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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 01:48 AM
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Here is the story...this is my brothers Xb, he came over to my house to pick me up one day, we were going to go to Best Buy. It was pouring when he got to the house, so we decided to wait out the rain before leaving again. About 30 min later, I glanced out the window to see my brothers xb up to the door handles in water. There was nothing we could do at that point. The water was too deep to move it, and it was still pouring with cloud to ground lightning everywhere. I had just moved in a month earlier so I had no idea this was flood territory. We did manage to save my Xb, as the road went up a slight hill, so mine didn't even get water inside. I took the following pics after the water went way down, but you can still get the idea. Look at all the junk floating in the water too. The last pic was taken a week later, and you can see how much water was still on the floor at that point. The insurance company totalled it, after the estimate to repair was $35,000. WOW! So if you are in or around southern Iowa, rumor is thats where it was taken for insurance auction.



Old Oct 9, 2006 | 01:55 AM
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too bad to hear about your brothers box.....at least your's was spared. i was planning a trip back home to iowa i'll be sure to stay away from the auctions.
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 02:05 AM
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that sux, but at least he get's a brand new one
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 02:10 AM
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yea really, that sucks big time
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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So sorry to hear...glad you have insurance!@
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:18 AM
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Yeah gap insurance saved him! Gap even paid the deductible! He had only had it six months....
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:50 AM
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thats makes me sick to see, sorry to have that happin, at least its brother xB didnt get totalled!!!
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:01 AM
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damn that sucks...
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:05 AM
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that really sucks man.....glad we dont get flooded that bad
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:08 AM
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ya know i didnt even think of that justin....

its a good thing i kinda live on a hill
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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Funny thing is after I yelled to him that his Scion was gonna be totalled, he ran to the window, looked outside, screamed....then ran into the bathroom and threw up.
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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OUCH! that makes me want to cry I wonder how many xB's got this treatment in louisiana or mississippi during the hurricane.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:04 AM
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Sorry to hear about your brothers xB, if it was mine I probably would have thrown up too! What is that last picture of? Ive been trying to figure it out.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:14 AM
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the seat
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:19 AM
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i'm guessing it's the side of the front passenger seat... and the water that's sitting under the seat...[/img]
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:23 AM
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ya, drivers seat would have the jack
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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Whoa ..... what a mess.
Great that he gets a brand new xB though.

The truck parked in front of the xB ..... is that water filling up to the top of the truck bed - or is that a dark coloured truck bed cover ??
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by brini
Whoa ..... what a mess.
Great that he gets a brand new xB though.

The truck parked in front of the xB ..... is that water filling up to the top of the truck bed - or is that a dark coloured truck bed cover ??
look like a cover due to the smoothness and reflection of the sky.
Old Oct 20, 2006 | 06:03 AM
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Yeah that's my Ranger, its got a soft tonneau cover on it, so thats what you are seeing there...and also that last pic of the Scion is indeed the front passengers seat, just showing how much water was still there after a few days.
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