That sounds about right from what I remember when I was handling insurance motor claims back in the late 70s into the early 90s.Newbers wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:19 pm
The guidance for Cat B was that it should be crushed but this was not a legal requirement just the definition under the insurance industry system. Apparently it was not uncommon for flood damaged cars as the electronics get ruined and there was a risk of contaminated water.
I know early on a few cars with water damage got repaired, then months later components would fail and there was always a big debate about whether they were just "end of life" or were water damaged. And as more electronics were fitted it only got worse!
My employer at the time decided that anything that had water damage above the centre of the wheels was declared a total loss to avoid that sort of hassle - which was handy for my mate in the salvage trade! I remember he got a 3 or 4 year old mid-80s Honda Accord that had got wet, and had an ECU under the passenger seat that cost over £500 new. He managed to source one out of a breaker, but insurers only fitted new so it often wasn't worth their while.
My mate did get a few cars through a VIC inspection, but it was very rigorous and wasn't cheap so he had to do the maths before repairing them.
As someone said earlier I'd rather have a car that had got wet but was fitted with a replacement engine than one that had actually been crashed.
I did buy a few Stolen/Recovered cars and never had any issues with them - but back then the general public didn't have access to the database!
I hope it you do OK from the sale - selling the Aeros will certainly put some cash in your kitty!
