We're All Gonna Die! Hurricane Harvey MegaThread

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

My wife said "I'm sure the car dealers there will be giving people a break on the prices because of the floods."

I chuckled.

The Kia dealership here in Joplin became the #1 Kia dealership in the nation after the Joplin tornado. Something like 18,000 vehicles were destroyed, most of them cars of course. Lots of people couldn't afford a new Toyota or Honda or Ford or even Chevy, but they could easily afford a new Kia.

[DAB]

Mrs. DAB and I were talking about all the cars that are flooded and all the work involved in getting new cars to everyone.

most insurance policies pay you the depreciated amount, not the original cost, of the car/truck.

so i can understand the lower priced Kias selling well, as many could afford them with their insurance pay off.

many people need their truck for their job. that is their rolling office. others need a car to get back and forth to their office job, so they can be less picky.

if i was a dealer, i'd be buying up every used car i could get my hands on 2-3 states away. you can't sell what you don't have on the lot.

houston has 2.3 million population, 6.5 million if you include the suburbs. that's a lot of cars and trucks that will need replacement. car makers can make a lot of cars, but not that many in 6 months.

start calling around.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

My wife said "I'm sure the car dealers there will be giving people a break on the prices because of the floods."

I chuckled.

Flooded cars that have been unscrupulously refurbished will be dirt cheap.
Non-flood cars will be at a premium.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by aerovette

Flooded cars that have been unscrupulously refurbished will be dirt cheap.
Non-flood cars will be at a premium.

I want to buy a flooded car, lo miles, something that not sat out of the water for months...maybe 2 weeks at most.....

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by DAB

gotta love the petty bureaucrats. listening to Rush on the way home from the dentist, he reports that every student in Houston will be able to get 3 meals a day at no charge for the next year at their school.

wonderful!

but.....no matter what your situation at home, whether mom and dad can afford to send a lunch with you or not, you still have to fill out their application form.

218,000 students = 218,000 pointless applications. why? so the gov't files will be complete, lest someone commit fraud against the gov't.

a box of paper is 5,000 sheets. so this will generate 44 boxes of useless forms. unbelievable.

I wonder if they can do a paperless application online.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

I wonder if they can do a paperless application online.

assume they can. some idiot bureaucrat on the other end will print it out and file it.

[C5SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by TxAg

They may not have to have to make all of them.

They'll pull from the national inventory, if possible I would imagine.

Now if someone doesn't want one already "on the lot" some where and is willing to wait, well more power to them.

I'm sure we can get clarification if any of that is remotely accurate.

Inventory levels have been high due to sharply declined YOY sales. Supply won't be an issue. The countless stores that lost 100% of their inventory will take a while to recover.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

Inventory levels have been high due to sharply declined YOY sales. Supply won't be an issue. The countless stores that lost 100% of their inventory will take a while to recover.

HOW in hell can any dealer afford THAT kind of Cat ASS trophic loss...say 200 brand new cars...20k for a conversational lo point in cost....4 megs is a chunk....how in hell they insure for that?? forget about floods.....I can't imagine any flood insurance is possible....

[C5SilverBullet]

Originally Posted by mrvette

HOW in hell can any dealer afford THAT kind of Cat ASS trophic loss...say 200 brand new cars...20k for a conversational lo point in cost....4 megs is a chunk....how in hell they insure for that?? forget about floods.....I can't imagine any flood insurance is possible....

200 is a very low number, McRee Ford lost 800 new Ford's.

Don't know about how the insurance will pay, none of our were flooded.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

200 is a very low number, McRee Ford lost 800 new Ford's.

Don't know about how the insurance will pay, none of our were flooded.

I worked at a small used car lot once (30 cars) and one night every car on the lot got keyed. And not something that would buff out. They were insured, alright, at 1K deductible per car.

[Bill]

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

NO, and I bet never will either.....Soros not funding crap in that effort....any takers on that bet????

[GRN ENVY]

Originally Posted by C5SilverBullet

200 is a very low number, McRee Ford lost 800 new Ford's.

Don't know about how the insurance will pay, none of our were flooded.

Fun little tid bit, CarMax is self insured, thats going to be one hell of a right off depending on how many stores lost units. I think there is 6 stores in Houston They will be trucking in Houndres of cars from the other 175+ store nation wide, maybe not all but within trucking distance. Because they will go through inventory. Nows the time to sell to them and get top dollar

[DAB]

Originally Posted by GRN ENVY

Fun little tid bit, CarMax is self insured, thats going to be one hell of a right of depending on how many stores lost units. I think there is 6 stores in Houston They will be trucking in Houndres of cars from the other 175+ store nation wide, maybe not all but within trucking distance. Because they will go through inventory. Nows the time to sell to them and get top dollar

hmmm....wonder what i could get for a used 2013 2500HD chevy quad cab with 48,000 miles. silver. dirty, one noticeable dent.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by DAB

hmmm....wonder what i could get for a used 2013 2500HD chevy quad cab with 48,000 miles. silver. dirty, one noticeable dent.

More than you could have two weeks ago.

[Bill]

So we finally went to check on Mom's house. It took on water. Spent the day ripping out carpeting and drywall and spraying bleach. Not horrific damage, but even an inch is a big hassle.

[snide]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

So we finally went to check on Mom's house. It took on water. Spent the day ripping out carpeting and drywall and spraying bleach. Not horrific damage, but even an inch is a big hassle.

Sucks, but could have been worse. Good luck with the cleanup.

[TripleBlack]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

So we finally went to check on Mom's house. It took on water. Spent the day ripping out carpeting and drywall and spraying bleach. Not horrific damage, but even an inch is a big hassle.

Hassle indeed. My inlaws house was flooded three times. First similar to above... maybe 6". Second time it was ~4' - enough to float the TV. Third was no work at all... house was just gone.

Hope the cleanup and repairs go well.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

So we finally went to check on Mom's house. It took on water. Spent the day ripping out carpeting and drywall and spraying bleach. Not horrific damage, but even an inch is a big hassle.

I heard them say that on average, a couple of inches of water does about $21,000.00 damage and the average flood insurance claim is $39,000.00.

Where do you live? If you need help on weekends, I'll pitch in. I need to do talentless stuff. (No mudding)

I can help cut and hang sheetrock or whatever. I can paint walls.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I heard them say that on average, a couple of inches of water does about $21,000.00 damage and the average flood insurance claim is $39,000.00.

Where do you live? If you need help on weekends, I'll pitch in. I need to do talentless stuff. (No mudding)

I can help cut and hang sheetrock or whatever. I can paint walls.

She's south of you down Barker Cypress a few miles. I'll keep that in mind, it might be a while, we just filed a claim today, so an adjuster has to see the damage, first. I'm worried most about matching the carpeting....it was just put in last year. Hopefully we can get the same thing, even if it will be a different dye lot.