Name the Ciara flooded car....
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mstrbkr said:
Red 4 said:
Honda S2000.
What do I win ?
I think you're right.What do I win ?
Curved windscreen frame at the top corners. The windscreen looks about the right size too. Visible impressions of the metal in the roof. Curved roof fabric above the side windows. No sensors in the windscreen.
bqf said:
I think it's an Abarth 124.....square screen. Can't be an MX-5 as no one clever enough to buy an MX-5 would end up in the drink, surely
Don't think it's an Abarth 124, I have one and there's some small differences.On the Abarth or Fiat screens there's two lines on either side which aren't apparent in the OP picture, frame on the abarth looks thicker too.
The roof folds don't look right either.
That being said most if not all Abarth 124 have a dark windscreen frame, the Fiat 124 have the silver ones but still don't think it's that.
Geekman said:
I’ve driven my Range Rover through water as deep as the black Maserati got stuck in with no issues. I don’t think it’s quite as stupid as some people are suggesting: it is after all an SUV and the driver clearly over estimated its abilities. It’s not like he drove it through water as high as the roof or something.
I’m willing to bet the insurance will pay out with no issues at all, I’ve actually never heard of a case like this where it hasn’t.
I agree I don't think the water is that high in comparison to the car. "TVROLET" is probably onto something with electrics or something else. Masarati wouldn't have engineered there cars for puddles never mind a river. I’m willing to bet the insurance will pay out with no issues at all, I’ve actually never heard of a case like this where it hasn’t.
Should we not be applauding them for at least giving it a go
meatballs said:
Wading depth of the Lavante is 50cm. I guess it's probably about 55cm-70cm as alloys still showing?
Hard to guess the depth before you go in without wading in with a stick.
(Range rover is probably 80cm? So would probably handle that, although guess might take in some water.)
The current RR wading depth is 90cm (as is the new Defender incidentally).Hard to guess the depth before you go in without wading in with a stick.
(Range rover is probably 80cm? So would probably handle that, although guess might take in some water.)
chow pan toon said:
PartsMonkey said:
Limpet said:
PartsMonkey said:
The second one was staying at his inlaws for the night. His car was stolen off the drive. The insurance wouldn't payout as he said it would be kept at his home address overnight. Again, luckily, he got the car back a couple of weeks later, albeit with no wheels, a blown engine and a crumpled bonnet.
So, does that mean that if your car is stolen during an overnight stay at someone’s house, or a hotel for instance, the theft isn’t covered? Seems quite harsh, given that most people spend a few nights away from home in a typical year, and will have driven the car to wherever they are staying.
jamei303 said:
Perhaps there's a misprint in the manual, it could say 150cm instead of 150mm.
There's no other explanation, other than that some people are stupid.
They might have previously driven the Italian-market only "Leviathan" that can cross water...There's no other explanation, other than that some people are stupid.
A random google to an even more random website suggests this:
"The course then moved to the hills and muddy terrain where the Levanté’s Hill Decent Control was put through its paces as was its impressive 250mm ground clearance, 50mm wading depth, 20 degree breakover angle, 22 degree approach angle and 26 degree departure angle."
50mm wading depth??? Surely not.
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