BMW's in floods, WARNING!!!
Discussion
ikarl said:
Max_Torque said:
This morning, i (in my 3 series) was in a queue of cars waiting to pass through a short, shallow flood across the road (it floods there every winter, to a depth of about 3").
The queue consisted of:
1) a Pug 308
2) a Focus
3) an Evoke
4) a Boxster
5) my bmw.
Have a guess which of those ^^^ cars decided the flood was too deep and did a 300 point turn and drove off in the opposite direction?
Now, this could be you, in your bmw....but can I stick £5 on the Evoque..?The queue consisted of:
1) a Pug 308
2) a Focus
3) an Evoke
4) a Boxster
5) my bmw.
Have a guess which of those ^^^ cars decided the flood was too deep and did a 300 point turn and drove off in the opposite direction?
But yeah, I bet that's the one that turned around. 
Pooh said:
It's as if he didn't know he was driving through water until it was too late.ikarl said:
Max_Torque said:
This morning, i (in my 3 series) was in a queue of cars waiting to pass through a short, shallow flood across the road (it floods there every winter, to a depth of about 3").
The queue consisted of:
1) a Pug 308
2) a Focus
3) an Evoke
4) a Boxster
5) my bmw.
Have a guess which of those ^^^ cars decided the flood was too deep and did a 300 point turn and drove off in the opposite direction?
Now, this could be you, in your bmw....but can I stick £5 on the Evoque..?The queue consisted of:
1) a Pug 308
2) a Focus
3) an Evoke
4) a Boxster
5) my bmw.
Have a guess which of those ^^^ cars decided the flood was too deep and did a 300 point turn and drove off in the opposite direction?
sim72 said:
There are certainly some very special people around when it comes to floods.
For example, say you were approaching a ford in a village with a clear depth marker showing that the water was 18 inches deep. Further suppose that there was already a car there, that had been swept into the weir by the force of the water and abandoned.
What would you do?
Yeah, good plan, genius. She had to be rescued from the roof of the car.
But, seeing as the water is up to the windscreen on the cars wedged against the bridge, the depth looks more like 2 and a half to 3 feet. For example, say you were approaching a ford in a village with a clear depth marker showing that the water was 18 inches deep. Further suppose that there was already a car there, that had been swept into the weir by the force of the water and abandoned.
What would you do?
Yeah, good plan, genius. She had to be rescued from the roof of the car.
Slushbox said:
I live in the sticks in an area prone to flooding. It's the only road out of the village, so when it floods, annually, there's endless problems as cars get stuck, blocking everyone else.
The great problems with flooded roads is that you can't see what's under water. Manhole covers are often pushed open, logs, rocks and debris gets trapped, road surfaces develop washed out potholes, so that the assumption there's still tarmac under the water is optimistic, to say the least.
Watched Farmer Palmer in a Land Rover get stuck last winter, ahead of me he presumed invincibility, went through in true 'One Life, Live It' fashion and hit 'something', ripping off the front nearside tyre.
I have a 4x4, but I don't do flooded roads.
On the upside I managed to submerge a Land Rover in a river up to the wiper blades, when slipway launching a boat from the front bumper. (Handbrake user-error.) The engine kept running, slashing up great plumes of river from the rad fan. Wrecked the interior, though. :-)
This Ive lived/worked in the sticks for 20 years ,the road to our office floods every few years, I always wade it by foot rather that risk the carThe great problems with flooded roads is that you can't see what's under water. Manhole covers are often pushed open, logs, rocks and debris gets trapped, road surfaces develop washed out potholes, so that the assumption there's still tarmac under the water is optimistic, to say the least.
Watched Farmer Palmer in a Land Rover get stuck last winter, ahead of me he presumed invincibility, went through in true 'One Life, Live It' fashion and hit 'something', ripping off the front nearside tyre.
I have a 4x4, but I don't do flooded roads.
On the upside I managed to submerge a Land Rover in a river up to the wiper blades, when slipway launching a boat from the front bumper. (Handbrake user-error.) The engine kept running, slashing up great plumes of river from the rad fan. Wrecked the interior, though. :-)
Edited by Slushbox on Monday 28th December 10:47
Too true about not knowing what is under the water, ive seen man hole cover float up, so you have the cover to hit and the hole to go down!
Speaking of bmws, when the village was flooded and 4x4s where being cautious, a e38 BMW just drove through it every day with no issues!
In a normal car though I'd rather turn around /take as little risk as possible due to the risk of engine/car damage, in 15 years of driving in the countryside that floods only had to find another route once or twice, so not really an issue.
Bluebarge said:
sim72 said:
There are certainly some very special people around when it comes to floods.
For example, say you were approaching a ford in a village with a clear depth marker showing that the water was 18 inches deep. Further suppose that there was already a car there, that had been swept into the weir by the force of the water and abandoned.
What would you do?
Yeah, good plan, genius. She had to be rescued from the roof of the car.
But, seeing as the water is up to the windscreen on the cars wedged against the bridge, the depth looks more like 2 and a half to 3 feet. For example, say you were approaching a ford in a village with a clear depth marker showing that the water was 18 inches deep. Further suppose that there was already a car there, that had been swept into the weir by the force of the water and abandoned.
What would you do?
Yeah, good plan, genius. She had to be rescued from the roof of the car.
Late December myself and MrsHorneyMX5 went out for dinner and I was driving her MK3 MX5 which is lowered 50mm. Came down a road to what looked like a couple of inches of water. It wasn't. I'd stab a guess at nearly 2' at it's deepest and by that point I was already committed. 2nd gear, revs up and rode the clutch all the way through, the bow wave breaking over the bonnet. Judging from the water marks on the door in the dirt it came about 6-8cm up the door above the sill.
Car was fine and no ingress into the cabin but I was bricking it a bit! MrsH went mental, ha ha.
I have to say it does seem modern cars are much more susceptible to this kind of thing. When I was kid (lived in the sticks) my dad would regularly take his cars through 12"+ of water be it localized road flooding or the couple of Fords in the surrounding area. Of course in those days cars were mostly carb fed with the air intake on top of the engine and much simpler electronics. All you really had to worry about was water getting in the door seals. Pretty sure my Dad wouldn't think twice about tacking 12 - 18" of water in his 2014 Scirocco due to his past experiences.
I've got a Yeti TDI 4x4 and think it's wading depth is officially 30cms but I've taken it through fair bit deeper this winter.
Car was fine and no ingress into the cabin but I was bricking it a bit! MrsH went mental, ha ha.
I have to say it does seem modern cars are much more susceptible to this kind of thing. When I was kid (lived in the sticks) my dad would regularly take his cars through 12"+ of water be it localized road flooding or the couple of Fords in the surrounding area. Of course in those days cars were mostly carb fed with the air intake on top of the engine and much simpler electronics. All you really had to worry about was water getting in the door seals. Pretty sure my Dad wouldn't think twice about tacking 12 - 18" of water in his 2014 Scirocco due to his past experiences.
I've got a Yeti TDI 4x4 and think it's wading depth is officially 30cms but I've taken it through fair bit deeper this winter.
It’s true BMW’s are particularly susceptible to flooding out when driving through water. I live in South Florida and every time it rains here we get a surge of BMW calls. Just last night I towed 2 flooded 7 series 2 flooded 5 series and 1 3 series and 2 dodge chargers which are not very good at handling water either apparently. I do not specifically work for any dealership. I just advertise my towing on google, so there’s no reason to specifically get so many BMW calls. I would not buy one. So some people are like well just don’t drive through water obviously well actually it’s not at night when the roads are wet it’s dark and there’s standing water you can not always tell how deep it is. It looks like and inch but can be a foot or more deep. By the time you realize it, it’s already too late.
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