f%$k.............Sandy flooded my vert

[ClayW]

I'm in the DC area. I live at the top of a hill, so I wasn't worried about flooding as much as flying debris. I figured the best option was to squeeze the BMWs inside and offer up the Toyota as a sacrifice. Ultimately, we got lucky: no damage and the power stayed on.

[GT BMW E30]

I will pm you. I think i am going to gut it. Problem now is that HO Sandy is coming back wednesday. I am going to push it to higher land.

I actually started another thread..but I have a bunch of interior/eletrical parts I am willing to donate and I also have a ton of good junkyards local and I am willing to help you get that baby rolling again!

[GT BMW E30]

I am going to pull the drain plugs. Been so busy. I just had to drive to exit 20 on 78 west (30 mintue) to get gas. No wait. There is a 3 to 4 hours line for gas in the inner city.

I know you man.. This is Vin (bought seat part from you that one day).
Poke the drains free under the rockers and trunk, dry it out and call me to help diag your electricals if necessary. You still have my #?

[5ickride]

I am going to pull the drain plugs. Been so busy. I just had to drive to exit 20 on 78 west (30 mintue) to get gas. No wait. There is a 3 to 4 hours line for gas in the inner city.

Thanks for the tip, about to go there now

[BrownBeanE30]

Im Sorry to hear what happened OP. Dont give up fix the e30

[ELVA164]

I feel for you GT and everyone else south of me. It's unbelievable the effect Sandy has had on the area, and the most I can do up here is help people coming up from Westchester and the City find gas near me. I'm so sorry to hear about the cars; I hope you can salvage most of them. :(

Hope you get power back a.s.a.p., too. I just heard that most of Manhattan has been restored, so not too long now! :up:

[Emre]

I just heard that most of Manhattan has been restored...

We have power as of this morning. But the steam is still off, so no heat or hot water yet.

[superboosted]

I will pm you. I think i am going to gut it. Problem now is that HO Sandy is coming back wednesday. I am going to push it to higher land.

Ill be here. :D keep the head up man.

[nando]

If you pulled the entire car apart and dried EVERYTHING, it would be fine. But that is an astronomical amount of work.

this. you'd basically have to pull apart the entire car, remove the harness, and clean every electrical contact.

The E30 wiring is actually pretty easy to work on. if the body is really worth something to you it might be doable, but otherwise.. you might consider a part out or keep it around for parts on a new project.

worst part is it was salt water. you don't want to leave that anywhere.

bummer dude. :(

on and Vinnie, just shut up already. You sound like a royal douchebag. it's just a god damn car.

[JBedo]

Man I hate it for you! Living in south east louisiana we know hurricanes and we know flooding so I understand you're situation. Good luck with everything.

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[BamaE30]

I have an E12 that was flooded all was cleaned and replaced as needed the car is fine....

[VadGTI]

Ban this Vinni moron.

OP, was this salt water (surge) or rain water?

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[audiquattrot]

some pics i took today of my friends house (including 2 of his cars and a brand new 2012 Audi S4).....he was about 10 blocks inland from the ocean, and he purposely parked his cars another 12 blocks inland from there...

I swear I've never seen such mass destruction like this nxt to 9/11. Driving into this area was like driving into a war zone. You see things on tv (media), and it makes you think that it affected only a small section of areas they report on. Not the case here. I drove within at least a 20 block radius, and everything was destroyed. Cars were lifted and thrown like toys, same with houses that were lifted completely from their foundations and moved. Here are some photos I snapped of my friends' house + their surrounding streets...which i felt bad about taking.

This was their 2nd floor...you can see the water line halfway up. The sitting water was about 15-20ft from the ground street


their basement


trying to salvage what we can




tree punctured into their living room














this was a pic my friend and her husband took from their 2nd floor living room the day after....water here receded from 15ft down to 5ft pictured.
(So Vinnie, you're telling me this could've been prevented in an area that isn't in Zone A - a supposed non-threatening area?)
My friend and his wife were in the house, and said the water was rushing in at the rate of 1ft/1min....they had to run into the attic, and thought they were done for. They had to get rescued by boat.

[adjmcloon]

We have lived through several of these storms, including Rita (mostly wind damanage) and Ike (catastrophic flooding). Ike flooded both my parents' rent houses, and all of my extended family's homes. The town looked very similar to these pictures, with everybody's stuff out in the yard. This was a town of around 7,000, along with Galveston, and other areas around the Houston region.

I know it's tough now, but in the end Ike turned out to be a blessing to a lot of people. Most everyone in town has recovered (although it's taken 3-4 years). Of course, insurance played a big part with the recovery, as did FEMA. We wish everyone in the areas affected by Sandy the best, this sucks!

[turge]

damn dude that sucks. :(