Went for a run one Sunday morning about 3yrs ago after a torrential downpour. Ventured upon one of the usual flood risk sections (road at bottom of hill by river) and guess who had failed to make it all the way across? Middle-aged blokey in his DB9. Firemen reckoned a new engine was just the start of it. Not sure how insurance companies view this things; Act of God + driver error = we're not paying?
Encountered a flooded road on my way home last night (peover lane near chelford if anyone knows it), decided to give it a whirl, got about half way in then chickened out, water was just below the doors at the point I backed out, so figured it was probably going to get too deep, as I wasnt quite halfway through.
Car was a fairly low slung m3, so figured it wasnt worth the risk.
Car was a fairly low slung m3, so figured it wasnt worth the risk.
It most certainly wasn't !
Very low air intakes on the 3 series.
And expensive engines on the M3 version.
A wise move indeed 🙂
The thing that bothers me is at what water depth does my boring family hatchback start to float? As in the back wheels getting light and drifting to the side, down with the flow. Has anyone been there?
If you really want to know, look up the wading depth of your car online.
If you can find it anywhere, then I would stay out of water any deeper than the bottom of the front bumper as it clearly not designed for it.
Open the doors a bit, it stops the vehicle floating
