For $8,900 i'd be all in even if it was a flood car.

Most importantly mechanically i would have them change all rear end, transmission and engine oil before even trying to start the car up. And then remove all the spark plugs and squirt some oil into the cylinders to help hold compression and try to ease any water that may be in there so the rings wont wipe themselves out when you do attempt to start the car.

Depending on odors you would potentially replace:

- Seats
- All Carpeting
- All Insulation

Not only would i be concerned with how high the water level was i would be concerned with how long it was in the water and if it was salt water or fresh water as that will have a big impact on things.

If you really had to dig into it the other things i could see replacing would be:

- All ECU's
- All Wiring Harnesses
- Stereos and Speakers
- Instrument Cluster
- HVAC Controls
- Misc switches and *****

Not sure if you plan on reselling the car or not but i bet even if you had to dump lets say 10k in all new parts into the car you would have almost a brand new crossfire for under 20k. Not too shabby especially if the mileage is still decent.

Since all new cars have these weather pack connectors a lot of them won't let any water in though the bad part is that some will no matter what.

From what i've seen a lot of insurance companies will not total a fresh water flood vehicle but if it is saltwater then they just throw in the towel.

My best suggestion would be to get it running and drive it till it break and make sure you have AAA. :-D