[Vwdiesel] Hurricane Hermine

[brian hoeft]

That really sucks, sorry to hear about the car, be thankful *you* are fine.

Sounds like a comprehensive claim to me if you have it. Otherwise, strict
responsibility will have you completey removing the interior yourself if you
want it done well.

There are tricks with absorbent materials, but nothing like physically
removing everything down to the foam under the carpet. I believe it is
mildew resistant, but the sun is way better than something dry laying on it
2 layers up.. If you just had that much standing water in your car and dont
dismantle as much as possible, thoroughly drying before re-installing, I
would dread owning such a car, and I do my best not to dread in life.

Its not just the dank musty issue, consider how wet the rest of every
electronic connection got as well as everything else.

-Brain



On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

>  Here in Ft. Worth/Dallas, we just had the remains of the hurricane
> blow overhead.  I even got to see a tornado as I was fixing to leave
> work.  In Texas, that improves your social standing tremendously.  I did
> elect to stay at the plant till it passed.......   Worst part for me was
> going out to the car and seeing standing water in the front footwells.
> Doing some research on the TDIclub website (good to so some searches on,
> not nearly as pleasantly interactive as this list), I saw that there's a
> history of sunroof drains leaking.  I'd say that's the case as my
> headliner is now damp and sagging everywhere.  Furthermore, I found out
> that there's some kind of service campaign on this (not that they sent
> me the paperwork on that.....).  Anyone done the dealer service on
> that?  I suspect that both my headliner and carpet are hosed.  Not sure
> what they'll do for a 10 year old car, but I'm curious to try.  If
> anything, I'm just hoping to avoid drilling holes in my floor pan to
> drain the water.......
>
> -Shalyn
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