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Scottie I bought a 2006 Subaru outback AWD in mint condition from a used car dealership, but the original seller knew the guys at the dealership. Absolutely not a spot of rust anywere on the vehicle and the person before me supposedly stored it inside in the winter here in michigan and I have to believe him with 0 rust. But my question is I only paid $2211.00 for it runs great 0 rust is there anything I should watch for because I have never owned a Subaru. Thank you.
My Dad also owns a 2013 Tundra 4x4. Only difference is he bought it certified used at a Ford dealership for $35k. If I showed him this video, he'd probably cry. Lol
I have a 2015 Tundra, bought new 7 years ago. This truck is the best vehicle I've ever owned. Regular maintenance and a set of brakes so far. I'm in Northern Canada so we have nasty weather. This truck guzzles gas like no other but it's built like a tank. Love it! 💪🏻
Yeah, my neighbor bought a 4Runner and it was a beautiful car for 2 years and then computers started to act up and the there was sand in engine. He paid $14k on a great deal, $6k on different shops and car had a salvage value and worth zero in 6 years. Buy a used one and your better off in the long run. You will be playing Russian Roulette with flooded or salvage car.
My Dad took a chance on a loaded Jeep Grand Cherokee from the same situation. It had under 13k miles. Oddly enough I think he paid about the same, 13.5k if I recall. Had it shipped to eastern Washington. I cleared a few redundant codes out and 8-9 years later it’s never had an issue. Heated seats, etc all functional. It serves him well living up in the canyon. Although, personally I don’t think I’d be willing to roll the dice 😂. Take care folks
I had vehicles flooded before, the first things you do is disconnect the battery, open all the doors ,remove drain plugs if possible & disconnect as many of the wiring harness connectors as possible to avoid corrosion & electrolysis, & remove the computer & electronics, then completely disassemble the vehicle as much as possible & wash out the frame & floorboards......everything comes out with me ,including the dashboard, airbags , seatbelt pretensionors ,seats & wiring,......cleaned up & some of the parts replaced then I put it all back together like a big giant model 😆
Rear diff fluid,transfer case fluid,transmission fluid,power steering fluid,engine oil and filter ,engine coolant,and brake fluid and the grease in all the wheel bearings and u joints should be changed or repacked. He can let it go at his own peril but no vehicle is made to be sat in salt water and the wheel bearings will survive without periodical repacking.
Several years ago when I was looking for a car, I went to a larger dealer that was 50 miles away but supposedly had a reputation for integrity. They said they had the perfect car for me and had a salesman bring it around front for me to look at. Water was leaking out of it. When I told the salesman, he said that was just condensation from the exhaust. I started walking the trail it left and found myself in back of the building where many vehicles were parked. I could have followed the trail to it's original parking place but I turned around to go back to my own car. When I got back around the front, the perspective car was still leaking water from somewhere behind the rear fender, opposite the exhaust side. The salesman said they had just washed it and that's where the water was coming from. I didn't acknowledge him, I just walked to my car, remembering the consumer warnings on TV about dealerships peddling hurricane flooded cars from down south. Supposedly there were consumer safeguards in place to prevent that but apparently they found a way around it. I've never been back.
we have 2 older 5 spd Hondas with well over 200k and they've barely needed anything but maintenance.. Honda is just as good. the Ridgeline es don't look as good as the tundras, but they're as good
@@melancholypuppy3595 I've known people with them, I know one person with one now and he loves it, I've never really heard anyone who owned one not like it
Top gear staked out a toyota truck for the overnight tide. It ran fine the next morning. They finally got it to stop running (almost) by dropping it off a 20 story building. Although that one didn't have alot of electronics...
My 2014 1794 Tundra still looks new and runs awsome still. I wouldn't trust the factory mile per gallon on the dash though, it's not even close. If it wasn't for the propane conversion I probably wouldn't have touched it because of the $gas$ mileage, Toyota or not.
Yeah, I almost bought a tundra and I'm glad I didn't now, just too bad with fuel econ... Propane conversion is pretty cool. Unfortunately it's way up in price where I am,
I bought a 2014 bmw 428 convertible submerged in water. 9k miles. The car was dead. But I replaced all 50+ electric modules bought it used from eBay. Reprogrammed and it’s been 5 years no issues.
Best thing I've used for breaking axle nuts loose is using a breaker bar and removing the handle from my 3 ton floor jack and sliding it over the breaker bar for lots of leverage. Works every time.
I am curious what Scotty's neighbors think when they peer out their windows and see him speaking in an animated fashion, apparently to nobody and arms flailing about unpredictably. Then again Tennesseans probably have so much experience with holy roller preachers in the spirit, that anything Scotty does in his driveway is more or less tame.
I talked to a shop owner dozens of years ago. He said that he had issues with kids right out of Auto Tech school. They also did not tighten bolts and he had many returns before 30 days. Most torque wrenches have SAE and Metric measurement. No excuses For Mexican workers. Newton meters to Nano Pesos.
@@danielmeador1991 30 years ago I had to find a open circuit wire on a Toyota Corolla. Alternator not charging. After 15 minutes I found it. About 2 feet up in the front harness. I told my wife, no more friend freebies from her coworkers.
I accidentally plowed through a 12 inch deep puddle of _fresh_ water going about 50 MPH on the interstate the first year I owned my Tundra. I was so worried I had sucked water into the engine but there's no suggestion of damage two years later.
No, he is playing Russian Roulett and there is still few bullets in the chambers. My cousin was in auction business and very rarely you get a flood car that will last beyond 5 years. You be better off with a non salvage used car. There isca reason as cheap as insurance companies are, they go to the trouble and salvage the car and pay up the bug bucks to the insured.
Scotty Here’s a tip. Tell your friend to pull the taillights out, and look in the inside of the quarter panels. It could be full of dirt from the flooding.
He said it was a salt water tidal wave. It was underwater to the window. And evidently was winched out of the sand. Mud is really bad. My son bought a mudded truck. It got into everything. He spent 8K on his nearly half done project and sold it. The last biggies to do were the I-Beam Bushings and fixing the C-4 that would not go into 1st gear. Stuck in 2nd when (D) selected. Someone got a really Nice 77 F-150 long bed Custom.
Wow, that's a great deal! I have a 2016 Pro and never had any problems with it. I replace all the fluids every 3 years regardless of mileage. Hoping to join the ranks of that Tundra million mile club🤞
@@icosthop9998 exactly, nerds are good at creating new tech and engineering stuff. We need them for that. If they put me in an office, the business would fail.😆
I would guess that those Toyota trucks would be pretty water resistant, not water proof, but at least water resistant. If it just got got hit with a high tide while it was off, it seems like it would handle it about as good as any truck would, and if it had the chance to dry out completely before being started again, the electronics should survive. This guy got a great deal.
In Michigan we call The cheater bar a breaker bar because you’re gonna be breaking your nuts just to remove a tire especially when you’re in the rust belt.
Scotty my 2005 Benz c230 spontaneously caught on fire while in the parking lot. Ever heard of this? Camera showed it began under to hood by the windshield.
He hasn't made you look stupid , that Toyota unless it's been stripped , upholstery removed and washed out with loads of water , chassis inside doors up under guards, floor pans and sprayed with fish oil or other rust protector , that going to rust out in so many places and structural , I would have kept the $13k and gone to Vegas,
our dodge one ton came with 4x4 the truck every now and then wants you to engage the system in 4x4 mode. usually from not being used it simply wants it turn on or put into that mode. you just drive forwards for a few miles low speeds to exercise it after that it’s re set. then stop put it back into 4x2 drive on.
He better just keep it. Because he'll never be able sell it if needs cash. A hurricane coastal flooded car is pennies on dollar if tries to sell. Its crazy insurance probably gave it away next to nothing to the auction house , and the auction house still got $13k cash.
Hey Scotty! Thank you for your videos! I have a question, what inexpensive vehicle would you recommend as a work car? My husband does tech work and needs room for his tools, and be gas efficient (he's looking at 20mpg combined). The biggest issue, we're living in an apartment and are limited to two cars. So in case our family car goes out, his work vehicle needs to fit 4 people. On the plus side, we both know how to drive a manual 🙂
Toyota Tacoma SR , DBL cab . 4x4 either the 4 or 6 . Especially a consideration , if your kids are Grade School , Pre HS . A standard tranny one . The 4 banger standards are VERY hard to find . 6 cyl standard .. easy .
Easy answer: Honda civic, Toyota corolla, Toyota Matix, or if wanted bigger, Toyota Camry. Early 2000's. And yes, you can fit tons of tools in all 4 of these if you utilize drawers, etc. I think your husband should look at the Toyota Matrix or Pontiac Vibe (same thing) for the win. Toyota Sienna only if wanting to go bigger. No dumb 4x4 truck necessary or needed.
i sold my 1999 Dodge Conversion van after it got flooded and 7 years later its still on the road, all that it needed was the computer. i should have kept it...lol
A family member had a house right on the beach and came back from vacation to find 3" of salt water in the headlights of his XJ6 (waves crashing on it). After that it would do some random electrical stuff until he finally got rid of it.
It's possible if it was flooded by a tide like say at the beach or something in the sand, and was on a sloping shore, only the back end was submerged. If the tailpipe got full of water then maybe it wouldn't start because of that and so it was just totalled without being thoroughly checked out.
I would take this deal any time. :))) p.s. on the last subject of the video: customers want to pay less for better cars. How can people get that? Work and quality must pe well paid.
13k for a flooded truck is one of the worst things you can do. it's gonna have issues while he owns it. I'm sure they didn't take the ECU out, take it apart , dry it o.. unhook all the electrical connections... dry them... ect...
Thats crazy. I had a parked 2019 toyota highlander xle in a flash flood. Water was halfway the doors and about 1 foot of water above the floor boards when I opened the car. The car was never turned on in water. All the lights came on. Abs, BSM, power steering, tmps, srs, tss, Pre Collison, dynamic radar cruise, everything. Opened the windows to let it dry and vacuumed 8 gallons out of the carpets. Claimed insurance, and they totaled the car due to flood damage. Before insurance towed the car about 2 weeks later, everything was back to normal except the smell of mold and the srs air bag light on. The car still drove fine, never hydrolocked.
@@shadowkidgaming8253 yes I could have but, what I owed vs the value of the suv, the check was a better alternative. Used that $32,xxx and down for a 2022 version. No need to deal with all the corrosion problems in the future.
Chevy executives have to make their 7 figure salaries while they pay their workers in government cheese...They will eventually put themselves out of business.
Uncle’s dropped my old ‘88 4Runner 22RE engine into a ‘97 Tacoma that drove into the river and ruined its original engine. Man was right to grab that Tundra!
@8:32 - The EV-1 was built at the Lansing Craft Centre (former Oldsmobile Plant 2) back in the 1990's - they use to do test drives up into the DeWitt TWP MI area when we lived there. Funny looking car that you could see the rear wheels and front wheels moving while driving directly behind it. Another fine GM product - not. 🤣
I knew a guy from Taylor. We bought pretty much anything for peanuts daily drivers. His preference was boat tail Rivvy. Mine was Chevelles. He related the story of his Dad trying to get cross town in 1967 to get everyone home. Last I heard he was in Jersey.
That Toyota Tundra that got flooded and its still going well would any other modern vehicle survive a drowning the only other vehicle l have seen on tv that was totally drowned for many hours was on Top Gear UK it lost its wind screen by the way it was a 1995 Toyota Hilux diesel 4X4 and they got it running and driving
Of course it isn't counting the saltwater corrosion and rust that's well on its way. Beach vehicles are bad enough without water immersion, so crossing his fingers his won't
Scottie I bought a 2006 Subaru outback AWD in mint condition from a used car dealership, but the original seller knew the guys at the dealership. Absolutely not a spot of rust anywere on the vehicle and the person before me supposedly stored it inside in the winter here in michigan and I have to believe him with 0 rust. But my question is I only paid $2211.00 for it runs great 0 rust is there anything I should watch for because I have never owned a Subaru. Thank you.
On Subaru the transmission is always the worst lasting part. I always see, mine included. Subaru for sale in great condition with plenty miles left on the engines, but, the transmission is always shot. I think Scotty has a video on those. They are fun while they run. 🤗
Good deal until it's not. Sorry Scotty I've had my fair share of flood vehicles. Totally not worth messing with. The interior harness is NOT waterproof.
