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hi
if ent is around
is this the same crossing we used when we were coming back from cumbria that weekend?
sounds like it
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17th Dec 2009 10:53 pm
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Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
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CG - you got a link to the topic on the DOC forum??2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
There are a couple more photos, of it on it's side plus the one below, and some details, none which say where it is from what I can see.
there is a big debate on should the chap have driven the river based on the apparent quick flow of the river and lack of snorkel give the air intake is up stream.
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17th Dec 2009 11:34 pm
MikeT
Member Since: 31 Aug 2008
Location: Lancs
Posts: 260
With the engine air vent being on the upstream side, it makes you wonder if the engine stalled. Then allowing the current to take hold without the forward momentum. I know the crossing, and its normally very easy. Its only the increased water volume on this instance that has had effect
nothing like massive assumptions!
17th Dec 2009 11:42 pm
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Member Since: 12 Aug 2009
Location: NW
Posts: 67
fording is great fun, but he's way out of his depth there! what was he thinking?
there looks to be a good flow on the pics in the thread. surely with that much water in the river you'd decide against the crossing. i bet as soon as he got the back wheels in he knew he was in trouble.
i could understand if he'd gone in at wyre lane garstang, that's a scary ford!05 D3 tdv6 gone!!!
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20th Dec 2009 7:37 pm
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Got a scare in the same situation. High flow rate and the front right wheel dropped into a hole.
Engine went into limp mode, engine fault in info centre and very slowly idled out the other side (in low range). I now have a removable snorkel. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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