[JGalt]

If this car was in Slidell and only had water for a short period of time it was storm surge. The storm surge north of Lake Pontchartrain was pretty much fresh water storm runoff that got pushed back on shore for an hour or two. It would be like running your car through a car wash with the windows down. It's a pain, but not catastrophic. Cars on the Southshore were exposed to salt water and toxic substances in some areas. The way to tell in addition to looking at the body is to look at the magnesium parts, and to a lesser extent, the aluminum parts. Outboard motors retrieved from the Southshore are crusty. Porsche's and VW's, look at the engine and transmission cases. As many of you know, once the magnesium is exposed to salt water, it starts to disintegrate rather quickly. This car, two years + out from the storm is virtually unscathed.