, it smells like *edit* soap. But it still smells some.
It came from the Georgia area which I believe was flooded recently?
I searched around the car, looked under all the floormats I could, looked at all of the seat rails. THey look fine. I did dig my finger into a compartment below a floor area and it was very slightly moist and it smelled bad. The smell could have come from water damage? Or maybe just naturally?
most importantly, I found the owners manual in a compartment below the back passenger seat foot area. The owners manual was not wet, but it was clearly soaked through with discoloration and pages sticking and warped. Now, I don't know if it might have been snow tracked in or something, or why the owners manual was in there in the first place, but that is a bit odd.
What are the odds?
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