curve lover

Wish you all of the best, adnanm3!

To appreciate your challenge, it would be helpful to post photographs, IMO.
Please post "before" pics in her previous glory, and "current" shots in present condition.

Even better: update photos as you go down your planned rebuild road.
Good luck
Here's a current one on the 993 Turbo Forum right now:
RLer midcont's "my car is a total loss."

tcsracing1

congrats. You now have a good tub for a track car build.

I cant see the car ever being consistant after drying out.

My only advise would be to park it in a fresh water pond for 24 hours.

gonzilla

I know!!! I just want to see the thread documenting your adventures in getting it back on the road!

samsnead

Sorry to hear about your loss.

I lost my 98 E36 M3 4 door to Sandy, hope you are able to get the car back on the road.

veblenesque

This is a great opportunity to talk about insurance and 993s. A sore subject for the OP, but a good case study.

Homeowners doesn't cover any cars. The only thing it would ever cover is theft from a car.

If you're going to store the car most of the year or drive it only occasionally, then your best bet is collectors car insurance like Hagerty or a few others. Relatively inexpensive, but don't buy it if you drive your car to work. Nothing like getting a $100k liability claim that won't be covered because you were on your way to the office.

As for comprehensive/collision, payout ratios on property insurance are about 60%. That means the expected return on an insurance premium is about -40%. You're paying a lot for a hedge. Most of us will lose the value of a 993 in our portfolio during a particularly bad month and the upside of equity investments is maybe 8% per year. If you can accept the risk, you don't need the insurance. If you can't face the possibility of losing $30k, then buy the insurance. So the OP probably wasn't wrong to avoid comprehensive, just unlucky.

993 dude

Hi adnamm3,

Sorry to hear about your situation.
Some of the early posts have talked about the electronic control units which are peppered around our cars (and unfortunately most are under the seats).

This is likely to be your biggest issue, together with water/ pollutants in the wiring loom.

I can highly recommend a guy in Ca that specialises in fault finding/ refurbishing/ repairing various control units - Loren from Systems Consulting. Loren is used by many repair shops on the West coast, and is a Porsche owner himself.

As well as being great at what he does, he is an exceptionally nice and helpful guy, who would be better qualified than most of us to advise on whether the water in the wiring loom is going to be an issue.

Best of luck with this.

BTW, I'm based in Melbourne Australia so have no affiliation to Loren, other than having used him for my roof and alarm control units (the cost of the UPS was higher than the repair cost!) and being an incredibly satisfied customer.

adnanm3

993 is sold...

nile13

You can't sell anything here without being a member. However, grab a membership and put an ad up with details. Consider parting out. It would bring more money than selling as a whole.

Texas993

My guess is that this car will be sold to someone who doesn't know the history. Looks like it was just cleaned up/shampooed, etc.

Too bad.

goofballdeluxe

Well....the OP/car owner has been completely upfront, candid and honest about what happened in this thread, so I'm not so sure about that

Texas993

What I meant was a dealer will get it. Since the title isn't branded, the truth will fade away. I did not intend a knock against the seller/owner.

curve lover

Good idea to post photos; your 993 still looks so nice now I can easily imagine how perfect she was pre-Sandy.
Though heart-rending, any shots in flooded condition?
Like how you posted the Boxster's VIN sticker
Have a similar shot of your 993's?


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