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Immediately after this incident, whilst still waiting for the recovery truck, we were told by one of the recovery people that insurance companies now routinely write off vehicles that have had water enter the vehicle compartment.

The reasoning is that, in rural areas especially, there is a grave danger of e-coli being present in the flood water, (flood water mixing with animal excrement from fields & roads . . . sorry about painting the picture).

Apparently, many years ago a vehicle that was involved in flood damage in a rural area was repaired & returned to the owner. Three years later the insurance company were paying out £500,000 to the owner after he contracted the illness & it was proved to have come from the vehicle's continued use.

Which then begs the question; why do we constantly see flood damaged motors at vehicle auctions?

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Brummie Cabbie.

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I would guess that the flood damaged vehicles can still be used for some parts and not all flood damaged cars have had the water inside. When mine went for a swim the water did not enter the passenger compartment, it just [edited by admin] the engine.

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Grandad,

Brum there are some nice Skoda superbs available that do even more MPG than the BMW and have more room

Yes but do they float?

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Grandad,

They have a snorkel , the air intake is at the top of the engine

Strange that you should write that; he's actually looking at Skoda cars.

How good are they? What are the really good points & the bad points? MPG is a very important factor for him, as some weeks he does more mileage than his cab-driver dad. He's a housing condition surveyor working for councils & housing associations throughout England & Wales & on rare occasions can do 1,500-2,000 miles in a week.

He also likes his motors FULLY loaded & his dead BMW, previously had one aged wealthy owner with very low genuine mileage when he bought it late last year & had every extra going on it, including leather, the top spec BMW alloys, with A/C & sunroof, which you don't usually get together.

So, how good are these Skodas?

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The new Superb looks the poodles noodles Brummie. The estate version looks like a camper van with loads of space for the whole house. One lad has got one round here and his words were when he got it was, where has this car been for the last 5 years.

He's got the Auto box, I think it's 6 speed DSG Auto box. He said it's doing brilliant on fuel much better than his old Mondeo TDCI. Coming from a driver who's had nothing but FORDS for the last 10-15 years it's got to be good for him to give it a glowing report.