Never ceases to amaze me of the amount of car drivers are completely clueless as to how their car works. The kicker is that all of us have to pay higher insurance premiums because of their ignorance & stupidity.
@@polymath9372 Want a bet? A 25 grand car is written off, the insurance company will just cough up & bung another few £100 on our insurance. They sell "insurance", it's all about playing the odds.
It is so interesting that no one living near these crossings seems to know about that. Not sure if there is any crossing like this throughout whole germany but even I learned about that in drving school - as a final and once-in-a-lifetime solution if I ever get trapped in a flood...
He must be a local to trust his reversing vision, because there would be a sluice of water thrown up. And as another comment said- high revs to stop any chance of water entering the exhaust.
On the Merc.. Push the start button without pressing the brake and the ignition will come on. Then press the brake and move the gear selector stalk - it should release the gearbox into neutral. Also, great to see a professional recovery technican representing the industry! 🙈
If all the electrics have shorted due to be energised at the time whilst driving into dirty flood water then the start button isn't going to do anything.
@@petersylvester2905 Thats the problem with all this pointless tech - once the computer is fucked the car is a brick. At least with old style autoboxes you could put them into neutral mechanically. Not these days.
@@Jacob-yb6bv The belief that water will go up the exhaust pipe and stop the engine. Now that could be a problem, but what you want is high revs and low speed so some clutch-feathering is in order. And if it does go in the exhaust no expensive damage is done, unlike bending the conrods (actually maybe cats and DPFs don't like water? - I'm not famiiar with such newfangled things).
I'm impressed! Several smart drivers! The guy who reversed thru the ford got it right, as did those who backed up before getting in too deep. Several drivers got lucky- they made it thru. And then, the stars of the show, the idiots who floored it, and blew up their engines. Nice Job, BENGREGERS!
Remember my old works carpark had really poor drainage. Everytime it rained heavily, one of the entrance/exits would flood with about a foot of water. Some numpty of a manager tried to drive through it in their new (to them) BMW 4 series. They ended the day scratching their head like Barney Rubble wondering why they had a destroyed engine on their hands!
I recall that many decades ago we had about 12 inches of water built up in the exit corner of our works car park. This was a company with 600 staff! I towed five or six others out of it with my old VW camper!
Sadly you will be surprised at some of the stupidity they pay out for mate 😢 I’ve only known one not to be paid because they were third party and one that chose not to claim but to break the car.
A lot of people will perform a scam and burn the car out or something similar, hopefully insurance companies are keeping a list of registrations from these compilations.
Experience, but also we limit what we say/do we do this for free. This allows others that rely on This for a living to still be in work. But as you see. Some recovery can’t even pull them..but what do we know 😅
The manual that came with my car says it has a wading depth of 18 inches, so if the water is more than a foot deep, I ain't going in. 10:07 - LMFAO !!!
Seriously? The recovery guy at the start, no PPE whatsoever, no protective shoes? No Hi-Viz? I know some people go H&S mad, but at least have protective footwear on!
9:10 surely makes a lot of sense in a front-engined car, as long as you keep steady revs to make sure the exhaust is blowing out and not letting water in.
Lmao how do you kill a grand voyager? Its airbox design is literally impenetrable. I’ve driven mine through Texas flash flooding and zero issues. Mind you, I creeped through… Sills in water, airbox remained dry.
The double decker bus would be OK, as the engine is at the back! What was going on with the last car? with the wedges under the wheels? were the brakes locked on or gearbox stuck in gear?
Silly question but why do the wheels lock up and the car has to be dragged? I had a Citroen Zantia with a low front spoiler and killed it in a foot of water. The spoiler just shot the water straight into the engine. It started eventually but the noise was horrible. Thhanks for posting guys.
Just waiting for a prankster to buy a car roof from a scrapyard thence to position it bobbing just out of the water in the middle of a ford, camera ready to film the panicked look of approaching motorists..... 😄
Remember, if the engine stalls from water, keep cranking it to make sure all the rods get bent evenly.
😂😂😂
Remember, if someone is towing you, keep your foot hard on the brake.
F%ck me sideways, this video is a compendium of stupid.
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😂 😂
Probably discounts if you buy more 😂
'I didn't realise it was that deep' Oh my, how we have evolved! They walk amongst us.
Natrual selection!
Womens
There aren't floods on Mars!
The guy speaking afterwards tho 😂. No clue.
What about using your eyes darling
I didn’t realise it was that deep. it only comes halfway up the ducks 😝😂🤣
Very droll, that had me in stitches 🙂
@@twentyrothmans7308 😂😂 not my joke btw.
Quack quack!
Those ducks.
@@jessehalper the* 🙂
The entire video is filled with geniuses. Unreal. From the dumbs to the recovery.
Never ceases to amaze me of the amount of car drivers are completely clueless as to how their car works. The kicker is that all of us have to pay higher insurance premiums because of their ignorance & stupidity.
Surely insurance wouldn't cover deliberate acts of stupidity like these?
@@polymath9372 Mostly it's not deliberate. It's stupidity.
Would insurance pay out, I've no idea?
@@polymath9372 Want a bet? A 25 grand car is written off, the insurance company will just cough up & bung another few £100 on our insurance. They sell "insurance", it's all about playing the odds.
Of course the insurance will pay out. The road wasn’t closed. They have no reason not to pay out.
The tractor at 10:00 with The Final Countdown as a horn, what a legend!
Apart from the fact it was badly out of tune
Followed at 10:08 The Biker😃
No wonder my insurance has nearly doubled for no reason! I hope none of these get a pay out!
@@jone8626 I mean that's not solely the case but it is a factor for sure
You are having to pay for the insurance companies investment bonds not making as much money so they have made us pay extra.
The main reasons that or car insurance premiums have shot up is Liz trusses disastrous budget and brexit but these geniuses don't help
Brilliant video dude that recover guy didn’t have clue
Thanks mate, you’re definitely right there!
@@bengregersand complaining about having to work lol
@@inspire6837 and £100 is almost a 12 hour days wage for me ffs
@@inspire6837no his vis,no recovery lights, no sign written van, dog in the truck. Only 2 Amazon skids. And his winch wasn’t strong enough 😅
@@Discoveryjamieand only for an ‘andred quid. Can’t be bovvered!
The Golf reversing through was the best idea (maybe not at that speed though!)
Thought he was going to J turn it at end 😂
Yes a reverse through is ideal only if you rev the car like mad to keep the water from blocking the exhaust.
It is so interesting that no one living near these crossings seems to know about that. Not sure if there is any crossing like this throughout whole germany but even I learned about that in drving school - as a final and once-in-a-lifetime solution if I ever get trapped in a flood...
He must be a local to trust his reversing vision, because there would be a sluice of water thrown up. And as another comment said- high revs to stop any chance of water entering the exhaust.
3:01 "did you go in fast" Liar! 😂
I can't be bothered with it for £100! That's a twelve hour day for some people ffs.
That's what i was thinking.
🤣🤣🤣 and the sound effect at 06:34 👍
9:20 one who do it the right way 💪
Yeah but preferably not at such a high speed!
That was my nan.
First Lady now has a £40k paperweight!
@@guss2099 And I bet she'll do it again in a heartbeat.
@@guss2099 more like a £12k-£16k paperweight it’s a 68 plate 2018 car so not new.
On the Merc.. Push the start button without pressing the brake and the ignition will come on. Then press the brake and move the gear selector stalk - it should release the gearbox into neutral.
Also, great to see a professional recovery technican representing the industry! 🙈
If all the electrics have shorted due to be energised at the time whilst driving into dirty flood water then the start button isn't going to do anything.
@@petersylvester2905 Thats the problem with all this pointless tech - once the computer is fucked the car is a brick. At least with old style autoboxes you could put them into neutral mechanically. Not these days.
@@petersylvester2905 The A Class clearly has power. It's impressive how people viewing this videos can be even more daft than the ones filmed.
@@mudemmeonick having power and systems functioning correctly are not the same thing.
@@mudemmeonick also the car is scrap anyway.
For years to come UK mechanics will be facing unsolvable electrical and electronic issues of all kind
"Right! Quiet everyone! Settle down class. Take out your exercise books and turn to a fresh page. Today we are going to learn all about hydrolock"
Its a foot an a half, but if you go like an idiot Its 3 foot 😂
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Had to audacity to say he didn’t go in fast. 😂what makes people think that going faster is better?
@@Jacob-yb6bv The belief that water will go up the exhaust pipe and stop the engine. Now that could be a problem, but what you want is high revs and low speed so some clutch-feathering is in order. And if it does go in the exhaust no expensive damage is done, unlike bending the conrods (actually maybe cats and DPFs don't like water? - I'm not famiiar with such newfangled things).
The tractor at 10.01! Made me laugh!!
The 'sad trombone' effect @6:32 made me laugh so hard!
That reverse was pretty sweet tho
What kind of tow truck driver Doesn’t have a pair of boots in the car?
Nor a pulley..?
The cheapest one!
One who can’t be bovvered for an ‘andred quid!
It is staggering how many recovery operators are ill-prepared for such situations in terms of equipment and PPE. They come over as complete amateurs.
A cowboy
So we have a fish company and a water-proofing company that both got drowned! 😆
Only one thing to say, I hope there's never a war!
Result is easy lol We Lost .
You lost in WW2 that’s why you are being flooded with child groomers from other countries and you are not allowed to complain about it.
I'm impressed! Several smart drivers! The guy who reversed thru the ford got it right, as did those who backed up before getting in too deep. Several drivers got lucky- they made it thru. And then, the stars of the show, the idiots who floored it, and blew up their engines. Nice Job, BENGREGERS!
“Did you go in fast?”
“No, not really.” 😂
You did mate.
A little word of thanks, for the continued blind stupidity, that keeps us busy recovering these for insurance companies 🎉❤
Remember my old works carpark had really poor drainage. Everytime it rained heavily, one of the entrance/exits would flood with about a foot of water. Some numpty of a manager tried to drive through it in their new (to them) BMW 4 series. They ended the day scratching their head like Barney Rubble wondering why they had a destroyed engine on their hands!
The guy going backwards... Is that a life hack? 😂
I recall that many decades ago we had about 12 inches of water built up in the exit corner of our works car park. This was a company with 600 staff! I towed five or six others out of it with my old VW camper!
Saw you on National TV Ben.. Good lad 👍👊🙂
the only one that had a brain, the man in the black golf well done lol
Worst recovery driver ever 😂😂😂
Definitely up there 😂😂
This is great way to wash underneath the car and the engine compartment as well.
. . . And even the INSIDE of your engine too 😂😂😂
if only they would slow down 😂
Im surprised the plumber's van got caught out. Lol
4:58 knock knock, who's there?
It's Rodney.
You’ve got me hooked. I keep coming back to watch these vids lol.
Thanks for another banger of a video Ben!
Classic Material 👍
Most car insurance companies wont pay out for flood damage as it is classed as avoidable damage
Sadly you will be surprised at some of the stupidity they pay out for mate 😢 I’ve only known one not to be paid because they were third party and one that chose not to claim but to break the car.
In the states this sort of thing is typically covered by comprehensive car insurance
@@Bfg-yi2id it’s the same in the uk. However they will try avoid paying. It’s compulsory to have insurance by law here on all vehicles
A lot of people will perform a scam and burn the car out or something similar, hopefully insurance companies are keeping a list of registrations from these compilations.
@@petersylvester2905 I think most of these were genuine but there have been on the past suspects
This was some epic filming and so many you haven’t included too hahah legend mate
Top quality video as ever 😊 V proud
Nice one Ben 👍🏴
I love it how people become a mechanic when something happens to your car 😂😂 99% of the time they don’t know what they’re on about !!
Experience, but also we limit what we say/do we do this for free. This allows others that rely on This for a living to still be in work. But as you see. Some recovery can’t even pull them..but what do we know 😅
I would say the engine is flooded ,but not with fuel like normal 😂
The manual that came with my car says it has a wading depth of 18 inches, so if the water is more than a foot deep, I ain't going in.
10:07 - LMFAO !!!
Cheers Ben!
Dum and drummer springs to mind
Attention drivers: Water has air in it, so if you just upgrade your air filter for water use as well you can drive through these big puddles. 💡
Makes me LOL!! 😂😂😂 people go through n conk out two minutes later.😂😂
And still they come.....😂
Lycra man on the cycle was the funniest 😂
Force reversing like a boss
Oh my oh my
Guy with the Sprinter been watching these videos!
9:15 first guy im seeing doing that, was thinking about that in all the hours of flood clips I watched :D
9:25 единственный разумный водитель из всей видеоподборки
Going backwards really dors help a lot! High chance of success!
6:33 wie geil der Sound!
Seriously? The recovery guy at the start, no PPE whatsoever, no protective shoes? No Hi-Viz? I know some people go H&S mad, but at least have protective footwear on!
6:34 wa wa waaa 😂
I like your F-Pace Ben.
Mind boggling 🤦♂️
I yelled "Nooo!" when I saw the double-deck coach.
9:10 surely makes a lot of sense in a front-engined car, as long as you keep steady revs to make sure the exhaust is blowing out and not letting water in.
Copart auctions are having a field day, cars overflowing.
Молодцы!!! Так держать.
The guy speaking at 55sec lol😂. On the right lines at least, tho.
And this is probably some of the reason why my car insurance has risen this year! FFS!! Well done people!!! 🤬🤬
Calm down
@@35thebear I will lol
I think we are going to have to rename Sprinters to Splutters
When the cool dude arrives! :D 10:01
Citroen C1's have an uncanny wading ability, seen one do that before.
9:14 , Smart guy, reversing can prevent the engine from sucking water in the front
This years noble prize for physics goes to tri connex for successfully compression of water in a combustion chamber for 1 thousandth of a second 😮,
Even if the engine isn't broken, you will probably need a new gear box after dragging it out like that.
that bloke reversing through is on to something
I didn't realise it was that deep... the depth gauge wasnt clear enough...
6:33 ..the jingle for the geniuses who do that stupid thing of speeding up and taking a running start, to do... damage ❤
6:37
😂😂😂👍👏
Is the alternative route much of a diversion?
Connecting utilities on time?
backwards. that's actually quite neat
Coming to a car auction soon
9:25 James Bond
JamesBond would use the Lotus diving car!
The accents 😂
Where are you from?
Ben is that your Jag with the personal plate?
Lmao how do you kill a grand voyager? Its airbox design is literally impenetrable. I’ve driven mine through Texas flash flooding and zero issues. Mind you, I creeped through…
Sills in water, airbox remained dry.
The double decker bus would be OK, as the engine is at the back!
What was going on with the last car? with the wedges under the wheels? were the brakes locked on or gearbox stuck in gear?
The Combo driver probably watches your videos.
It might be deep, so’ I’ll floor it to go through 😂 😂 oopsie 😂
Good one. Recovery turns up in shorts and trainers. What could possibly go wrong,?
The Citroen C1 have a very high air intake on top of the engine,they will get through as long as you drive slowly.
Where is this ford? Must be in Norfolk seeing Goff from Wymondham.
The electrics on the cars are gonna have a field day
Silly question but why do the wheels lock up and the car has to be dragged? I had a Citroen Zantia with a low front spoiler and killed it in a foot of water. The spoiler just shot the water straight into the engine. It started eventually but the noise was horrible. Thhanks for posting guys.
Electric parking brakes, perhaps?
Electric parking brake on a keyless start car - so you can't even energise the ignition & car electronics.
Thanks for that.@@tomwebb3081
Progress! Rather have the handle back honestly. @@tomwebb3081
A lot of them have electronic auto boxes now. Once the engine is dead there’s a locking pawl that engages in the gearbox
Just waiting for a prankster to buy a car roof from a scrapyard thence to position it bobbing just out of the water in the middle of a ford, camera ready to film the panicked look of approaching motorists..... 😄
00:30 So not only you F the engine you then proceed to F the differential and gearbox. Impressive!
You'd think all the engines would have drained that flooded road by now..
10:14 - pedals and chains are flooded 😂
That isn't the biggest issue with a bicycle, main problem is water seeps into the wheel hubs and bottom bracket and corrodes the bearings.
@@adamlea6339 Eh I was just joking.
do you reckon it's my engine that's fucked. no it's your brain. 😮
You set up the 2nd vehicle the white sprinter van