Name the Ciara flooded car....

[warch]

eldar said:

warch said:

What are electric cars like in floods?

Shocking.

very good

[The Brummie]

schmalex said:

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

What an idiot. If he drove it into that, I sincerely hope his insurance refuses to pay out

I read on a Facebook page that he did indeed attempt to drive through the floodwater. He was told it was too deep. He said he would be ok.

Car apparently drifted away not long after the pillock abandoned it.

[Peter911]

The Brummie said:

I read on a Facebook page that he did indeed attempt to drive through the floodwater. He was told it was too deep. He said he would be ok.

Car apparently drifted away not long after the pillock abandoned it.

Insurance definitely shouldn't pay out then.

And publicise it. Might (it won't) stop the morons.

[Mikebentley]

Floaty McBoatface.

[leyorkie]

Another Maserati in the Yorkshire Dales

[donkmeister]

Pica-Pica said:

The question is, will the insurance pay out? Much advice about not driving, so...driver not taking adequate precautions to minimise risk?

I had wondered the same. According to the websites of various insurers they split flood damage into "unavoidable" (i.e. you wake up one morning and your car is up to its windscreen on the drive) and "avoidable" (i.e. you plough into an obviously flooded road and hope for the best... Or you park on a sandbank at low-tide and don't move it before the tide comes in). They will generally only pay out for unavoidable flood damage.

Seeing those road signs I think the Maserati driver would have a hard time arguing he couldn't see the road was under several feet of water!

[Wilmslowboy]

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

Popular model ... low intake perhaps

[donkmeister]

leyorkie said:

Another Maserati in the Yorkshire Dales

It looks like they exited via the sunroof!

[Red 4]

Lordbenny said:

What’s this....

Honda S2000.

What do I win ?

[vikingaero]

Do Maserati salespeople pre-qualify you before you can buy/lease one?

Is customer a blithering idiot? Yes/No

[Muddle238]

The Brummie said:

schmalex said:

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

What an idiot. If he drove it into that, I sincerely hope his insurance refuses to pay out

I read on a Facebook page that he did indeed attempt to drive through the floodwater. He was told it was too deep. He said he would be ok.

Car apparently drifted away not long after the pillock abandoned it.

Presumably, if it's on a lease or some sort of finance and the insurance refuse to pay out, will the owner still be liable for the monthlies going forwards, despite it likely being written off? That's a 69-reg so brand new, plenty of payments left to be paid, possibly the balloon too given it can't be "handed back"?

Not finance bashing, just genuinely interested what the score is in these circumstances.

[schmalex]

Muddle238 said:

The Brummie said:

schmalex said:

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

What an idiot. If he drove it into that, I sincerely hope his insurance refuses to pay out

I read on a Facebook page that he did indeed attempt to drive through the floodwater. He was told it was too deep. He said he would be ok.

Car apparently drifted away not long after the pillock abandoned it.

Presumably, if it's on a lease or some sort of finance and the insurance refuse to pay out, will the owner still be liable for the monthlies going forwards, despite it likely being written off? That's a 69-reg so brand new, plenty of payments left to be paid, possibly the balloon too given it can't be "handed back"?

Not finance bashing, just genuinely interested what the score is in these circumstances.

I genuinely hope that’s the case.

The only way the insurance should pay out for that is if he can prove a river broke it’s banks and flooded the car before he could get it to safety, or the car broke down before the water enveloped it. Any other reason is sheer incompetence. In fact, he should also be hit with DWDCA from Plod.

There are plenty of visual clues that we’re telling him not to continue. Idiot.

Edited by schmalex on Sunday 9th February 17:45

[Driver101]

Wilmslowboy said:

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

Popular model ... low intake perhaps

Two Maseratis and a lion. What's the chances?

[stevemcs]

Wilmslowboy said:

myvision said:

Don't know but I know what this one is.

Popular model ... low intake perhaps

How tall is that dog ?

[Section 8]

The Maserati Quatraporthole if I’m not mistaken.

[Downward]

warch said:

What are electric cars like in floods?

They float.

[Matt Cup]

T’other angle of the Lavante

[ninepoint2]

Back on topic..Saab

[voyds9]

dibbers006 said:

stevemcs said:

Wilmslowboy said:

Popular model ... low intake perhaps

How tall is that dog ?

About four feet.

That's not a dog it's an escaped lion.

[CoreyDog]

voyds9 said:

dibbers006 said:

stevemcs said:

Wilmslowboy said:

Popular model ... low intake perhaps

How tall is that dog ?

About four feet.

That's not a dog it's an escaped lion.

Prehaps the lion stowed away in the Levante... Driver realises, panics, drives into deep water suspecting the lion can't swim... Lion becomes annoyed with its wet paws and is now trotting away with the drivers leg after escaping through the sunroof?

Well, it makes more sense than a rational person driving a very expensive sports SUV through deep water thinking "It'll be right..."