I got one to document all the crazy crap happening directly in front of me on the road. All of which culminated with a pane of glass flying out the bed of a Ford Ranger, narrowly missing my car (I had little time or space to react) two days before my dashcam arrived in the mail. Now nothing of interest happens in front of me on the road. It works like a tiger warding stone!
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It mostly depends on where the air intake for the engine isâŚ
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An example must be made.
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Car unable to drive through deeply-flooded road
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Aw, I wouldnât worry about it. Just replace the engine and youâll be back on the road.
I would love to see an electric car built like a mini moke or an old style jeep. It would be nice and heavy so you could drive it down a boat ramp, across your local body of water and emerge on the other side.
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The air filter is almost always in the same place; near the top of the engine compartment. Itâs really a matter, of how high that is above the water level, and how the water level might be made higher by creating a bow-wave, or splashing about. Though this blokeâs hood was rather low, I suspect it was really the âsplashing aboutâ that was the major factor in his demise - as @phuzz said, if he had taken it slower he might have been able to push through.
The lesson is this; never enter a deep puddle if you donât have to, measure first if you can, and proceed slowly with the expectation that you might have to back out if the water goes above critical bits of your engine like the air intake. Oh, and know where your air intake is in the first place. And once (if) youâve crossed, rinse your car down and check everything when you get home, because being submerged can damage important parts of the engine and transmission, which may not be evident for days or weeks.
Charge?
Iâm sorry, sir, your car(d) did not go through
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Pft! Thatâs nothing! Check out Wallington yesterday:
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