Rufford Ford FLOOD | part 48
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Legend has it that the Renault made it the whole 12 miles home on its starter motor.
İt s completsly fucked mate.. poor car-amateur driver
And now its transformed into an EV
The starter probably had more power than the actual motor!
@@junaidgt90 Apparently the owner struggled to cope with the unprecedented amount of power.
It’s so painful to hear…that poor flywheel…
I think the locals should stand on the side with a number board giving a score for each car
THIS! I totally agree.
Great idea.
Just like strictly! 🤣🤣ill give you a 10 .. ill give you a 8 ... Ill give you a 5. 🤣
That presupposes an ability to count. Mind you, with six fingers on each hand scores of up to... er... Quite a lot are possible.
Or someone sat waiting with a 4x4, a tow rope and a credit card machine...
Perfect execution by the silver Defender driver. Go in slow then slightly increase the speed to create the bow wave and then keep speed. 10/10
What amazes me is that if you look on a map there are a two alternative routes that would only add a couple of miles to the journey.... I love my car to much to risk damaging it so needlessly!
I'm with you on this one.🙂
I think it’s a tourist attraction thing to do
@@GuinessOriginal to write off a car? some of the cars being written off are literally brand new with brand new plates.
I checked that also! At most an extra mile or two...5-10 minutes tops.
I like how the community comes together like it’s an event to watch all the poor fools xD
It's free money for them. Put videos on YT and make $$.
This video has 2 million views so my guess is it has already earned about £5,000 for the guy who posted it.
Pretty good ROI for spending a week video taping ignorant drivers.
@@SupeDefy the channel has to be monetized first of all, which requires at least 1000 subscribers and 4k watch time hours in a year. It also requires you to have no active copyright strikes. Then there is CPM, which is cost per 1k impressions. Since the dude was in the recommended and in the suggested CPM would be higher, however the topic is not really prioritised by CZcams (not money/technology related) thus I think its less than 1 dollar per 1k views, which would put it at 1-1.5k dollars or less.
they are a bunch of assholes. instead of warning the people they laugh while filming them ruining their car.
BAAAAHAHASHAHHAA!!
@@Anna-senpai the entire history of the uk has been assholes overthrowing other assholes in order to be an even bigger asshole. i wouldn't expect much from the commoners
This is amazing, the lack of knowledge some people have about how water affects their vehicles is surprising.
Why would ppl have that specific knowledge?
@@justicedemocrat9357 its common sense
@@justicedemocrat9357 You should know how your vehicles work. How to change the wheels, do maintenance. With that knowledge comes knowing about water.
@@justicedemocrat9357
Well if you love the money you paid for your car.
its all gone in instant. total loss
@@justicedemocrat9357 what's so specific about driving your car into water is maybe not such a great idea.
8:27, the execution of that bow wave crossing 👌🏽
It’s astonishing how dumb most people in this video are. He nailed it though
I don't know why I'm so mesmerized by these videos. I start watching for the brake lights before the car comes up out of the water or the telltale steam from the exhaust as instant signs that yet another one didn't make it. I looked this area up on a map, and it's not like there aren't alternative routes that drivers could take, especially when the water is 2' deep or more. It's just easier in the moment to plow on through. The locals in these videos must be the ones with snorkels on their Land Rovers. If I ever make it to England again, I'd like to just sit on the deck by the building here at the side of the road here and watch for the lights and steam as the cars go by.
*MESSAGE TO ALL DRIVERS*
The reason you shouldn't drive through deep water is because your car's engine has pistons that move up and down about 30 times a second, in this movement the pistons draw air and fuel in through a vacuum and then compress the mixture. Getting water in your engine will flood the cylinders and since the water can't be compressed, it will get stuck in the cylinder and will hydrolock the engine (a fancy way of saying the engine wont be able to keep turning) therefor it will pretty much write off your engine or cost a lot of money to fix as a result of the internals being destroyed from the stress. This can all happen within seconds of your grill being submerged so I highly suggest finding another way home.
Hope this helps.
Also, as seen with the Toyota at 2:40 the air con can draw water into the cabin.
not only that but electricals will fail, interiors will get soaked, airbag sensors, speakers, locking mechanisms, and window motors in the door could get ruined. you'll have water getting sucked in through the air vents into the cabin and all over your dash and seat electronics. not to mention that you'll have water in the tightest nooks and crannies under panels, inside the chassis, and subframes which will easily rust out your car 3 times faster than normal if its not designed to get wet that way.
courses on water damage and what not to do in a flood should be included in driver training imo.
@@nuggetpug8923 The HVAC system won't draw water into the car, the water just leaks past the door seals which aren't meant to keep out standing water.
@@Tracert-mc1hu Where is the air intake for ventilation and heating on your car. An open sun roof not an option.
@@ericchapman399 Mine is on the cowling at the base of the windshield.
I like how every vehicle hits the water with as much speed as possible so it forces as much water possible into the intake.
Guy w/Porsche did it right
Yep, panic or just inexperienced. Notice the Defender drivers with their very capable cars took it gentle and steady.
@@brownnutter They gained a lot of experience really quick 🤣
@@Bobbybeb and the knowledge never to try that again
Indeed, how come these simpletons actually have a drivers license boggles me.
9:35 textbook stuff. Super eater wading skills. Also night footages are so eerie, lonely and pleasurable to watch . We need more of that 🔥
That was so satisfying. Finally someone doing it right!
The little silver car was pretty Epic. Also interesting that the Discoveries all fail with the same sound.
I admit, what I really love is the drivers who come out the other side thinking "I made it! Go me!" and then about two car lengths later the water in their air intake makes its way through to the engine...
The white smoke of doom
Lol yeah, its probably water that was laying in the airbox and adrer being tilted backwards the air gets forced against the intake hose
Clunk clunk
I think if they did not dig in faster rather drove slowly thru , they cud have avoided it. the splashing wud have filled the air box.
@@pummyy Yes, exactly like that land rovers and Porsche did, flawless passes.
After a long hard day at work, there's something comforting about sitting back and watching a few people have a worse day than you.
Same here mate 😂
I'm retired and these are a constant source of making me feel like a genius.
crab mentality. stay broke and stupid
Jajaja de acuerdo amigo saludos
6:48 i like how the tesla is the only small car that survives like the hood was COMPLETELY submerged and it still survived
My guess is that the petrol powered vehicles are sucking water into the engine and hydro locking as a result. Electric cars have no intake to suck water in.
Ok now check all the electrics after a week or so
lost the number plate
They have intakes in the front "grill"/bumper to cool the batteries
Some have louvers that stay closed most of the time, and they only let air through, the water flows back out
Never seen water and electrical systems playing well together
9:35/10:05 when you know an engine needs air to work👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
gotta love the fact that the old Defender drivers, with diesel engine and snorkels, who could probably drive through there with full speed, are the more cautious ones...
thats experience right there.
Even though some of them are built for it, it's still hard on the drivetrain. Seals get old, just like us old farts. I'll go the extra miles around if possible.
@@maxpower9499 You're not wrong, however the big reason not to enter deep water fast in a 4x4 (especially an older one) is that the radiator fan is driven by the engine. When you hit the water hard, the fan bends forward like (acting like a propeller on a boat) and contacts the radiator. Entering slowly helps reduce this risk and gives the viscous coupling on the fan a chance to cool so it will spin the fan slower.
Clearly at the end there is so much less water which makes it not comparable.
@@Sethjxl just out of curiosity what should one do in this case? lets say you have a stock jeep , and new one would it be recommended to to try to go through this, or its still technically not equipped to handle this much water with out the snorkel etc?
@@Sethjxl If the engine is up to temp, the fan ia not turning...
Every person that drove through the water have no idea how much damage they have done to there car... Crazyness
"Let's make some bad decisions today!"
In America, the phrase " hold my beer" always comes up before an attempt like this!🤣🤣
Interesting how the people with the most capable vehicles were the ones who drove through at the correct speed.
Except for that land rover discovery. 😂
@@ev6558 You go as slow as possible..
@@ev6558 That is completely false.
My proof?
Literally EVERYONE who did what you suggest, failed. AKA their engines sucked in water. Which is never good, but is much less damaging under low throttle. Water in the combustion chamber causes fluid lock, which bends connecting rods, breaks pistons, breaks cranks. Going slow also lessens the waves. Remember, your waves are always higher than the water level before you got there. I have a lot of experience, from small dirtbikes, to cars, to 40 ton bulldozers.
@@elonmust7470 It's all about generating a bow wave, that doesn't come up over the bonnet (hood), create the right kind of bow wave and the water dips just behind the front wheels and creates an "air" gap so your engine doesn't suck in water. Obviously this is vehicle specific, and if the water is deep enough to float your car then nothing is going to help. I also found it interesting that those driving the Land Rover Defenders knew exactly how to approach a water hazard, where as the Discovery and Range Rovers had not a clue.
Very true
I would think, most people, if they saw a vehicle broken down in the middle of a flooded ford, with water above the bottom of the doors of that vehicle, would turn around and find another way. But I would be wrong, obviously.
Not to mention the bright yellow depth gauge showing 3ft of water. I'd not be risking my car at 6ins. But anything to avoid having to go the long way round I suppose!
Unfortunately common sense isn't very common nowadays
It's more of a challenge to many. If they drive fast enough the water will just go somewhere else. Definitely not into their airbox to waterlock their engine or into the electrics to fritz the ECU(s)
Especially since those cars are basically dead after this. Water in the air intake, in all the circuitry etc..
@@MrCrrispy Yep. Bloke I used to know, estate agent, did that in a local ford. Mr impatient, splash, chug, paddle. Bad enough that he wrote his car off but he managed to get in the local paper too. Hilarious way to win immortality.
Wet carpets is usually enough to write it off.
@ 9.36 that suv driver gets a Gold Star ⭐️ for that text book river crossing
Love this channel! Inspired my create my own :)
It's like watching a circus with a bunch of clowns driving.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀 hilariously Lol
It's amazing the number of drivers who think their vehicles will double as motorboats.
YOU CANT EDUCATE THE THICK...!!!
Woman behind the wheel, what else
@@daispatrick damn. You're either that thick or too young to ever heard someone say that lol.
@@daispatrick you're speaking english now jackass lol☠
9:50 that man knows how to Drive and he loves his cayene
I think there are way to many people that don't know that a combustion engine not only needs fuel but also air to make things combust :D
1:24 The Renault's electric starter motor on the other hand seemed to have no big issue with getting a little wet there
ok kids, today were going to learn about "hydro-lock" . your future mechanic has another term for it, CHA CHING!!!
The mind just absolutely boggles that people can be that thick! Totally hilarious to watch and i love watching these videos to reassure myself that I’m a bit more intelligent than the masses 🤣🤣🤣
Just shows how many brainless idiot's there are in uk
@@jon4539 I’m far from really intelligent, but my common sense for this is. It’s fun to watch and with the right vehicle I’d be through that 10 times a day. Kudos to the creator of this channel, it’s amazing and I genuinely love watching it, but I notice there are a lot, a lot lot of BMW drivers on these videos 🤣
@@HooverLux yes I agree with you ,the right motor and you could have fun but the first 5 that went through all got ruined, not cheap cars either
I've concluded that these drivers simply don't care about destroying thousands of pounds worth of vehicle. They must have so much cash that it doesn't bother them. It's that or they're just incredibly stupid
@@jackcutler9096 they just claim off their insurance driving insurance premiums up, as usual we are all paying for their stupidity
Thanks for the 'lie of the land' at the end Tom. Strange how people coming from the west sometimes drive up the canal thinking it to be the road 🙉
Literally the renualt is running on the starter motor
What a legend
Thank you for the video. I cannot believe the number of drivers who seem happy to to write their cars off here
Suppose their credit card limit will cover repairs. No holiday to buy recently with covid.
This is like flies being stuck on flypaper. They see other cars broken down and still try to go through the water at speed!
"Ooooooooo look, a river! Let's drive into it!"
The second the water goes over the bonnet, you are done lol
Couple of insurance write off cars..blown engine and water logged interior ☹️ thanks for sharing Tom 👏🏻👏🏻
Will the insurance pay out if the signs say Road Closed?
@@frankhoward8321 If an insurance company saw this vid they would nul and void the insurance as the depth marker was clearly visable. That BMW driver will have an expensive bill as insurance will not cover it
The white Avensis is showing expired tax as of 5th October 2021. Guessing uneconomical to repair.
Insurance is not paying for self inflicted drowning of your vehicle. They are out of pocket repairs. Most of these car could be write off due to electrical damage.
If you were a good citizen you would warn drivers not to go through instead of watching ppl. Again, its not their responsibility but it would have been a nice thing to do.
@@KirillGavrilenko No. I actually think ppl believe they can make it through the flood and not know what it does to your engine. Ignorance.
I have never seen a burn out using the starter. Mad props to the silver car!
Apparently he made it 12 miles home like that
@@GuinessOriginal no he didn’t
Even if a car has a snorkel exhaust and/or otherwise makes it through the deep water, a lot of dirty filthy water is likely to come into your interior and ruin it forever. You need to know the measurement of the ground to the bottom of the door and check with the depth gauge provided by the authorities before going into the water. People don't think though, and trust to luck or expect the cars to defy the laws of physics. A lot of good cars must have been ruined that day.
I could watch all day
Well done to the Porsche Cayenne in 2 feet of water 9:35
You kind of expect this from the Defender drivers but that Porsche was clearly a seasoned driver, perfect execution
@@mihadobnikar8826 guy even rolls the window down to tell the camera guys 'And that's how you do it' 😂😂
2:09 - 'haha, look at meeeee in my Discovery' - then, it konks out! 😂
The laughing in the background is icing on the cake
LOVE THE STEAM PUFFING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE AFTER
Whoever makes these films..... keep doing it! It's brilliant! 😃😉👍
Living in Arizona, during the monsoons, it is amazing the number of people who are clueless about the power of water crossing a road. Going fast enough, 2 inches of water will send you into the arroyo often with very ugly consequences.
I know I’ve been on CZcams too long when these videos come up as recommended
I can't get enough of these videos 😭
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I just checked the map. A detour around the ford could only be about 5-10 km at most, and probably a lot less if your destination was anywhere but the first house across the floodway. So, yeah, risk thousands of quid damage for a 10 minute inconvenience. You’ll be waiting that long on the phone to your garage, let alone getting the actual work done.
Car mechanics lobbying to prevent better roads
You can't fix stupid.
This is what I always asked myself seeing these videos
Right it’s painful to watch everyone fly through it and all the water just gets sucked in the air box and then you can hear those engines die, those people are gonna have fun paying those repairs off 😂😂😂
The amount of times cars had to slam on the brakes because they thought I’d just plough through the water in my x5 like an idiot was incredible, it was always usefully low cars, I know some of them probably just wanted me to plough through and crest a path for them but I wasn’t risking ruining my engine for their convenience. You’d think someone would have closed the road in this video tho, seems cruel they let thousands of damage happen but at the same time they should probably be able to tell it’s not possible to get through without a jeep.
The modus is a real warrior. Example of how underappreciated french cars tend to be.
The happy sound of snapping con rods!
9:34, finally someone who knows how to drive slowly through the water, although anyone who does try, slow or otherwise is a fool.
I was searching for this comment. Glad someone else understands.
that water was way shallower than all previous
Да, мужик на опыте проехал. Все гонят волну. Если водители крупных авто надеются проскочить, на что рассчитывают пузотерки? Можно попросить, чтоб тебя перетащили на тросу на незаведенном авто.
unless your car is an EV of course.
@@Grym0330 ну тупыыые)))
The kiss of death is when the wake covers the bonnet… at that point you know it’s terminal! 🪦 🚗
My vote goes to the trial’s bike riders.
Easy route; over the foot bridge, through the water much more fun :)
Those weren't actually trial's bike. Those were enduro bikes :) A trial's bike is super slim and small.
@@megapet777 Thanks, I stand corrected.
@@petemoss9831 Np!
@@megapet777 where are the intakes on those that they weren't killed by the water? I know cars fairly well but next to nothing about motorcycles lol
@@Sn0ws519 under the seat.
3:48 how did an irish reg end up there lol
The gift that keeps on giving.
BMWs do actually have unusually low mounted air intakes although I do agree that many drivers just do not seem to heed the “slow in, build a bow wave AHEAD of the car, proceed steadily” method of driving through water!
will backing into the water to the other end work?
@@pyarepiyush - can’t hurt!
Or just NOT driving through the fucking water?!?!?!?
@@vasilkarazhekov1805 Ding Ding Ding! we have a winner!!...
To the others:
1) "building a bow wave"... lol no.. this is raises the water higher at the front end of the car and moves the water over the hood.
2) Reversing through would force water into the exhaust and your engine will choke and stall.
3) Theres rain water run off here but it looks like some of the flooding has alliowed salt water to come up stream.. salt fking water!!! Even if you make it through, your car is going to be destroyed without proper underbody cleaning anyway.
@@pyarepiyushIt probably will, as the rear of the vehicle will push away the water from the front of the car when reversing and will more effort to stall the engine with water going into the exhaust than the little effort it takes going forward. But where's the fun in reversing ?
As a mechanic , I approve , many a wheel bearing will need replacing in a month or so , hot bearings getting cold suddenly sucks in the water ....
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Bet there are a lot of work shops in the vicinity.😂
I think the wheel bearings will be an easy fix compared to the hydrolocked engines.
@@matthewgaines10 that Renault using the starter was funny though
@@matthewgaines10 i find it easier to swap engines than it is to do all four wheel bearings
Wheel bearings? You obviously not a mechanic I would be more interested in a bent rods from the engine sucking in water water does not compress
The way I was cheering for that Renault!! 👏🏽
this content never boring. i gonna watch al video from this chanel hahahah thanks
Grey defender at 8:27 did a textbook perfect crossing. Created a wake off the front that actually lowered the water level at the grill, instead bashing nose/air intake first into the water like everyone else
Then the dude right after him showed us what not to do! haha
@@mashedt8rs290 it wouldnt matter to his car, since its engine is protected and the exhaust is like a snorkel.
@@karlyn36 sure but had he been driving a different car the engine would have been flooded. I just thought it was funny, the difference between the two approaches.
Black car at 9:38 went slow and easy as well
@@Playingwithproxies yes but he did not create a wake in the the water in the front of his car by going a steady paste
I noticed it on Ben's video as well, the best bit is when all the ducks start quacking after the green mini comes to a shuddering halt. Almost as though they approved and were giving the driver their scores.
The videos look good in HDR! More please like this
That Irish driver at 3.45 with the Cork registration is just about cursing his damn sat nav, and wondering how the hell he's gonna get home.
При проезде глубокой лужи:
1) перед проездом остудить мотор, (хотяб минут пять), иначе от перепада температур некоторые детали мотора могут потрескаться (сильно нагретый выпускной коллектор)
2) ехать не быстро чтобы не поднять волну которая зальет моторный отсек
3) если мотор заглох - не пытаться завести его не узнав причину
4) найти другое место где можно объехать
When passing a deep puddle:
1) before passing, cool the motor, (at least five minutes), otherwise some parts of the motor may crack from the temperature difference (a very heated exhaust manifold)
2) do not drive fast so as not to raise a wave that will flood the engine compartment
3) if the motor has stalled - do not try to start it without knowing the reason
4) find another place where you can go around
поддерживаю пункт 4 как основополагающий
да не надо ничего остужать. просто надо ехать не поднимая волну, которая попадает через воздухан в цилиндры и привет гидроудар
Пиздец вы советники, воздухозаборник находится в бампер, хоть поднимай волну хоть нет, один хуй воду засосет двигатель и гидроударом разъебет мотор
@@Artem0023 какой нахуй бампер? у всех авто он находится в разных местах, чем выше волна, тем больше вероятность забора воды, иди учи матчасть, умник
@@DmitryIvanov27 В большинстве легковых машин он там внизу
6:39 The Tesla is amazing. Still lost his license plate tho.
For the tow truck ... any rain is a bargain !!!!
It's cool when they float for a sec lol
My 18 month old absolutely loves this. She cheers the whole time. "Go car!"
If I was the local vehicle recovery outfit, I’d have a truck parked there 24/7/365. It’d pay for itself and the operator’s wages in the first month.
A number of these would only need WD40 and a supply of rags to dry out the ignition.
@@Zerububble no most have bent connecting rods...
I'd just put a sign there saying "50 bucks for your broken car" and add my number. Easy as that
Always entertaining for locals thing is there is always a notice saying the road is flooded and to take other route, but they all know better. The ford is always fun esp on a hot day, but when its really deep not so much.
To everyone who's watching. Slow but steady wins the race.
I love how the neighborhood locals are watching and enjoying the stream of
Vehicles repeatedly failing! Best source of entertainment and a towing profit opportunity.
Good to see Rufford lake at the end of the clip, and how the weir and spillway work …thanks for sharing Tom 👍🏻👍🏻
I genuinely do not understand why you would do it 😂😂 I would take one look and say ‘f**k that’ I’ll arrive late somewhere!
That’s the reason why I have Gaffa tape always with me 😎
необычный видосик. спасибо. Каену зачёт. Все вставшие с гнутыми шатунами. печалька, это дорого. Необычно много Роверов. Правый руль. Англия видимо.
Самый отважный, это водитель Теслы, там же могло конкретно коротнуть... пронесло.
Машин конечно угробили кучу.
@@__I_G_O_R__ Тесла моя тема. Нечему там коротить. В батареи дренажные клапана стоят но они одностороннего действия если не сильно загажены. И даже если Тесла старая и клапанам плохо вода туда попадает медленно. И так же потом вытекает. И это всё. Тесла к воде очень хорошо. Да и гидроудар это не про неё.
Modern cars are warm, comfy, and make the driver detached from the outside conditions & environment . . . . people think the manufacturers have made them, so they can do anything, whilst they sit their in their duel climate, Bose sound, shiatsu massage seats on low, heated steering wheel, multi airbag, perfumed, indestructible, Wi-Fi connected, self navigating, crumple zoned, ridiculously financed cars
They're wrong !
Expensive lessons to learn . . . . . in these times of job uncertainty, and watching the pennies
The same sort of people drive in deep snow and ice as well...
The Tesla sailed through no brother. I bet most EVs would.
@@leskennedy lots of sensors to get wet...
@@andylane247 lots of normal cars have lots of sensors now. It's still the engine that's big bucks and we must have seen millions of pounds of damage on engines here. Apparently my leaf has a wading depth of 70cm. I'd still be going around the ford ! 🤭
I can't believe no enterprising burger van hasn't secured his patch at this obvious trading spot!
9:42 this porsche going a normal speed just made me weep with joy a little bit
the guy with the porsche was the most inteligent! well done 💯
Nice to see some people showing how it should be done, amongst all the fails :)
Pretty sure it should not be done at all
I love the ones that make it thru..not realizing that they lost all the dangley plastic bits from underneath
🧐 No one tempted to set up a mobile garage at that ford 😂👍🛠🤦♂️✌️
6:39 I like how the electric car laughs at all the others.
But has its front number plate ripped off by the water force.
First, don't just plow through the water. Go in slow and keep a steady pace, creating a wake in front of you. Second, don't stop. Most of these cars should have made it just fine. The Defenders knew what to do.
The defenders had snorkels.
There is a baffle box on the intake in some vehicles that allow for this scenario. Fast or slow wake or no wake, if the intake has a chance to vacuum up water and it has no other escape method you will hydro lock. Also if the intake is plumbed to the fender to avoid engine bay temps, then this to can aid on locking up your motor(water flung up into the fender)(a lot of water). I have had a 86 and a 07 Toyota pickup, and they have both had this feature. Not much talk about it, but man it is sure a worth while invention that must have added some cost to the manufacturing process. And im thankfull for it. In the event your engine does turn off due to water egress LEAVE IT OFF, REMOVE ALL SPARK PLUGS. CRANK STARTER UNTILL CYLINDERS PUSH OUT THE WATER, REINSTALL SPARK PLUGS. DRIVE HOME. YOU ARE NEED OF A IMMEDIATE OIL CHANGE. AND ALL AXLES AND TRANSFER CASE NEED A FLUID CHANGE AS WELL, EVEN IF YOU DONT HYDRO LOCK. You need elevated breathers on your differentials in order to drive through water this deep. The hot axle hitting cold water causes a vacuum and socks water into the diffs, they will seem fine for months but you will have a gray slug in there and this dosnt lubricate well enough.
@@stopdusty420 you definitely know what you’re talking about. I imagine that water probably totalled a lot of those vehicles that weren’t designed for it. Hate to see the electrical gremlins that the BMW and Mini would have if they’re put back on the road
@@stopdusty420 This is just a very, very nice way of saying the OP's comments are foolish. And I can't believe 77 people agreed with him/her. Then again, I can after watching this vid. I genuinely don't mean to be rude, but this is why no shortage of vids like this exist: people just think they know better when they really don't. Aside from the mechanicals you mentioned, any modern car (of which there were many in this vid) is filled to the brim with expensive electronic modules, and the ones in the interior of the vehicle typically aren't anything close to watertight (that's why they can get ruined, for example, due to a leaky trunk that drips even tiny bits of rain on them). I'd also argue that there should be some concern with driving through a giant electrical conductor like dirty water (only pure water is guaranteed to be a good insulator) with the unprotected power and ground terminals that exist on any car and are often located relatively low (eg; right behind the kick/knee panel). But even barring ignorance of the vulnerable mechanicals/electronics/electricals, I feel like common sense would/should take over when presented with a scenario where you have a vehicle with only a foot of clearance and an obstacle consisting of a relatively large volume of water that's 2+ feet deep. Like Mike Tyson would probably say, everyone has a plan until your tires can't touch the bottom.
@@jae9843 especially with Can bus systems like 5 volt signals to soliniods:). You are so very rite. Also a fun factor in the equation is, does the vehicle live in a garage or the street(then of course annual weather patterns in you location. An interesting one I have noticed is my friends who park in covered and heated spots have more cracking rubber seals on doors and the like. Witch can Ironically lead to interior leaks and so on lol. So much thought goes into the products around us and most of us have zero idea on how they work. Look up the dunning-kruger effect it's exactly what you were mentioning:) Great post cheers!!
No one talking about the Porsche Cayenne? Dude dove through the water very carefully and slowly. Did real well.
I am from NY, USA, and we do not get that BMW wagon. I was so disappointed that BMW discontinued the only wagon here several years ago.
A 4x4 vehicle has 4 wheels that can (if required ) all rotate at the same time . It is not a frickin submarine !
I don't know if this is more a misunderstanding of the abilities 4wd or Awd gives them or the basic knowledge of their air intake locations/heights in most of these cases. The real 4x4 trucks didn't have too much issue with it.
Typically I tend to pass judgement about the misconceptions of 4wd in the more slippery conditions when people think somehow it helps them stop just as easily as it helps them go.
Great video with humanoid knowledge that we can all learn from. Thanks for the great upload.
It's not even his content it's stolen from a guy called Ben Greggers
My favorite moment is when they open the car an water is coming out^^ like in a comedy mofvie.
The Landrover at 8.41 shows how it should be done. Slow and steady and get the bow wave going.
It's so interesting to see how different shapes of the vehicles create different waves 😅
I remember once getting caught out in bad weather. Drove for an hour looking for a way home. Came to a bridge. I kid you not there was a car parked up which had water half way up the windscreen 😂
9:45 - they should've all tried crossing like that. Slow and steady, maybe in reverse if you drive an MPV and you really want to cross...
Level 1 : Passing Water
Level 2 : After Passing , Engine Should Stay Wake up.
Only Some Legends are able to make it.
Using the starter motor to move the car up hill was genius. If only he had that mind to not have swamped the car in the first place.
He is lucky the engine even turned, I was expecting a completely seized engine
It's weird, yes, I was taught something like that in driving school should I ever fail to get off a railroad crossing that's closing at the time the engine might cut out due to a malfunction.
(I do wonder how much the more modern cars will actually let you use the starter engine when the master control unit sensed a problem so serious it caused the ignition to stall, I know some of them will cease every type of operation that would try to make the vehicle driveable).
Yes it's probably damaging to the startermotor, the gearbox and the battery for drawing that much power for such a long time, but at least someone remembered how to at least get out of a spot you don't want to keep your vehicle stuck in.
@@Dutch3DMaster modern cars don't let the starter engage unless the clutch is pressed, and if they detect a issue so serious that it kills the engine it won't even let you attempt to start
@@Dutch3DMaster in America. Cars with stick shift will not start without the clutch pedal to the floor. My 96’ Honda would not start unless the clutch was released. But in an emergency citation I could see the starter motor turning the fly wheel to be a good thing 👍🏻
I see the depth marker in some shots says 2feet, that’s about 600mm which is at or close to the max wading depth of a lot of vary serious off-road vehicles.
My full fat Range Rover is only 700mm I think.
@@jon81crowe I doubt it’s even that. Most Land Rovers are 500mm without some sort of preparation. On the more modern ones it is usually recommended to fit some sort of plate in front of the grille or the fan throws water over the top of the engine. On the less modern ones (defenders etc) you need to put the wading plugs in and extend the axle breathers if you don’t want to blow the seals in the axle. I can’t see the fascination with getting wet. I had my first defender over the bonnet and all that happened is I got wet feet. I wouldn’t go deeper than the bottom of the doors personally, which is about 700mm with big tyres and a lift.
Driving through a puddle like this isn’t a problem. The problem is sitting in it for long enough for the car to fill up. The Ecu and battery are under the seat even on defenders and the battery box isn’t sealed.
Nissan Leaf can do 700mm.
I'd still just go round though !
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The fact that there is an audience andsomeone filming tells you that it's a no no. 😅😂
@@jakelaughton683 New RR, Discovery, Defender are now 900mm! However smaller/older LRs are much less as you say..
Something about this channel 😍🥰😝
3:35 going to be a long journey back to ireland
I imagine a few curvy rods and adjustable pistons were created that day.