Flooded fools...
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Most ambitious, yet foolish attempts at getting through flood water.
A simple idea after seeing this Audi marooned in the middle of the flooded road, no doubt thinking they could get through
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693
A simple idea after seeing this Audi marooned in the middle of the flooded road, no doubt thinking they could get through
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693
most people dont know or care where things on their cars are other then the ignition key hole and where to put petrol, or diesel sometimes they get that wrong as well
i have a mate with an A6
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was s
te, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......
i have a mate with an A6
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was s
te, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......Fleckers said:
most people dont know or care where things on their cars are other then the ignition key hole and where to put petrol, or diesel sometimes they get that wrong as well
i have a mate with an A6
I
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was ste, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......
Oof!! That's a beauty for the 'Stupid things non-petrolheads say' thread. i have a mate with an A6
I
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was s
te, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......Fleckers said:
most people dont know or care where things on their cars are other then the ignition key hole and where to put petrol, or diesel sometimes they get that wrong as well
i have a mate with an A6
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was ste, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......
Did you slap him? If not then do it before it is too late!i have a mate with an A6
nice car FWD tdi thingy
he got it stuck in a muddy field a week or so back front wheels jsut spinning
said the 4x4 system was s
te, did not understand that his was fwd COS all audis are 4x4 COS they have 4 rings as a badge......
1988GP said:
Most ambitious, yet foolish attempts at getting through flood water.
A simple idea after seeing this Audi marooned in the middle of the flooded road, no doubt thinking they could get through
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693
Is that roofbox a s-line option?A simple idea after seeing this Audi marooned in the middle of the flooded road, no doubt thinking they could get through
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693
Hairbrakes said:
Haha, I did like his little quip "I'd get £200 quid for this little clip on a Saturday." 
groomi said:
I do wonder how many pics like these are taken long after somebody has driven too fast through a passable stretch of road, then the water level has risen to stupid levels once they've already abandoned it?
That.And a car making good steady progress through water getting swamped by some selfish t
t coming the other way who decided not to wait a moment and treat the flood as a contraflow. Snowboy said:
groomi said:
I do wonder how many pics like these are taken long after somebody has driven too fast through a passable stretch of road, then the water level has risen to stupid levels once they've already abandoned it?
That.And a car making good steady progress through water getting swamped by some selfish t
t coming the other way who decided not to wait a moment and treat the flood as a contraflow. Do manufacturers list wading depth in their manuals? I know SUV's do but I don't recall seeing that in normal car manuals. I know the wading depth of my Range Rover and I looked up the wading depth of the Mitsubishi Outlander I was driving over Christmas as I needed to cross a couple of fords.
When I was younger and stupiderer, I drove my diesel Peugeot 306 through a flooded section of road. "Diesels are fine in water" I said to my then GF. A bent conrod later I discovered that water isn't compressible and that the air filter housing was inches above the ground on the nearside!
Also brings out the complete arse in some drivers. I watched a Merc ML try to push a Lupo into deep water the other day its driver was insistent he should be in the shallowest part - straddling both lanes. The Lupo driver a very elderly lady did the old lady thing and won though, just stopped where she was in her lane, but positioned more to the centre and stared straight on and held her place. ahole ML driver eventually got the message and then booted it swerving back on to his side.
hole ML driver eventually got the message and then booted it swerving back on to his side.A female colleague recently drove her A4 through a "puddle" which turned out to be 6 inches deep. £3000 repair bill.
Unless you're in something capable of wading in significantly deep water then DRIVE VERY SLOWLY and if the water is deep enough to reach over the bottom of your tyres (e.g start touching the wheels themselves) then it's probably a good idea to turn back.
Also, I heard a story of someone destroying their car when launching his boat into the water on a trailer, he put the back wheels of the car in the water a bit and didn't realise his fuel tank breather would suck the sea water into the tank and wreck his fuel pump.
Unless you're in something capable of wading in significantly deep water then DRIVE VERY SLOWLY and if the water is deep enough to reach over the bottom of your tyres (e.g start touching the wheels themselves) then it's probably a good idea to turn back.
Also, I heard a story of someone destroying their car when launching his boat into the water on a trailer, he put the back wheels of the car in the water a bit and didn't realise his fuel tank breather would suck the sea water into the tank and wreck his fuel pump.
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