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Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination(www.techspot.com)

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Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined

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djmarcone@lemm.ee
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Side note - people need to be super careful buying used cars for the next several months because of scammers cleaning up flooded cars and brining them north to sell. Check under the carpets and so on, etc. Avoid Florida cars.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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I remember that happened after a huge Mississippi flood in the 90s. Definitely be careful

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this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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katrina. was not that long ago and tons of those cars got drug all over.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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No, this was before that.

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hawksfan24@lemmy.sdf.org
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Idalia brined them, not the scammers. Just to be clear.

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djmarcone@lemm.ee
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right, the scam is taking a flood car north and not disclosing flood damage to an unsuspecting northerner.

It seems like it always happens every time there’s a bad flood/hurricane etc.

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CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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I remember used lots in Oklahoma getting flooded (heh) with Katrina cars back in 2005-2006.

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