Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined

  • djmarcone@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Side note - people need to be super careful buying used cars for the next several months because of scammers cleaning up flooded cars and brining them north to sell. Check under the carpets and so on, etc. Avoid Florida cars.

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        1 year ago

        right, the scam is taking a flood car north and not disclosing flood damage to an unsuspecting northerner.

        It seems like it always happens every time there’s a bad flood/hurricane etc.

        • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          I remember used lots in Oklahoma getting flooded (heh) with Katrina cars back in 2005-2006.

          • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            Lol. I meant it’s happened before. Katrina cars poped up all over with clean titles. And huge issues. But history like repeating since we never fixed the hole in the damn dam and there’s no little dutch boy around to save everyone.