punter7768

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to put this in the forum as an alert in case this car ever hits the market. Hopefully i'm placing in the right spot.

My 2013 991 base cabriolet, silver, manual was sitting in the Port of Galveston awaiting shipment. was set to sail on 25 August...when Hurricane harvey hit.

USAA decided to make it a total flood loss and bought me out. Apparently there was water on the floor mats....PM me for further details. It's gone to the auctions.

VIN is WP0CA2A9XDS140103.

Does anyone know how I get this info to car max?

Stuggart

white6speed

That's it

96redLT4

I always wonder how many of these are out there for the unsuspecting buyer. Doesn't an insurance total loss show up on a carfax for the VIN though?

J

white6speed

Shockingly no Carfax on this one, with all the weather damage nationally this really could be more important than ever. I also thought by law, at the auction, this car had to be noted as flood damaged which would mean the seller is aware.

rxtrom

Although I have never purchased a car from this dealer he is straight forward when inquiring on a car. He mostly deals with flood losses and theft recovery vehicles. I bet if you call on the car he will disclose the water damage.

*** Actually in the "About us section on his website it says all the above.

orclean1

StormRune

At the bottom of the vehicle description, in the fine print:
"...we specialize in buying and selling vehicles paid off in insurance claims due to water related incidents or recovered theft with little to no damage. Our vehicles are the opposite extreme of what most consumers have seen in the media."

white6speed

A question. If the previous owners insurance company totaled this car due to water damage how is that "little to no damage". Just trying to understand how cars can be described in a legitimate manner.

Gordon Shumway

I'm not going to comment on the dealer, as it seems they are open about the cars they sell. However, it is hard to believe that the vehicle is not on CarFax, as total loss and theft recovery vehicles are about the only things insurance companies report to CarFax.

phx991

The car does show up as salvage title on AutoCheck (and even a VIN search via Google reveals this fact).

This number of forum members here make up a tiny fraction of all Porsche owners and prospective buyers, so posting the info here is about the same as shouting it from your rooftop.

Bob Z.

Seems like it would be a good car at at good price if someone planned to drive for it for years to come with no worries about selling it.

Gordon Shumway

And that also goes for cars with a Carfax minimal accident. I just went through the process of getting rear-ended with no long term damage as it was just replacing the rear bumper cover, and exhaust parts. It was a pain worrying about it, because most people (at least on this forum) won't even consider purchasing a car with as much as a scratch on a side mirror. Ended up not a big deal to me, as I never intended to sell the car in the near term, and I managed to get a fair settlement on diminished value. However, I can't imagine how many really great cars are stigmatized unnecessarily by meaningless CarFax reports.

WhipE350

Absolutely! End up driving around in fear that someone will put a slight ding on a bumper and the car won't be sell-able. We should all plan on having good knowledge how to get diminished value. I would create a poll asking how many folks have have some type of minor damage but I get the feeling not many would want to answer it. Same goes for 'tracking' our 911s, god forgive.
Don't get me wrong I see value in carfax but sometimes it seems more harmful then helpful.

bkrantz

For many Porsche owners, especially with 991 and Boxster/Cayman, their cars are much closer to the fetish end of the spectrum, as opposed to the appliance end. At the extreme fetish level, even driving a new 991 is seen as sacrilegious. So anything that violates the original integrity of the factory perfection is unacceptable. Logic and economics do not apply.