With recent Texas flooding, many cars on the market in six months will have been through floods. Here are two simple ways to avoid buying a flood-damaged car.

I spoke with a friend of mine, Larry Williams, who owns a car repair business in Lubbock about how to tell if a car has been flooded.

He said that after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, around 10,000 flood-damaged cars came into Texas for sale.

Telltale signs to look for are:

  1. Musty, mildew smells in your car.
  2. Dirt or silt under the carpet in your trunk.

If you have a trusted car repair place, you should probably take any car you're interested in buying there for a checkup before you make that big decision to buy it.

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