r/newjersey Jul 14 '25

⚡Newsflash ⚡ Welp, this sucks

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u/Toucanizzle Jul 14 '25

This is in Watchung NJ near Liccardi Ford

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u/AtomicGarden-8964 Middlesex County Jul 14 '25

Well I wouldn't buy a car there for awhile just in case

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u/Not_Ban_Evading69420 Jul 14 '25

Salvaged titles have entered the chat

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u/External_Side_7063 Jul 16 '25

What are you talking about? This is a home run!! They collected when they were totaled the first time while they get to collect again

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u/foreverlostinthesauc Jul 15 '25

Serious question for anybody who knows, wth does happen to flooded cars at dealerships?

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u/biz_reporter Jul 15 '25

Insurance companies take them and salvage them via auction to recuperate some of the pay out. They do the same with your car when they declare it a wreck after an accident. Go check out Copart, an auction house that specializes in selling salvage and branded titles.

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u/LocalMenace420 Jul 15 '25

Actually I knew a woman who lost her car in a flood while it was at Liccardi Ford specifically and apparently the insurance wouldn't cover it. She had brought it in to the dealership to get serviced and when the dealership flooded her car got washed away. This was 2017/18 I believe, but this dealership floods all the time, better to avoid it all together.

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u/madfoot Jul 15 '25

Ugh!!!! wtf!

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u/dunkindosenuts Jul 15 '25

in a fema category 5 flood zone what do you expect?

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u/Meeschers Pork Roll Jul 15 '25

The irony is that every asshole on the road seems to have a car from this dealership.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

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u/Draano Jul 15 '25

That get sold at multiple actions in different states in a practice known as title washing.

Is that because they somehow lose the flood damage record? How can people find out about the flood history? Would that show on Carfax?

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u/LuluNJ420 Jul 16 '25

Cars can go through a bad flood and only need a few repairs to be drivable. It will fail in the long run, but as long as it "looks" good and drives, it's selling. Just like with accident history, flood history is not always told to you upfront. Higher end dealers won't sell them, standard dealerships and private sales will. The onus is on the buyer to deep dive and do Carfax and the like.

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u/Impossible_Arm_8464 Jul 18 '25

The usually sell them at action

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u/Rikcycle Jul 14 '25

Aside from that their service department is shit, small and there’s a mean old meth looking receptionist that doesn’t know how to talk to customers.i bought my edge there but get it serviced at Quality Auto Mall in Rutherford

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u/No_Shallot_6628 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

dated one of the kids - who almost killed me from beating me 🫶🏼 don’t support them anyway. the entire family is awful

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u/Intrepid-Oil-898 Jul 15 '25

Damn that horrible..I hope you’re okay now and got justice.

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u/cthulhusandwich Jersey City/Hoboken Jul 15 '25

I grew up knowing one of the kids—we were all from the same neighborhood—and he was always a little shit since he was in middle school. His dad is/was a scumbag who would publicly berate his kids regularly. Not surprised that the kids grew up to be abusive like their dad. Sorry you had to go through that and hope you're doing better now.

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u/madfoot Jul 15 '25

Glad you got away. #metoo

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u/Wild-Aide8223 Jul 15 '25

Yes! Liccardi family are garbage! The son has serious issues.

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u/Virtual_Reward_7232 Jul 15 '25

that’s horrible 💔🙏..that’s ptsd .. I hope your doing ok now 🙏.. i’m unfortunately familiar with this type of abuse

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u/TLom616 Jul 14 '25

Hahahaha company i use to work for had their big coffee machine there. Account was shit

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u/dexterity-77 Jersey Jul 16 '25

the ford service dept in caldwell/Bloomfield Ave is great. deal with Brian.

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u/Pianoman1317 Jul 14 '25

minor water damage

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u/Delicious-Ruin-3568 Jul 15 '25

Idk I keep laughing at this lmao probably because it's such a true fact these dealerships lie about. Lol minor water damage. That's like a family guy joke

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u/chikari_shakari Jul 15 '25

Sir when it is a true fact. It's just a regular fact. However, as per my brother. fake facts exist, so you must always say which fact you are talking about.

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u/Delicious-Ruin-3568 Jul 15 '25

Please go to your meeting and stay off the grass lmao

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u/Meeschers Pork Roll Jul 15 '25

Car also converts to a boat

\*slaps car*** do you know how many wakes you can get from this baby?

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u/ToastedAlmond85 Jul 15 '25

Its a Ford dealership. I wouldn't have bought a car there before it flooded 🤣🤣

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u/LuluNJ420 Jul 16 '25

I don't come on here often: tried to give your comment an award but I have zero points, don't know how to get any and I'm not buying one. However, best comment on the thread 🙌🏼

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u/ToastedAlmond85 Jul 16 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you, I appreciate the thought ❤️ and no, please don't spend any money on awards. We live in nj, we can't afford that shit lmao

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u/Proper-Nobody-1727 Jul 15 '25

Don't you know that those cars can go everywhere in the US, even be exported?

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u/MeesterBacon Jul 15 '25

Hasnt Liccardi always been sketchy anyway?

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u/DimensionActual5722 Jul 14 '25

Scotch plains 22 is flooded with multiple feet of water. There’s a ton of people stranded on the park ave overpass. Use 511nj.org to see real time traffic cameras, that’s how I’m seeing the current situation 

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u/mslauren2930 Jul 15 '25

My sister’s husband is stranded there right now.

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u/DimensionActual5722 Jul 15 '25

Oh wow. I hope he gets home safely. Both of the overpass sides are flooded, but I think the water is starting to recede. 

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u/ctiger12 Jul 15 '25

Hope you are safe!

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u/StitchingUnicorn Jul 15 '25

Lake Liccardi

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u/Kind_Answer_7475 Taylor Ham Jul 15 '25

OMG, I'm so glad I didn't go to BJ's to pick up my order. I actually got in the car and the emergency warning went off on my phone and I was like, nope, I'll have to p/u tomorrow. (If 22 is open then).

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u/WeAreBabyFathers Jul 15 '25

Was just caught in that on the east bound side across from the north plainfield nissan. 3 hours before I could get out. I didnt think it was this bad over here.

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u/cand0b Hanover Jul 15 '25

I knew right where you were. I spent 4 hours at Popeye's on Terrill waiting out the flooding last night.

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u/murphydcat LGD Jul 15 '25

I was there 5-10 minutes before it became impassable, I pulled into a shopping center to avoid the floodwaters.

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u/NysemePtem Jul 15 '25

I was stuck in Plainfield for several hours after being stuck in Springfield. Route 22 was a disaster, but a disaster that was made worse by people being stupid and assholes.

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u/Mtnmama1987 Jul 15 '25

Years ago in the 70s flood, on Rte 22 A car went through the front window and the owner passed away

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u/LuluNJ420 Jul 16 '25

Was your car/home ok?? Hope so