As the AutoSpies tagline goes, "Spy before you buy."
And if you're looking for a new set of wheels in the Northeast, you better abide by the Agent's code post Hurricane Sandy.
You MUST be sure to FULLY inspect a new vehicle if you're picking up wheels in the near-term future, because it is possible that flood damaged products will make their way to the market.
We know this because it was recently reported that a Toyota spokesperson said initially that vehicles that were submerged in water up to five feet at Port Newark were "not salvageable." That's fine; however, later on the same spokesperson walked back that claim and said some could be saved.
Though this story focuses on Toyota, please note that this should apply to many OTHER makes -- like Ford -- as well considering Port Newark handles just about every automaker's products.
As many as 4,000 new Toyota vehicles were damaged or destroyed, along with several thousand other cars in an adjacent shipping company lot, when Port Newark docks were swamped by a storm surge at the height of Sandy. Losses could total well over $100 million.
The Toyotas, Lexuses and other vehicles were at Toyota’s vehicle processing operation on Newark Bay next to one run by the shipper, which said thousands of cars were apparently destroyed by the 5-foot surge early Tuesday.
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