Correct method for driving through a flood?

[nomad]

used to love floods in my d21, straight thru, no hassle.

 

[CliffyBiro]

The rain yesterday was unbelievable. Can't even go fishing today as the river has turned into more of a lake.

There's an underpass in Belfast that was under 20 feet of water.

 

[Glaucus]

As long as it isn''t to deep. Then as fast as you can, but which doesn't cause a wave.

 

[GeForce]

There's an underpass in Belfast that was under 20 feet of water.

Good Lord. Well I wouldn't advise driving through that

 

[Bradley8988]

i tried driving through a river about 2ft deep fast and the car conked out half way across. try follow someone as they go in as they will be making a wave so its not as deep for you.

 

[Skeeter]

Find an alternative route.

 

[Justintime]

Drove a defender with snorkel in the caribbean through some mangroves (?), great experience.

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

There's an underpass in Belfast that was under 20 feet of water.

Linky....yes, theres an underpass there.

It is thought to up to half a dozen cars may be submerged in the underpass, having been abandoned by their owners as the water rose.

Whoops!

 

[Scania]

Beware driving through standing water, it can hide numerous hazzards.

 

[Westyfield2]

Know the position of your air intake inside the engine bay.

We'd never cared about the engine bay of our family £27k Audi Estate (the Westfield's for play, the Audi's just a tow car workhorse) so didn't know how low it was and when driving through a flood it sucked in water, destroyed the engine, which wrote it off AFAIK it was Audi's £100 per hour rates (or something stupid like that) that made the repair cost so much.

Silver lining of the story is that we've now got a 5 Series on order

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

If I'd buggered the engine, would the insurance pay out?

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Depends, they might just write it off.

 

[Cupra]

As long as it isn''t to deep. Then as fast as you can, but which doesn't cause a wave.

you want a wave and a splash even more so neer a bus stop

 

[Matmulder]

I've never ever done this, broken my engine, and needed a new one.

Ever.

Insurance will payout, btw. Counts as a fault accident.