well the subject can speak for itself.
my 08xb which i purchased on the 9th of may was flooded this past weekend.
i was just now able to collect some thoughts and post something.
i live in houston, tx and almost a week ago there was a nasty storm and some flash flood going on. and sadly enough i was tossed in the middle of it.
the waters got almost 3 ft. high. but oddly enough not much water made in inside. i suppose they made the new xb like a TANK.

insurance was cracking up over the phone...
less than 3000 miles...

the guy at the toyota dealership didnt believe me when i told him it was an 08...

the insurance guy came the other day and gave the okay to change, almost everything, out. now the only thing left is sitting around and waiting for the parts. since the 08 is so new, alot of the parts are on backorder.

ill be cruising along in my rental chevy aveo for sometime...



the WORST part is i spent the entire day before detailing my ride...

 

That sucks man. I feel your pain. Our house was flooded out during Alison.

Doesn't look like we are going to get a break today either.

 

Actually, it sounds like the worst part is having to drive around an Aveo for an undetermined amount of time...

I kid, I kid.

That sucks man. At least you're in the process of getting it straightened out again though.

 

seems like weve had ONE day of shine for the past two and a half months out here.
could be the end of the world as we know it.

 

haha yeah. im definatly NOT a big fan of the chevy aveo.
the process is long, but at least the damage wasnt that bad at all.
i feel kinda blessed that things are working out so smoothly.

 

Sounds like a good time to get a roll of RAAMmat and go to town in there.

On a serious note, sorry to hear this. It really sucks to have this happen to a brand new vehicle.

 

yeah I had a friend that was flooded in who lives on the south side of the beltway and I live 5 min south of him on 45 and we didn't get hardly any rain. It's so strange. He said they had jetskis out in the road. LOL

 

this rain sucks!

 

Maybe if enough people complain the xB3 will be amphibious.

Sorry about your car, dude. At least they're replacing the interior instead of trying to "clean" it - my brother's Buick got flooded last summer and it's smelled like a swamp ever since.

BTW...um...you guys have HAD rain before, right? I get flash-flooded every time there's a severe thunderstorm. Maybe you all just have better drainage.

 

Its been raining pretty much non stop for a month and a half in houston.

I'm sure I could count the days it has been sunny in the past two months on one hand.

 

That is pretty crappy. The last time this happened was over the midwest in 2003, and as I recall there were a few states that went missing until after the mississippi receded

Hey, now, waaait a minute...

Did you pick the name "LIQUID trend" before or AFTER this happened?

 

Terrible to hear man, I'm glad that you were smart enough to have weather/flooding damage coverage on your insurance. Paid off eh?

Think they'll give you the money for the new interior and let you get leather? Win/Win? GL !

 

Heheh. I wouldn't mind the extra money at all, although its not coming. But I wouldn't want leather...
Most of my previous vehicals were leather, and the texas sun doesn't play nice with temperatures. Leather is not a much needed accessory for me.

Now maybe some trd springs or s.charger. ...

 

Sorry to hear that man!

 

wow, sorry to hear

 

update :

the guy at the dealership said theyre still waiting for seatbelts and an airflow meter to come in.

something about the airflow meter not even being made yet for replacement parts.

could be another month...

eh. i love paying for something i cant touch or drive.

 

WOW....stupid Houston Rain....Sorry to hear what happened...
I think this is one of the wettest summers weve had...

Hope all works out soon!

 

Rain sux, but its much better than Hurricanes. I know everyone remembers the Texodus we had a few years back. (in case you didn't get Texodus = Exodus of Texas.)

 

hey, if you keeping it, I would start working on some sound deadening before they put the interior back in

 

8-10



thats what the dealership said.

i didnt invest in any sound deadening.
but i did get some money tucked away ready for some spring...

8-10.
oh its been too long.