The one-story building was almost completely empty on Thursday, but he said, "new desks, new chairs, new computers and new carpet" soon would be installed. Turner's offices at the used-car lot also were wiped out by the flooding. "This weekend, we'll be right back in business," Turner said, adding that his Hyundai dealership hasn't missed a beat because he still has about 450 new vehicles in stock. He worked the phones on Wednesday and bought 33, then purchased another 45 on Thursday. Turner, meanwhile, has had to start replenishing his entire stock of used cars. With help from the Mazda corporation and other dealers, Sansing expected new cars to be on his lot by this weekend. We have more inventory coming, but it's not here yet." And we'll take a hit here for a week or so at Mazda just due to the lost sales. "So there will be a financial hit with the insurance. "Insurance has deductibles, which we'll have to pay," Sansing said. While the insurance companies will bear the brunt of the cost, the dealerships are far from unscathed. Later that night, insurance adjusters arrived to conduct their own inspections. The windshield wipers had been pulled up, a white 'X' had been scribbled on the windshield, along with the words, "No Drive." "We're not going to sell a water-damaged product," Sansing said.īy Thursday, each damaged vehicle was easy to spot. ![]() If water had reached the carpeting inside the car, the vehicles were declared undriveable because newer vehicles have electronic components in doors and under floor boards. Once the rains subsided, Sansing had technicians inspect every vehicle to see which ones had been damaged. Sansing, who owns seven dealerships, said the Mazda lot was the only one of his that sustained significant damage from the storm, which poured about 26 inches of rain on the area on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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