Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 875
Impressive Disco Tow (Idiots in a flood)
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1minute 20 seconds in a Disco to the rescueWhen you are dead, you do not know you are dead. All of the pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you are stupid.
21st Oct 2023 3:33 pm
Paul J.
Member Since: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Leafy Cheshire
Posts: 7659
2.10 minutes would be a good one for the EV / electric yacht thread. An ex-Disco3 / FFRR / I-Pace owner ......
..... now pootling around in a Porker EV.
21st Oct 2023 5:02 pm
Luapno
Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 875
The EV did get a bit floaty at the end, but kept going When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. All of the pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you are stupid.
21st Oct 2023 5:04 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 415
Yes, of all these, I think the EV was the most impressive.Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
21st Oct 2023 5:09 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 704
The handbook for my Freelander2 gave 2 wading depths, the second slightly deeper one required building a bow wave in front of the car but keeping enough pace up that the trough behind the wave was beneath the engine bay.
The silver people carrier almost got it right, I think the bin lorry was trying to build a skyscraper.
Several years ago I saw a video of a ford which was nowhere near as deep but had significant flow. Several cars were pushed off the edge due to a lack of traction to resist the flow.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
21st Oct 2023 6:32 pm
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4252
I can’t believe the first Audi couldn’t make it through around 3 inches of water! Where do these people get their driving licences?I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
21st Oct 2023 6:34 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20855
Paul J. wrote:
2.10 minutes would be a good one for the EV / electric yacht thread.
I was feeling quite smug in the Mini splashing through some of our floods here, while everyone else was scared of a puddle My D3 Build Thread
The driver of the bin-wagon is going to have a very interesting conversation with his boss - especially if his boss sees that video.
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
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22nd Oct 2023 11:35 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14177
nigethecat wrote:
I can’t believe the first Audi couldn’t make it through around 3 inches of water! Where do these people get their driving licences?
Plus 1, seems there thinking is to go as fast as possible
22nd Oct 2023 12:03 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14177
HWN wrote:
The driver of the bin-wagon is going to have a very interesting conversation with his boss - especially if his boss sees that video.
Plus 1 and indeed would like to be a fly on the wall with that conversation
Did hydrolock an escort van many years ago at work, was on a countryside lane, came round a corner and straight into water that was fast flowing over the bridge , couldn’t believe how quick the engine stopped
My boss was very nice about it as he knew I didn’t do it on purpose and extremely apologetic , garage showed me the 2 x con rods that had been bent
22nd Oct 2023 12:07 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26779
Most people seem to think momentum alone will get them through. Unfortunately most ‘normal’ cars have the air inlet to the filter box towards the front of the engine bay. It takes a few seconds to reach the cylinders.
Watch the cars zoom through, appear to make it, put their foot down to accelerate away, a bit of steam from the exhaust, then they stop having sucked the water in.
22nd Oct 2023 12:52 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14177
Wondered why the tractors front wheels went up in the air but soon realised after he dragged the concrete blocks out
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22nd Oct 2023 2:47 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14177
See the council are reinstating those concrete blocks after the tractor tore them out
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