A different kind of automotive detailing

[grasscutter]

Oh you guys gotta see this one. Automotive detailing is usually boring but not this one!

25 minutes long.

 

[Lubener]

A very good video.

That's a hard working individual and a mechanical genious. Organic waste? Yuk!

 

[Arc]

I had an F350 bucket truck go completely under water once. It was a nightmare to clean but it ran for years after that.

 

[Kira]

I only watched the first car's (red Chevy) treatment. Nothing underhood! Still, an AA+ video.

 

[Propflux01]

I can’t help but wonder about the electronics

 

[DukeOfFrontenac]

That's some impressive elbow grease. Do the cars still smell like a freshly caught trout inside though?

 

[billt460]

I can’t help but wonder about the electronics

Or the engine, transmission, brake system, and cooling system. Those things will end up throwing every code in the book..... Along with some new ones never before seen.

And it's a good thing that video doesn't allow you to smell what the inside of those vehicles are like, after they've been closed up, and parked in the Sun for 6 or 8 hours. Total lipstick on a pig.

 

[RTexasF]

Interesting, but WHY????

 

[oldcodger]

Well the cars LOOK good but what about the drive line? I just can't see those cars ever being reliable again. If you got it running the electrical systems and components are going to be inoperable or like has been said codes, codes and more codes.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Craigslist For sale add. - Freshly detailed BMW - Clean title.

 

[JHZR2]

Or the engine, transmission, brake system, and cooling system. Those things will end up throwing every code in the book..... Along with some new ones never before seen.

And it's a good thing that video doesn't allow you to smell what the inside of those vehicles are like, after they've been closed up, and parked in the Sun for 6 or 8 hours. Total lipstick on a pig.

I once had a flood title car. Got it for a song. Never a scent or an issue.

It had to have a reasonable amount of damage to get a flood title. I bought it with no expectations but to drive it a bit and learn to drive manual transmission on it. Drove it for over a decade.

 

[gasman556]

I once had a flood title car. Got it for a song. Never a scent or an issue.

It had to have a reasonable amount of damage to get a flood title. I bought it with no expectations but to drive it a bit and learn to drive manual transmission on it. Drove it for over a decade.

That's awesome and surprising IMO. It's a cool experience and story, but I've got to be frank in saying you were the exception and not the rule.

Or was this in a time where cars didn't have the multiple computers, wiring harnesses they do now, and will throw codes when the battery gets weak?

 

[JHZR2]

That's awesome and surprising IMO. It's a cool experience and story, but I've got to be frank in saying you were the exception and not the rule.

Or was this in a time where cars didn't have the multiple computers, wiring harnesses they do now, and will throw codes when the battery gets weak?

That’s fair. 1991 car, so it definitely had an ecu and some other control modules, SRS, ABS, etc.

I didn’t have a depiction of what was damaged to justify a flood title. It was a BMW so it had to be a decent dollar value. Everything in the car was just fine. But you’re right that I lucked out. It’s dubious that the car had mud in it the way that some photos show. It could have entirely been a fresh water/stormwater deluge which would be much more recoverable, I guess (?).

Throwing codes when the battery gets weak is a different matter though.