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Offline Screech16v

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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #20 on: 01 May 2012, 21:40 »
Get a snorkel fitted  :grin:

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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #21 on: 01 May 2012, 22:11 »
Just finished tea and turns out the guy who drowned. His dog ended up in the vets my dads girlfriend runs.

She said it was very sad as the couples local vet came down from Oxford to collect it.
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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #22 on: 02 May 2012, 12:07 »
do a lot wadeing   get quite a ot of flooded roads round here and often there isn't another way round.

1) decide how deep it is   
2) work out where your air intake is ,     sometimes if intake really low you can pop the clips on the airbox to effectivly raise it.
3 )  drive in make a decent bow wave  and keep up with it

i've had quite a few cars with there headlights under water,  but its getting dodgey then  you know that if you stop it's bye bye engine 
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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #23 on: 02 May 2012, 12:16 »
do a lot wadeing   get quite a ot of flooded roads round here and often there isn't another way round.

1) decide how deep it is   
2) work out where your air intake is ,     sometimes if intake really low you can pop the clips on the airbox to effectivly raise it.
3 )  drive in make a decent bow wave  and keep up with it

i've had quite a few cars with there headlights under water,  but its getting dodgey then  you know that if you stop it's bye bye engine 

f**k that  :shocked: if it's bigger than a puddle you wont catch me going through it ( i dont even like puddles  :grin: )

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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #24 on: 02 May 2012, 16:02 »
f**k that  :shocked: if it's bigger than a puddle you wont catch me going through it ( i dont even like puddles  :grin: )

Pussy.
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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #25 on: 02 May 2012, 16:05 »


this guy wont have any issues

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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #26 on: 02 May 2012, 16:09 »
f**k that  :shocked: if it's bigger than a puddle you wont catch me going through it ( i dont even like puddles  :grin: )

Pussy.

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yes i am pussy because i don't want to drive a brand new car through a ford  :rolleyes: :grin: why don't you give Headly ford a go maybe you will get a bit luckier  :undecided:


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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #27 on: 02 May 2012, 16:10 »


this guy wont have any issues

thats cause he's part of the NWO

oh, hold on.. wrong thread  :smiley:

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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #28 on: 02 May 2012, 19:03 »
yes i am pussy because i don't want to drive a brand new car through a ford  :rolleyes: :grin: why don't you give Headly ford a go maybe you will get a bit luckier  :undecided:

I'd give Headley Ford a go in my Golf3.

Or my Passat.

I have a long and illustrious history of driving through fords and not getting killed, although I don't think I've ever driven through one with a dog in the car, which is maybe where the 52 year old got it wrong.
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Re: How to drive through floods?
« Reply #29 on: 02 May 2012, 19:49 »
yes i am pussy because i don't want to drive a brand new car through a ford  :rolleyes: :grin: why don't you give Headly ford a go maybe you will get a bit luckier  :undecided:

I'd give Headley Ford a go in my Golf3.

Or my Passat.

I have a long and illustrious history of driving through fords and not getting killed, although I don't think I've ever driven through one with a dog in the car, which is maybe where the 52 year old got it wrong.

Mk3 is cheating as its part boat  :grin: Seriously though Headly should not be classed as a ford IMO