WORST luck ever!!!

So two days ago it was pouring pretty hard here in San Jose. Went over to the gym during lunch time and parked my car in the parking lot. Parked my car in the parking lot along with all the others. In less than ten mins....someone comes running in saying that the parking lot was flooded because the bloody storm drain couldnt handle all the rain. AS i ran out, I saw my car almost halfway submerged in water. ran to it....water was a bit above my knees. Treid to save the car but i was too late. When i opened the door the car was like a swimming pool inside. Water filled to the seats almost. Anyways, to make the long story short...had the car towed to the Porsche dealer. Wouldnt start and electronics were going bizerk (alarm going off, windows going up and down, ticking noises etc...) basically she was mad....REAL mad. Any ideal of what the heck would need to be done to the car? Will she be able to be put back to exactly the way she was? Any ideas? Part of me hope that the insurance guys just total the darn thing......argh!!!!

Before proceeding with your insurance company , I would certainly contact the City ( Municipal ) and have them pay for the damages. Once I ran over newly painted highway lines and the municipality covered the costs. In excess of $ 4000.00. Don't know what the laws are in your district but worth the try! Cheers and safe driving.

Sounds like it may be totaled due to flood damage.

They'll total it. To fix it you're looking at a potential lifetime of problems and the insurance company doesn't want to 'marry' the problem. In other words, things might continue to go wrong with the electronics for a very long time and in the long run, the insurance comapny could end up spending more than the value of the car (less salvage) to repair it over and over. They would rather get it done and over with and move on to the next file.

What would a flood damaged car worth? I would like to get one of those to make it a real track car by stripping everything out except engine electronics and seats as long as the motor is fine.

Total it, don't except less from them..

It's a total. You just got yourself a new 997

so no word from the insurance people yet. Car is at the dealer right now and my service advisor says that so far, the carpeting, airbag sensor, alarm brain need to be replaced.....totaling around $3K. Seems like the damage isnt so bad. Is there something they could potentially be missing??? I'd much rather the car be totaled but heck, if it's only 3K, I HIGHLY doubt that the insurance guys will total it.

If the insurance claim is noted on car fax, the market value of your car will be near zero.......NO ONE in their right mind would ever by a car that had been submurged. Previous poster(s) have it correct......you are in for a lifetime of problems. None of the electronics, including every single connector will ever be right. these cars are not like ATVs, designed to be submurged....if the water was up to your knees there is water in your engine, transmission and everywhere else kneeheight and lower......get a lawyer and get the car totaled.

In case they do not total it, to protect yourself, I would make a list of evrything that may still go wrong in the future due to this flood: carpet/carpet fasteners, electrical switches, seats, seat motors, doors, trunk, engine/exhaust, and on and on. I would attach that list to the insurance claim, preserving your right to hidden damage under this claim.

if they don't total it, you are getting the shaft, because electrical problems are the nastiest and last forever.

Yes I agree with everyone else. Basically your car is now a mid 60s English car Good Luck! Jeff

Are you sure....you're talking Lucas electrics...surely it could not be that bad.

Bill - Haha someone got my joke Ive actually dealt with a flooded car - an Alfa with Bosch systems and it was pretty miserable afterwards - of course its an Italian car so its not much better than anything english anyway.... Plus having the battery in the back is always hard as the car gets older... Either way the car should be totalled no sense in messing around with it - sad to see a porsche down but better that than a life of nickel and dime problems that eat you alive Jeff

You will get replacement value of the car, not how much you paid for it which pretty much means market value. But I would get rid of it because these cars rely so much on electronics. Some of the electronics may not have corroded yet and will have to be replaced at a later date. As the corrosion sets in, different systems will go down and they will be very hard to id. Bobby

You don't want a flood car... it will never be the same.

This car should be totalled. You have PM

Years ago GM crushed an entire ship full of small trucks when they got "water damamged" during shipment. People were offering to buy them uncrushed as scrap, yet GM thought it more prudent to keep these things off the road forever, rather then have people bad mouth their product when one of the waterbabies started having the inevitable problems. Unfortinatley your car now seems to be in the "waterbaby" catagory.

Quick update: So I get a call from my insurance company yesterday and the adjuster says that most likely the car will get totaled (phew!) since their company policy states that if the water is over a certain level, it is considered unrepairable. Adjuster says that he is transferring the claim to a different dept and they will contact me in a few days. Hopefully, the are going to total it....and if they do, I hope I can get some decent money back. What a nightmare! Just hope everything gets resoved properly. Thanks again for everyone's advise. Check out the photo.....this was when the water had subsided a bit.....

That was a beautiful car.

Yellow submarine... Yellow submarine... Good luck dealing with your insurance company, seems like they're going to do the right thing

Must be my eyes, but I did not see a pic? Alain