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Someone will get it at auction in a month or two.

aw damn. RIP for a badass ride.

Not the daughter with the "built" motor. That one is an SRT Charger. She's living in Austin working at the Legislature till she starts law school in August in the "Tine" (she loves driving through the Capitol parking garage setting of car alarms on BMWs, Mercs and Volvos. Gotta love Kooks LT, racing miss and Zoomer cat back)

This is my youngest daughter's car. It's a Challenger Redline. Water got up to the seats but not to the dash. Trunk filled up so battery and main fuse box got submerged. Motor didn't take on any water. Actually drove the car home after they got it out. The car doesn't have a transmission dipstick so I couldn't check the fluid. We will see.

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Not the daughter with the "built" motor. That one is an SRT Charger. She's living in Austin working at the Legislature till she starts law school in August in the "Tine" (she loves driving through the Capitol parking garage setting of car alarms on BMWs, Mercs and Volvos. Gotta love Kooks LT, racing miss and Zoomer cat back)

This is my youngest daughter's car. It's a Challenger Redline. Water got up to the seats but not to the dash. Trunk filled up so battery and main fuse box got submerged. Motor didn't take on any water. Actually drove the car home after they got it out. The car doesn't have a transmission dipstick so I couldn't check the fluid. We will see.

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I'd consider it totaled with water that high.

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It is no longer a nice thing.

Cars aren't like they used to be. Way way too many electronics in new vehicles. I probably would have never bought my Heep Braaaah if I knew that every little everything on it had a computer. I swear I bet they considered putting computers in the ones with manual windows and locks just so they could toss in some extra computers and maybe monitor how many cranks were used while raising and lowering the stupid windows.

Issues from the water damaging electronics may not show up for weeks or months but they will eventually be there and likely never go away.

so.... did the OP get laid in a Toyota Echo?

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so.... did the OP get laid in a Toyota Echo?

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Can anyone get laid in an Echo?

i think i'd rather have insurance handle it than spend 12+ hours dealing with that mess.

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so.... did the OP get laid in a Toyota Echo?

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Can anyone get laid in an Echo?

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Only if OP and OP's GF are both midgets.

Actually I meant can anyone who owns an Echo

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It is no longer a nice thing.

Cars aren't like they used to be. Way way too many electronics in new vehicles. I probably would have never bought my Heep Braaaah if I knew that every little everything on it had a computer. I swear I bet they considered putting computers in the ones with manual windows and locks just so they could toss in some extra computers and maybe monitor how many cranks were used while raising and lowering the stupid windows.

Issues from the water damaging electronics may not show up for weeks or months but they will eventually be there and likely never go away.

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I know you said manual windows and locks but...
Too late, VW at least already has module (s) for the power windows. It seems like motors and switches would work just fine, but they want the windows to go down 1/2" when a door is unlocked or opened.

edit: I work with a guy who has a Civic that had about 12K miles on it when it was submerged during Sandy. It wasn't dried out properly like the car in this thread, but it has the strangest electrical problems I've ever seen even after the guy took all of the controls out of the dash and cleaned them. There's no telling how many connectors he couldn't get to back behind the dash that have corrosion on them now.

Any suggestions for good Water Based solutions?

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edit: I work with a guy who has a Civic that had about 12K miles on it when it was submerged during Sandy. It wasn't dried out properly like the car in this thread, but it has the strangest electrical problems I've ever seen even after the guy took all of the controls out of the dash and cleaned them. There's no telling how many connectors he couldn't get to back behind the dash that have corrosion on them now.

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Bingo. So many people seem to think just drying out the carpet and seats will make their car just fine. People tend to forget to check the transmission and differential(s). Then they wonder why it goes out 2-6 months later. Worse they can have electrical issues that may never go away. Every little connection is a potential for an issue to come up. Don't even get me started on computers.

Run an ozone generator in the car overnight! It I'll solve the stinky issue!

did it in a friends car and it worked great. Although the ozone needed airing out too te next day. Good as new though!

So what would be the consensus on my car. During the torrential downpours we've had recently, my car had a leak in the weather striping on the lower rear of the drivers side door. Water leaked through the door and filled about half an inch of the rear foot well, drivers foot well and below the drivers seat. The car is not a daily driver and I didn't notice it for about a week until I saw that my windows were foggy. The interior and carpet were mildewed. I've vacuumed it all out and took it for some short test drives. Everything including the power seats is working as usual. I've had it in my garage with the windows down and fans blowing in it for almost a week now. I'm going to scrub out all of the mildew and potentially pull the carpet if I have to. I have full coverage insurance, but the car is probably only going to net me $8K-$10K from insurance if I'm lucky and I've got close to that in aftermarket modifications. My wife doesn't have the best driving record and I don't want to put us on the insurance company's radar any more than necessary.

What would you do and do you really think there will be long term electrical issues due to the humidity? I don't know of any electronics that actually got submerged. It's power windows/door locks, power seats, seat heaters (already out due to faulty voltage regulator), and a completely aftermarket stereo system. I've got a lot of electrical experience, so troubleshooting issues shouldn't be a problem and I can take care of the audio system.

If I pull the carpet, I really want to replace it because my boots have eaten a hole clean trough the floor mat and carpet into the floor pan under my clutch pedal. Does anybody have a source to get carpet that is already cut and contoured for the specific vehicle.

The car is a 2007 Mustang GT/CS with a Vortech H.O. supercharger, 5 Speed Manual, and 106K miles. I bought it new in 2006, so even though it's old, high mileage, and I've gotten a lot of use out of it, I've still put a lot money into it over the years and not really interested in an insurance payout.