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On both new and used cars, look for signs that it had been submerged: premature rust, musty or "over-perfumed" smell, silt in places such as under the carpeting or in the spare tire well.

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( Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / November 8, 2012 )

On both new and used cars, look for signs that it had been submerged: premature rust, musty or "over-perfumed" smell, silt in places such as under the carpeting or in the spare tire well.

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