Driving in the rain.
Sep 19, 2015 | 01:55 AM
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From: Midland TX
Amazing it did not hydrolock the engine. Better get that water out of the floorboards before it hits the BCM or Seat Control Modules!
Sep 19, 2015 | 02:11 AM
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From: San Diego CA
I was waiting for the engine to be hydrolocked. He was very lucky. I would have turned around.
Sep 19, 2015 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by
Odinson
I was waiting for the engine to be hydrolocked. He was very lucky. I would have turned around.
Isn't it a little difficult to "turn around" on an expressway?
Sep 19, 2015 | 09:52 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: chicago area IL.
he must have all season tires lol
here in illinois any time water rises enough that it gets in to the car its totaled running or not state law, i learned the hard way
Sep 19, 2015 | 10:05 AM
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From: North Port Florida
Don't they shrink when wet and turn into a Miata ?
Sep 19, 2015 | 10:05 AM
Melting Slicks
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From: West Virginia
I thought it was a Vararam ad......
Sep 19, 2015 | 05:39 PM
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From: San Diego CA
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Originally Posted by
leadfoot4
Isn't it a little difficult to "turn around" on an expressway?
Well maybe not turn the car around but I would pull to the shoulder and put in reverse to the nearest exit.
Sep 19, 2015 | 05:47 PM
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Sep 19, 2015 | 05:51 PM
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From: Knoxville Tn
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CactusCat
Can't fix stupid. sigh...
Or a engine that is water locked. They usually throw a rod or three.
Sep 19, 2015 | 10:04 PM
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From: Allentown PA & Elk Twp NJ HPDE Addict
Driving the car in that water wasn't dumb enough, then he posts a video of it.
Sep 20, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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spdislife
Driving the car in that water wasn't dumb enough, then he posts a video of it.
Kind of adds a new dimension to the phrase, "drive it like you stole it"....
Sep 20, 2015 | 02:45 PM
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From: Youngsville North Carolina
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Originally Posted by
leadfoot4
Kind of adds a new dimension to the phrase, "drive it like you stole it"....
I'm thinkin more "money than brains"