Volume 1 Chapter 71: The Flooded Wrangler
After identification, the Wrangler confirmed that it was a flooded car, and the flooded height had exceeded the roof. Don't think that only the south has flooded cars, many cities in the north will also flood low places such as underground parking lots due to public drainage problems.
There is also a possibility that the Wrangler off-road vehicle is to play in the water, and there is a saying in the off-road vehicle circle, playing in the water in the south and rushing in the sand in the north. From the competition, you can see one or two, the northern races are mostly desert Gobi off-road races, such as the Tour of Taklamakan Automobile and Motorcycle Cross-Country Rally, China Cross-Country Rally, etc., and the well-known events in the south are the China Dongchuan Mudslide International Automobile Cross-Country Race, which is similar to the Malaysian Rainforest Challenge.
Xing Yu had seen the incident of driving a six-cylinder Cherokee into the river and getting stuck in the river by the Wei River, and the rescue was fruitless, and the water began to rise and was completely submerged.
The Wrangler was able to determine that it had been submerged while wading across the river, for the simple reason that the sand found on the roof and bottom of the car was very fine, not like the mud marks after heavy rain.
Even if the flooded car is repaired, there are still certain safety hazards. If the motor vehicle is submerged in water, it is easy to cause rust of body parts, shorten the service life and reduce safety performance. For example, flooded vehicles will cause corrosion and rust of the wires of motor vehicles, resulting in sudden stalling and spontaneous combustion of motor vehicles due to short circuits during driving, and the consequences are unimaginable.
For motor vehicles, the longer the vehicle is immersed in water, many parts will be severely damaged by water immersion. This kind of soaking car can be regarded as an unscheduled bomb, and various problems will occur at any time. For example, there are many problems such as sudden stalling of the engine during high-speed driving, and the failure of the airbag to open in the event of a safety accident.
Many electronic components are disposable and cannot be opened. Like the Wrangler sold by Xu Jinyang, the cruise control failure was caused by damage to electronic components.
After wading through the water, as long as the water is over the chassis, it is necessary to check the front and rear axle gear oil, and the gear oil of the transmission transfer case. If the inlet water is emulsified, the effect of gear oil lubrication and cooling will be attenuated to a great extent, resulting in a series of problems such as gear damage and failure.
Repairs to flooded vehicles can also be extremely troublesome, such as damage to the protective coating on the underbody, replacement of fuel filters and spark plugs, inspection of ribbed belts, and replacement if necessary. Whether the engine timing belt is cracked or damaged, and if necessary, it will be replaced, whether the engine oil pan bolt is loose, if necessary, tightened according to the specified torque, whether the brake hose is aged and damaged, whether the brake pipe is damaged or corroded, whether the connections are leaking, whether the connections of the fuel system are aged and damaged, whether they are loose or worn, check whether the rubber parts and rubber bearings connected to the front and rear frame and the body are damaged, whether there is permanent deformation, whether the hinges of the left and right control arms and the rear axle are damaged or invalid.
The most expensive are the whole car line, the fuse box and the driving computer, which can become a potential danger of spontaneous combustion.
This account has far exceeded the value of the car itself, and the vehicle has a zero integer ratio, which refers to the ratio of a vehicle parts to the overall sales price, that is, the ratio of the sum of the prices of all the spare parts of the commodity on the market to the sales price of the complete product.
In layman's terms, if you want to build a car like a computer, you will spend more money on accessories than the original selling price of the car.
The highest ratio is a Mercedes-Benz SUV, with a zero-to-whole ratio of 667.04%, which means that all the accessories of this Mercedes-Benz can buy nearly 7 brand new Mercedes-Benz.
The reason why insurance companies' data analysts and actuaries are so expensive is that they have to calculate a lot of this data every day to determine the cost of insurance.
Some insurance companies in small places are not even willing to insure these models with high integer ratios.
By the way, the insurance claim for a flooded car is also extremely complicated, and even if you lose money, it will be paid directly to the original owner, which is one of the reasons why many flooded cars are cheap.
The cost of repair is too high, and other means are resorted. The Wrangler's transfer case is damaged, and this can only be replaced with dismantling parts, but fortunately, the number of cars in this car is still very good, and the dismantling parts are very cheap.
As for the sediment in the car, all the interior parts can only be disassembled and cleaned, and the consequence is that the car will continue to make abnormal noises in the future. These interior parts are fixed with plastic clips, and disassembly and assembly will inevitably cause some loosening.
If you want to reduce the abnormal noise in the interior, you can only replace it with a new one, and you also need to re-do the heat and sound insulation layer between the interior and the car body.
Regarding the problem of the smell of flooded cars, taking an aroma sauna can basically be disguised. "Car sauna" is a completely new concept of car wash in the car wash industry, using a high-temperature steam sauna jet steam to clean the car. Compared with the traditional car washing method, it has incomparable disinfection and sterilization effects, and because it has the same effect as the popular sauna, it is affectionately called "car sauna".
This word sounds very mysterious, but in fact, according to the ordinary way of cleaning and beauty, two skilled beauticians have carefully cleaned the inside and outside of the car. Then the workers used a steam engine to steam all parts of the car, especially some gaps in the car, and after about 20 minutes, the car was covered with water droplets as if it had been steamed. The workers wiped all parts of the car with a clean cleaning cloth, and then waxed and other parts of the car. About 1 hour like this sauna takes more than 1 hour.
Adding large amounts of so-called essential oils to the water vapor can mask the musty smell left behind by flooded vehicles.
Here's a tip for everyone, if you buy a used car and the moment you enter the car door and feel the smell pungent, then you have to be careful. There are many folk rumors about the technology of soaking water trucks, most of which are said by merchants to fool people, and the methods that can tell you can be solved.
For example, seat belt water trace detection can be done with a bottle of high-foam cleaning agent.
The sediment that exists in the middle of the door cracks of the vehicle chassis and doors is also easy to remove. Water traces on the seats, replacing a set of leather seats with artificial leather not only improves the grade of the vehicle, but also solves the problem of water traces.
Only the same state as the factory can best reflect the condition of a used car, change the leather seats, soft upholstery, front and rear to a large surround, the more bells and whistles of the vehicle, the more potentially dangerous situations may be.
Leather seats and upholstery may have been used to conceal signs of flooding, or the airbags could have been damaged. The worse front and rear bars may be due to scars before and after the accident......
Xing Yuxian's treatment is these, change the wheel eyebrow lining, install a soft bag in the car, the original rear stereo is broken, directly change a set of subwoofers, this thing was the most when the car was collected before, and it didn't cost money to remove it......
That is definitely going to lose money, the best solution is to let Pan Minglun take it offset, debt offsetting is the most common way to deal with accidents at that time, and there will be a special introduction later.
However, it is only a few months now, and most of the project credits are at the end of the year. The car is left there to fish, and it also takes a long time to meet the prospect.
Through the previous relationship, this flooded red Wrangler turned into a special camera car for weddings, the roof of the Wrangler is very easy to disassemble, remove the roof of the wedding camera framing angle is very good, there is a car like this is also very face-saving, better than you sit in other cars with the rear tailgate, or open the window to shoot to the high-end atmosphere of the grade.
There have been accidents, or flooded luxury cars, various wedding companies will like it very much, these cars are cheap, what is used for weddings is very easy to return to the cost, in addition to these vehicles, such companies are also a variety of low configuration to high configuration, black procedures and other illegal vehicles.
Wrangler, just put it in the wedding company, can also bring thousands of income every week, although this income can not make up for the loss caused by the car in the short term, but no matter how small the fly is, it is meat.
A Wrangler lost more than 100,000 yuan, Wei Xiao has always been very distressed, in her words: "How many bags and cosmetics can I buy here, there will be no more in one night." ”
For a second-hand car dealer, most people have such an experience, often standing by the river without getting their shoes wet. How can I grow without paying tuition?
The ancients often said that "the foot teeth of the car and ship shop should be killed if you are not guilty", which is actually a very incomprehensible thing now, because there are many people who are engaged in this industry now.
First of all, the car, the car here was the driver in ancient times. The old coachman was similar to the taxi driver of today, but it was different from today. At that time, the coachmen were often engaged in some illegal activities, often pulling guests to the barren mountains and mountains, robbing sex and money. Wang Ying in "Water Margin" originally did such a job, and later went to prison after robbery, and then escaped from prison, and was gradually forced to go to Liangshan. In places where there are more dolls, the coachman's service is applauded, and when you arrive in the barren mountains and mountains, you have to listen to him, and this industry has not made any progress so far.
Now refusing to ride, detour, and adding money halfway are not too common, and it is common to hear of refusal to spend extra money on the way to get out of the car.
A boat is a boatman, and this industry is very similar to a coachman in ancient times, and there will also be murder and overloading. Tang Xuanzang's father, Chen Guangrui, and his wife encountered this kind of murder by boatmen when they were on a boat. After killing Chen Guangrui again, the boatman seized Chen Guangrui's wife and impersonated Chen Guangrui to become an official. When they reach an inaccessible place, on the river, unsupervised, these boatmen can run amok. Therefore, many boatmen in history were some extremely vicious people.
The shop is the second shop, and many people who like to watch TV series often have the plot of the protagonist going to the restaurant. In ancient times, news was relatively closed, and restaurants in ancient times were a place where news was more circulating. Historically, many people have inquired about news through restaurants, so the historical shopkeeper has become a distribution center for this kind of information. But this is not the most important thing, there have been many records of black shops in history, in addition to buying and selling news at will, it is killing people and selling goods. Especially in the historical wilderness, where the population is sparse, it is very easy to do this.
The foot is the porter, and in ancient times it was the one who helped people carry things. The ancients also often had to travel far away, or move houses. If the family conditions are average and there are no servants, then these porters can only be hired. In ancient times, these porters were gangs. A lot of times, you often blackmail hired people, and even embezzle other people's goods, and you ask him to help transport things, but no one knows where to move them. Especially for those who go far away, there are more mountains and forests in the suburbs in history than now, and when they reach a place where there is no one, it is the end of both people and money, and sometimes, the coachman in history often plays the role of porter.
Teeth are teeth, that is, brokers, middlemen, and even scalpers. In ancient times, the common people hated these tooth people very much, but they couldn't do without them when shopping. Because some cattle and horses are usually bought and sold, they need to be guaranteed by a tooth person. Moreover, these tooth people often buy high and sell low, and secretly embezzle profits in the middle. In ancient times, the people had no power or power, so they could only grit their teeth and endure it. Moreover, in feudal society, it was legal to buy and sell human beings, and when the years were not good, there were often people who sold their children to survive, and these people made profits in it.
The automobile industry, although not a driver, still relies on "cars" to make money, and the industry is full of all kinds of brokers, scalpers, and skewers, and intermediaries, the word "tooth" is also stained. Don't think that after a few years in this industry, you will consider yourself the boss, there is an old saying, "Those who drown know water." ”
No matter what, this Wrangler has become an uncoverable scar for Xing Yu and Wei Xiao.