The Boston Globe Consumer Beat column.
LOOK hidden for flood damage: hurricanes Katrina and Rita left thousands of flood damaged cars and trucks, most likely, his path to a quantity of used car on the country in the coming months.
Officials of Carfax, the Virginia Company sells vehicle history reports, say, 500000 to 600000 Gulf cars and trucks were damaged during the hurricane, many of them based in contaminated water today.
Larry Gamache, a spokesman for Carfax, said that more than 250000 vehicles sold by the end, or parts cleaned and naive traders and consumers.
They are dangerous cars and we do everything we can to consumers the information they need to protect themselves, “said Gamache.
Carfax costs of the rule $ 20 for a vehicle, the title of history, including a breakdown of owners, repairs, accidents, readings and odometer. Currently, it is offering free carfax.com / flood protection against a detailed report
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