I'd watch out, 10 of thousands are coming out of New Orleans, and
related areas, due to the Hurricanes.

You need professional help here, I have carfax, get the vin I will run it
for as step one, then you can decide whether you feel comfortable looking
this over yourself.

30% below market price of a car with no problems is not much of a
discount.  You need a good set of trained eyes to check the car over
thoroughly.  I would not even bother unless it was purely for parts and
was dirt cheap.

I heard that salvage cars are more of a safety risk. I had one salvaged
car where carfax showed an accident, but I didn't have any issues other
than normal wear and tear.
If the car was in a flood, there's a risk of electronic sensors not
functioning properly such as air bags, etc. For this you would need to
sniff for mold or whatever from a flood.

BTW, the March 26, 2006 Washington Post has an excellent article by Dan
Oldenburg on the risks of buying storm damaged cars.  Unless Car Fax or
the owner can provide a definitive history of the car showing it's
title with dates issued since new I would treat the car as being from
storm country.

Too many flood cars out there for them to go for more than 50% and that
is pushing it.

Once all the plugs and sockets for everything have been sitting under
water, they will corrode fairly fast.  Up here in the rust belt, we have
enough trouble with corroding connections.  Getting one that comes that
way would be a nightmare.  It would never run right and just keep
getting worse and worse and worse.

If you had the history on the vehicle and knew it was repaired accident
damage, then you only have to worry about tire wear and it falling in
half on you in a fender bender or something....

Mike
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