Estimate for Sandy-damaged vehicles surpasses 250,000

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Four months after superstorm Sandy blew through the East Coast wreaking havoc in its path, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has announced its revised estimates for the number of vehicles damaged in the storm's wake. The new total now stands at a staggering 250,500 vehicles (for perspective, about 15,000 of the vehicles are shown parked on a runway in the images from New York above).

Even though New York (150,000 vehicles damaged) and New Jersey (60,000) account for the bulk of the losses, the storms fury reached as far as West Virginia (1,000), Maine (500) and Vermont (500). The NICB is also quick to point out that its figures only represent insured losses – countless other uninsured vehicles were unquestionably damaged or destroyed during the storm.

A warning has also been issued by the NICB, as many Sandy damaged vehicles may have been reconditioned and placed on the market by now – and not just on the East Coast. While it is not illegal to sell flood-damaged or salvaged vehicles, sellers must disclose the information to buyers. Stopping short of suggesting that there are deceitful parties peddling less-than-perfect vehicles, the NICB offers a freeVINCheck to help research if a vehicle has been reported stolen or salvage. As they say, buyer beware and do your homework before purchasing any used vehicle.

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Article from: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/21/estimate-for-sandy-damaged-vehicles-surpasses-250-000/

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Holy moly! Look at all those cars! :omg:

A friend of mine whose friend owned a C63 AMG parked his car in the side streets of Hoboken, NJ before Sandy hit. It was flooded and was considered totaled. I bet his car is there somewhere.

Off topic, but the money he got back from the insurance was used to buy a S2000 CR (and a lot of pocket money). Then that car got totaled too. :pat: The guy is okay though.
 
Grand Prix White!!!
 
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man that's nuts...and that's only 15k cars shown of the 250k. Talk about an insurance nightmare....but a boom for the auto companies.
 
I wonder if that airstrip is owned by the NICB or not. Maybe rented out to hold the car there.
 
Its kinda looks like Car parts Buffet to me... :giggle:
 
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I was thinking to do the math and see how much time it took to park all those cars, but then I stopped since it is going to be a huge amount anyways :)
 
Yeah. :sadbanana:

It's funny how we don't care about the C63. :giggle:
 
It's a hardtop. The car rolled over.
 
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