The areas affected by DANA are trying to return to normal, in fact, some schoolchildren have already been able to return to class and some people have even been able to return to work. However, in addition to getting their homes or businesses back, storm victims also need to get their cars back. According to data from the Generalitat Valenciana, more than 120,000 vehicles were destroyedand getting a used one has become an almost impossible task, due to to the lack of supply and rising prices.
A neighbor from Catarroja recounted her experience: “We search on the Internet, but They have traveled many miles or are destroyed and prices have skyrocketed.”. Precisely, the Internet has become the main resource for searching for new vehicles, as Marcel Blanes, director of institutional relations at Coches.net, confirms: “Searching in Valencia and these areas have clearly increased on our portal.
As if that were not enough, the dealers also do not have enough stock, as recognized by Cristina Sáez, owner of the Sáez Ocasión dealership, who assumed that “we are going to have to buy a little more expensive to have it now , because It’s also difficult to find used cars, even for us.”.
Added to this situation is the fact that workshops cannot cope with repair those who were able to be saved, even if their full recovery cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, there are already affected people who have They have ruled out repairing it and are trying to sell it online. Consumer associations, however, warn buyers to be careful possible scams, that they flee the urgency of the sellers and that they do not send money or documents without first verifying that the sale is real. In addition, Julián Tio, spokesperson for the Valencian Consumers’ Association (AVACU), emphasized that “acquiring a vehicle in these conditions represents a reduction of the important guarantee”.
