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Originally Posted by krasuskyp View Post
Does your auto ins cover water damage? Full coverage

I will call Mike Calas Monday to keep options open. I did speak with Eric at Eurocar-Werks over the phone. Told me based on my descriptions it shouldn't be bad. Just the usual stuff and maybe a chance to get rear wheel bearings done.

Since I couldn't open 930 doors;^), my first act after taking care of family and some personal belongings was to yank seats(manual) out of M3 and vacuum out water. Job was pretty straight forward and pulled up carpet but not out due to time constraint so fan could help air out. I could only vacuum out the 540. The electric seats are stuck and a pain in the ass to get to bolts. Got her airing out. Passenger door wouldn't open(no key hole by the way).

My nephew came by to help so I was able to jump on the 914. Seats came out quickly. Yanked most carpet out and airing out. Those seats were perfect under the sheepskins. PO always garaged her and she is truly rust free but we will see...

I am probably rambling now but I did get 5 solid hrs or sleep. Almost feel like a new man. My wife's car has full coverage so I put the Rav4 and MDX on the back burner. My dd got water up to the steering wheel. She's been with me over 20 years.

All that is really trivial compared to your family. We had 2ft water on the exterior of the house and 12" in the house. Once I cut the power(3am) and in darkness with only 2 candles it was a different world. Those 3 hours of waiting for sunlight seem like an eternity. Kids on the bed with my baby Olivia trying to jump into the water with excitement. I could only scout around for so long but it was if we were put in a middle of a lake. Thank God water level didn't get higher!

Anyway, I will follow up with pics. My Nokia has worn out buttons that are frustrating the me. Wife was kind enough to remind me that she saved her 4s for me when she upgraded to iphone-6 4 mos ago. All our computers are water logged so I came into office this morning and found I have over 100 emails.

Thanks again for everyone's kind words!
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