What a plonker
- Thread starter TheGrapeEscape
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No cure for stupidity! Engines can be instantly ruined with a hydraulic lock - not mention water in the alternator and other exposed electrical components.
Probably trying to find out how effective the insurance policy cover is?
I try not to watch those Rufford ford car wrecking videos on YouTube showing assorted morons trying to get out of their lease.
I try not to watch those Rufford ford car wrecking videos on YouTube showing assorted morons trying to get out of their lease.
Many take these things far too fast. Even if they do not get terminal damage by hydraulic lock, which is far easier in a diesel, petrol motors used to just stall stall, then other mechanical or superficial damage can be caused by the force. Wading slowly and cautiously can be fine and usually allows a change of heart if it is too much. I guess that the driver was showing off. Perhaps his wheel arches were dragged off! Still perhaps he wont do it again with such bravado. Learning from his own rather than from the mistakes of others.
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It'll probably be on eBay soon
"One careful owner...developed a misfire, mechanic said parts £20 but I've not got time to fix it.....grab a bargain"
"One careful owner...developed a misfire, mechanic said parts £20 but I've not got time to fix it.....grab a bargain"
One diesel heater for sale. Slight water damage! 
She shouldn't be wading at all. The bottom half of the sign she drove past said "road closed."Many take these things far too fast. Even if they do not get terminal damage by hydraulic lock, which is far easier in a diesel, petrol motors used to just stall stall, then other mechanical or superficial damage can be caused by the force. Wading slowly and cautiously can be fine and usually allows a change of heart if it is too much. I guess that the driver was showing off. Perhaps his wheel arches were dragged off! Still perhaps he wont do it again with such bravado. Learning from his own rather than from the mistakes of others.
I've been past there, it's a folding sign and the highway folk come out and fold down the Road Closed bit when the water level is too high.
So aside from risking the vehicle and her own safety, she's committing two moving traffic offences.
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I think that it is a female driver. Look at the fingernails and bumpy chest:
Bumpy chest
There's a video, she did make it the other side, sadly.
These days you can’t tell gender from finger nails or bumpy chest
And she was on her phone at the same time!
The water was over the grille at one point. Video stops just as she's exiting, I'm betting it conked out 20 yards down the road. Idiot!!!
You mean “it” was on the phone
"They" ?You mean “it” was on the phone
As well as killing the engine and wrecking ancillaries, driving through floods and fords is a really effective way to remove your splitter and under-shields without the need for tools.
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Enjoy!
Some T6 boats in that video too!
We live amongst them. So many cars written off with broken rods and god knows what else. The guys towing them out must make a mint on those days though!!
Some T6 boats in that video too!
We live amongst them. So many cars written off with broken rods and god knows what else. The guys towing them out must make a mint on those days though!!
