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Le Mans Master
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Submarine
We just had a flash flood on my way to work around 3:30. I went through water that came over the hood almost to the windshield. I thought it would quit but it kept going. After that the deep spots that everyone was stopping for I just went through. I didn't like it but it shows what these cars can do. I just decided to keep the stock air cleaner. 
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IMHO, that was incredibly foolish, and you were extremely lucky that the engine didn't hydro-lock AND you weren't floated off into a bad place and drowned.
You ain't driving a snorkeled Humvee, ferChristsake.
You ain't driving a snorkeled Humvee, ferChristsake.
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I had the same thing happen to me last summer. I had no idea the roads flooded, was on my way home from work and by the time I realized how deep the water was it was to late to turn around. I just barely moved through it at idle. Car did great, the a couple of codes after I got out of the water, but that was it. I even got a little water in the car. Was a freak rain storm, but I will never do that again. I had a Vararam that lucky I had not installed yet. I sold it (the Vararam) on eBay a week later. 
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From: Edmonton Alberta, Canada
Some years ago was traveling to another city and got hit by the mother of rain storms...couldn't pull over on the highway (black car, scared I would be road kill) kept going with traffic. Wipers couldn't keep up, windows fogged and big trucks washing me down with every pass. My Corvette was hydroplaning so bad I almost couldn't keep it in a straight line down the road. If the Corvette died I am sure I would have been buried with it...absolutely sure. It kept running TG!!! The underside of hood pad has a high water line on it till today. I felt like a U boat commander. That's my close call with a watery grave. 
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PS would NEVER replace stock air filter!!
RobPS would NEVER replace stock air filter!!
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Le Mans Master
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I went out at my lunch break, 8:30 and checked it out its all dry inside and runs good. I was checking the roof for leaks during the storm and had no leaks there. Some people do call them bass boats.
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My wifes uncle died a couple years ago driving through flood waters. His pickup started floating, he got scared and jumped out. He was talking on his cell phone with his son when this happened.
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You are a bad Mo Fo! If you would have had anything else you would have hydro locked. I just keep a K&N in my stock housing. To me the others are too exposed. I don't see how the guys with the air intake snorkeled to their front license plate housing do it. Maybe they are the ones who don't drive in the rain. I too have had water splash over the hood and thought we were done and we just kept on truckin'. So far Kumhos seem to be a great rain tire.
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You are a bad Mo Fo! If you would have had anything else you would have hydro locked. I just keep a K&N in my stock housing. To me the others are too exposed. I don't see how the guys with the air intake snorkeled to their front license plate housing do it. Maybe they are the ones who don't drive in the rain. I too have had water splash over the hood and thought we were done and we just kept on truckin'. So far Kumhos seem to be a great rain tire.