Look for a high-water mark. That can be easy--if the water was muddy or there was a lot of floating grass and leaves. But clean water may leave no residue. Look for water inside the doors and the taillights, and dampness in the carpets and interior trim. This will allow you to eliminate cleaning some areas or systems on the car unnecessarily. Let's go through those systems.

Read more: Drying Out Your Flooded Car - Popular Mechanics

 

Michael - it was July 2009. As Gary said, 19,000 miles ago. I'm not trying to poo poo too much, but I would think there'd be more issues (esp electrical) in the 2+ years since this mythical incident to read about in the maintenance records. But there's not. After that entry (which is the first entry in the records I have) the rest of the records are pretty benign.

Still on the fence. I'm going to wait to hear back from some of my other car spotters to see if there's anything else on the market that seems right. Then I'll decide whether to go further with this one or not.

Happy New Year!
- Mike

 

Happy New Years!
Only thing that really matters is that your happy! Good luck.

 

Sorry pet peeve of mine " you're happy!"