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09-26-2018, 01:40 AM | #1 |
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It's not a boat
So don't drive it into the water. This is basically a "who did this?" post.
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Also, I doubt the car was there before the water lol. That caption makes me laugh. |
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Ya reckon he drove into the water or the water came up to him?
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I suspect he was pushing a wave when his forward motion was arrested. The water might have been a little higher on the front while in motion.
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He drove into it. I guarantee you he wouldn't have been parked right there.
BTW, this area is notorious for flooding. The photog in that photo is an old colleague from my days in TV news, and both of us have spent our share of time standing out in the rain in that neighborhood in the past. Many years ago the cemetery a little ways down from there flooded and floated a bunch of caskets out into the road and left them there when the water receded. It's a somewhat industrial area, and the trucks came through smashing the old wooden caskets, sending body parts everywhere. People were swerving to avoid bodies. I'm sure there are people who still have nightmares about it 40 years later. I'd love to see that made into a "Mayhem" commercial. Or a J K Simmons "we covered it" commercial. |
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Proof if the car had more power it never would of gotten stuck.
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Like a good neighborrrrr....
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I sucked water into my IS300 even though the snorkel was in almost the exact location as the FRS. In my case I made a turn in a parking lot into a lane that was completely under water. It was raining so hard and it with the lighting the standing water blended right into the pavement. As soon as I made the turn I hit the water and nailed the brakes and turned off the ignition but when I hit the brakes the brake dive dropped the nose enough for the water to rush over the hood and into the intake. Once resting the water was at about the same level as the car in that picture. I climbed out the window and pushed the car back up and out. Then I had it towed to the house where I pulled the plugs and intake and blew as much water out as I could. The car ran fine after that. Had I not killed the engine instantly it probably would have fully hydrolocked and done some damage.
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That photog reports that the guy is a local in that area and should have known the road and the fact that it was a flood-prone area.
I drove my BRZ for over a year in New Orleans and throughout southern Louisiana when I first got it. I might be a little more cautious about flooded roads than people who have never lived on flat land at sea level. Street flooding was a daily occurrence in the summer. It becomes second nature to just... not... drive your low car through standing water. My Jeep, though... I'll blast right through a lot of places I wouldn't chance on the BRZ. Water would have to reach the windshield before I'd get worried. |
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Hey hey, the IS300 is actually fairly light (3250lbs) considering it has an iron block inline 6 in it. The water wasn't an issue, it wasn't like I was pushing it at 20mph. The incline was very gradual so it wasn't that bad and there was actually one guy who jumped out of his car to help.
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Yep, especially if it's turbocharged. It'll just suck in water and use it just like a methanol injection system.
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I used to live on a country road that flooded every year. It varied in depth from a few inches to 2 foot of water. The part of the road that flooded was half mile long. My F350 would always make it through. I have taken my FR-S though water that was 4-6" deep a few times. The water only came up to my side skirts... Be careful out there!
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