crud.

How soon is the adjuster going to look at it?

 

2-3 Days they said. Everyone said they are overwhelmed this morning with messed up cars.

 

Checking edmund's prices for 07s it looks like about $10k trade-in, $12k retail (good values). I would guess they'd throw another engine in.

How much water? Was the interior flooded? Sorry, I understand if you don't want to talk about it...

 

Request a K20 motor

 

the interior was not flooded

 

I still dont get how 6 inches of water can get into a stock airbox and make an airfilter wet. I just don't understand the physics of the situation...


I took this photo with a cameraphone a few minutes before it happened...

 

I think going slow would have been better. Probably the front air dam (the scoop under the bumper designed to channel cold air into the radiator) forced water up into the engine compartment and it got sucked into the air intake.

Dunno about Fits, but in a jeep I'd go slow through water when I know the underlying surface is hard. If you were fording a river with a muddy bottom then there's a lot to be said for gunning it.

In a Fit I think I'd sit till the water subsides, but hindsight is always 20/20.

 

Well they haven't really done much to the car yet. The mechanic swears he thinks the engine is trashed...I said did you pull the plugs and try to get the water out? He said no...we aren't supposed to do anything until the adjuster looks at it.

All I can do is wait. Again Geico stands to lose a lot on the car unless they hold the dealership to use all possibilities to get the car started and running.

 

I can understand their wanting to wait when there is an insurance claim before opening it up. My guess is he tried to turn it over manually and it felt locked up.

New Orleans looks like one city where an SUV might have an advantage.

 

all the water has to do is splash well enough to fill up one cylinder ( 1.5L divided by 4)

 

Well hopefully they dont total my car

oldasscorollafreak.net isn't the web site I want to visit.

of fitfreakfromwalkingeverywhere.org

 

from what ive known insurance companies to do, theyll put a used engine in it, so theres a good chance youll be still on fitfreak after all this

 

Well there is something to be said for my little Fit.

It evacuated me and a ton of my belongings from Hurricane Gustav, its awesome little zippy car and its a breeze to parallel park (and I say these things coming from a 99 Prelude)

 

I drove through deeper waters, and my car is lowered. All that happened was my foglights blew. Not sure how that couldve happened. Its pretty hard for water to get all the way into that airbox.

 

I don't mean to upset you, but that definitely happened because of accelerating through it.. creeping through at idle would be your best bet. BTW where you on preludeonline?

 

I don't mean to upset you, but that definitely happened because of accelerating through it.. creeping through at idle would be your best bet. BTW where you on preludeonline?

 

Hopefully the Fit didn't flood more in the parking lot.

It rained 10 more inches last night. Holy s**t.

And I do realize I should have creeped...and I should have stayed home honestly.

 

Damn girl, you have to make 1 of 2 options...
1. put hydraulics lol
2. make it a 4x4 haha

Uhm, make sure that you car is still there if not you're going to need an anchor to keep it from floating GRRR...


P.S. same thing happened to my sis with a civic she had.
1. Sensors/plugs are all wet, become oxidized, etc...
2. computer messed up on the civic
3. new computer, new motor, BAMM!!! it ran perfect.

I'm hoping you don't need this on a brand new fit. I'm sure insurance will handle that right there and total the car out.

 

Or with a few more mods

 

Still no word from the mechanic or adjuster


I'd bet they had to take more cars into the shop.

Thanks for listening to me rant btw guys.