Hey so I’m looking for a jaguar f-type to buy and I found one on auction(I’m fine with fixing it my self). It’s a flooded car but it is run and drive and there aren’t any warning lights on the dash. I got the carfax and see there about 30k miles of just nothing, should I be concerned? Also the mileage is 42,XXX

 

Flooded? I wouldn’t touch that. Personally.

Good luck

 

Flooded cars are generally a hard pass

 

I would never, ever take on a flood car. Even if given away. Hard, hard pass. Tons of stories of folks buying flood cars and then spending years tracing electrical gremlins.

 

Don't walk away...RUN AWAY.

Flooded cars are a nightmare. This would be a HUGH mistake.

 

I don’t know who Hugh is, but he seems to make the mistake of buying flooded cars repeatedly. In fact, doing so is a huge mistake.☺️

 

Flooded cars are the only ones I don't buy.

 

Agree! No flood cars!
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I will throw one more piece out there
I see Sarasota so the flood is most likely salt water. If there is a thing as worse than flood damage it is saltwater flood damage
Unless you are willing to replace the entire wiring harness and components at some point and the price point is good enough to either walk away when it breaks or replace everything, find something else.
FYI with recent hurricanes and storms there will be a lot of flood damaged vehicles out there. Beware!

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