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Re: stinky interior

To: "fred thomas" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>, "triumphs"
Subject: Re: stinky interior
From: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:00:44 -0600
> If you have water coming out ofthe floor boards and rotting carpets, sorry
> sir, you have a that has been under water for some time, in todays used car
> market they are called "Katrina's" as in New Orleans, remembe there were over
> 250,000 cars lost on just in the suburbs of N.O., go online and get a
> "Car-Fax" report, if the price was just too good to be true, it probably was.
> "FT"

The local Sunday paper had an article on flood-related cars. According to the 
article, in Minnesota, Carfax suggests that 1 in 800 
searches had "flood flags" before Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Now the ratio is 1 
in 300. They also suggest that the ratio is based on 
data that actually was flagged (obviously) but there were ways to wash a title 
so that it will not show up as flood damaged in the 
search.

You might be able to read it at

http://www.startribune.com/535/story/992692.html

without having to register, but I can't guarantee it.

Arvid 




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