So i get back to my girlfriends house after an afternoon of getting my birthday presents from her, and i go to put somethin in my car and something seems odd....the floor mats are SOAKED! After a little more investigating i realize that it's not just the driver side, it's the whole floor...luckily it seems like it just barely filled the floor. No real damage but it sucks anyway. Seats are fine, and all the water came out with a wet-dry vac and some fanning.....but i told her parents i'm never parking my baby on the street again haha.

 

You leave the windows open or something?

 

So it was raining lol? Or someone hosed it?

 

haha, forgot to explain, she lives on teh water in a low lieing area...i guess it rained SO hard SO quickly, that her street flooded enough that it got up into my car....******* weird huh....you could see a slight debree line on my wheels as far as the water got up to....i was so confused at first cause i couldn't figure out how the **** water got in the car, haha.

 

D'OH!

 

damn

 

Damn, sorry to hear about this.. especially right after your birthday. I hope she cleans up a-ok.

 

Glad to hear it wasn't submerged. Would the floors rust from something like this? Would you need to pull the carpet to let it dry?

 

Wow...be careful with that!! At least you found out early...and make sure you don't have that funky smell either...

 

I would gut the car completely and make sure everything is dry. I would then spray wd40 on most of the areas prone to rust under the seats and most misc bolts.

 

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Agreed. I would also spray the carpeting with a fungicide to ensure mildew does not start to develop.

 

first place i wouldve checked after the interior is the motor to make sure there was no damage or debris. atleast your car was still there .

 

it runs fine, it wasn't deep enough to get into the motor at all. My dad and i spent a good 30 minuets vacuuming all the water out and then letting it dry with fans on it. No smell.....and yeah, sucks about the timing on my ******* birthday, but the presents the g/f gave me more than made up for it

 

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SEX toys???

 

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SHE was my sex toy

funny side story, rented a hotel room @ a local hotel, and the owner was the son of someone my dad represents (dad and I have the same name and this guy picked up on that) luckily the guy was close to my age and said don't worry, everything confidential, haha.

 

NICE

 

man that sucks. make sure the carpets dont mold or anything, the smell would be unbearable.

 

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SHE was my sex toy

funny side story, rented a hotel room @ a local hotel, and the owner was the son of someone my dad represents (dad and I have the same name and this guy picked up on that) luckily the guy was close to my age and said don't worry, everything confidential, haha.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I had a birthday like that. Basically we went to the local "adult" store. She gave me a spending limit and said I could get whatever I want. After that we went to the hotel room and didn't sleep all night

 

Sucks about the flooding. Aren't you trying to sell your car too? Better keep this on the DL

 

if the car sells, it sells...if not i'll keep rockin it, haha.

 

That's Florida for you. My street does that too but then i'm on the higherside of ground and car is garaged... FLorida drainage doesn't function too well when it comes to the very fast flash monsoons

 

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keep rockin' it
oh and glad your car is ok

 

i had same thing happen to my GSR, freaking 3 feet of water and i drove threw it like a tard!

one thing that helps A TON is use a big SHOPVAC and vacuum that water out of the carpet and mats. If you do that and then drive around with the heat on for the floor for a while, you should be good.

good luck