Car + Flood. Now What?

Major flooding in my area, and while I am not in a floodplain, my driveway got a few feet of water in it. (ugh!) The water was high enough to collect in the wheel wells of the MR2. (grrrr) The frunk looks dry, electrics are OK, so I think only the 30+ year old door seals leaked. The good news is that the repairs to the floorpans must have been OK since the water stayed! The bad news its that I have to deal with it now.

Shop-Vac first, then pull the carpeting to make sure it dries out and look for other issues. Any other thoughts?

Nope, that should be it considering the level of the flooding. I bet it would run fine as-is.

if i leave my hoopty truck parked outside in heavy rain i get about that much water pooled up on the floor from the leaky cowl. needless to say i leave it in the garage now when its not being used.

like you said id pull the carpet and let it dry outside in the sun. maybe scrub it with some carpet shampoo after and let it dry again.

That looks to me more like badly leaking door & glass seals letting in rain water, not like flooding.

In any case, vacuum up what you can, let it sit in the sun with the windows open and as much out as you can do (floormats, etc).

And you might want to look at your landscaping, especially that hill on the left. A drain at the bottom before the wall might not be a bad idea.

after you've shop-vacced it and sun-dried as much as you can, put a couple pots of Damp-Rid in it before closing back up.

I had that happen to a car before. I would try and remove the door seal trim that holds the carpet down and lift the carpet a bit. The. Slide something underneath to keep it off the floorboards. Leave it like that for a couple of days so that it completely dries out.

Ah hell... that's perfectly normal to anyone who owns a British convertible...

It's hard to tell in the picture, but the driveway slopes down towards the garage door. Against the door, it was over 2 feet deep, tapering off to about an inch at the rear wheels. Water was high enough to come over the sills, but I think that was not the case. After cleaning it all out, the passenger side had more water about an hour later. I think it came in through the cowl, and is still dripping down form behind the dash somewhere. Ugh.

After you've shop-vaced all you can, dump a pint or to of alcohol on the carpet. The alcohol/water mix will evaporate faster when sun drying.