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/yabb Real World >> Autos >> 2 and half months after hurricane Sandy.. /yabb?num=1358467147 Message started by Steve M on Jan 17^th, 2013 at 6:59pm

Title: 2 and half months after hurricane Sandy..
Post by Steve M on Jan 17^th, 2013 at 6:59pm

Many thousands of cars that were damaged by the storm are on the auction block. Many of them will be crushed for scrap.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/hurricane-sandy-80-days-later/100440/

Title: Re: 2 and half months after hurricane Sandy..
Post by EricFSX92 on Jan 17^th, 2013 at 8:21pm

That's a lot of cars. And to think there a probably a few very nice cars in there that may have no issues at all...

Title: Re: 2 and half months after hurricane Sandy..
Post by Steve M on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 1:13pm

The thing is though, if the interior gets soaked with water, they get a horrible musty smell that's tough to get rid of. Years ago I used a garden hose to wash up the carpet in the back of a cargo van (dumb idea #782) and after a couple days it started smelling so bad I had to open the windows to drive it. :P

Like rotten swamp water..

Title: Re: 2 and half months after hurricane Sandy..
Post by expat on Jan 19^th, 2013 at 2:52am

Steve M wrote on Jan 18^th, 2013 at 1:13pm:

The problem being, it was just water that you used. There were most probably billions of microbes in that carpet that had been waiting years for a nice drink to cultivate mutate and multiply ;D Had you removed the carpet and shampooed it, then it would have smelt like new...........

Matt