How Americans deal with drowned cars after Hurricane Harvey
In Texas and other southern US states, they are preparing for the disposal of drowned cars affected by Hurricane Harvey. Only in Houston, on the territory of the Royal Purple Raceway, 30 thousand of them were collected. And this is just the beginning.
Hurricane Harvey has rendered hundreds of thousands of cars unusable in Texas and other southern US states. Now these machines are being prepared for repair or disposal. Many of them are planning to sell at official auctions.
Since mid-September in Houston, car wreckers have been collected in the parking lot of the Royal Purple Raceway. There are already 30 thousand cars on an area of 160 hectares, and their owners are waiting for the decision of insurance companies to pay damages.
It is expected that there will be at least three times more similar cars at the racetrack. In total, there are over half a million drowned people.
And this means that used cars from the USA can flood into Eastern Europe. Moreover, most of them are likely to be beaten and drowned — they are much cheaper, therefore, after their restoration, you can make good money from the sale. By the way, it is impossible to exclude the import of new cars that were under water as a result of the hurricane. Moreover, local dealers already give impressive discounts on cars without mileage, but with "nuances".
A video has appeared online from the parking lot of the Royal Purple Raceway racing complex in Texas, where cars affected by the elements are stored. Their total cost is estimated at tens of millions of dollars.
Among the large number of ordinary family minivans, sedans, pickups and crossovers, you can also find very expensive cars here.
Among the cars there are real exotics — Ferrari 458 Scuderia and 488 Spider sports cars, Ford GT coupe and Mercedes Gelandewagen SUV.
The fate of the cars will depend on the extent of their damage. The least affected cars will be given to the owners or sold at auctions, and the rest will be disposed of. Hurricane Harvey has already gone down in history not only because of the huge destruction and human casualties. He left behind a record number of car wrecks in history.