I can’t get the the floor mats I want (back order)!!
During Sandy I totaled more cars than I can count on south shore of NY, the general rule is once the vehicle had water inside the vehicle it was totaled and sold for salvage. Some insurance company's required the water to be cup holder high and we disagreed once the harness is under water that vehicle will never be the same, the Maverick harness is exposed and attached to floor pan on the bottom exposed. Every vehicle I argued should be total was months later for electrical problems. Some insurance company's will never learn. If you own a Maverick never drive through deep water especially Salt water !!!!! check out some of the oil change video's on the Tube the harness is attached to the bottom of the vehicle.
I wonder why Ford put that harness there when they know their buyers are gonna likely take those AWD vehicles off the beaten path and likely thru water crossings! Don't they have some sort of weatherproof capability? Or is it the fact that they "sit" still in the flood waters for so long that causes them to be salvage rated?
Am sure all the connections are watertight but not when submerged in water, your going to have corrosion at all the connections and it wont be covered under warranty. Am going to avoid water at all costs with my new truck.
Was his name 'Booger"? I went to school with a guy like that, when I was a freshman he was a sophomore & when I was a senior he was a junior, all he had was an old van, we could get him to buy beer for us though. I saw that picture of the upside down superbird, aren't those things worth like a 1/4 million dollars? I would think you would take that vehicle & get out of town, unless he wanted the insurance money instead.
And the majority of times it turns out to be overblown. Most aren't Katrina, Harvey, Sandy, Ian. And when you live in hurricane prone areas you can't leave every time it's possible. Easy to say people shouldn't stay but harder to actually work out.
I'm retired and a friend that worked for a Auto Leasing Company had thousands of leased cars in NJ and NY that were flooded. Hire me and 30+ other people to deliver hundreds of new cars. Water logged cars were quickly deemed unsafe to keep. Learned that most all new cars interiors and electronics are glued together and no matter what. Hidden mold is also a major reason. Flooded cars will have to be eventually TOTALED, or shipped to some 3rd world country.
