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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 01:55 AM
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Amazing it did not hydrolock the engine. Better get that water out of the floorboards before it hits the BCM or Seat Control Modules!
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 02:11 AM
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I was waiting for the engine to be hydrolocked. He was very lucky. I would have turned around.
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 08:33 AM
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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?
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 09:52 AM
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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
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 10:05 AM
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Don't they shrink when wet and turn into a Miata ?
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 10:05 AM
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I thought it was a Vararam ad......
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 05:39 PM
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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.
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 05:47 PM
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by CactusCat
Can't fix stupid. sigh...
Or a engine that is water locked. They usually throw a rod or three.
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Old Sep 19, 2015 | 10:04 PM
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Driving the car in that water wasn't dumb enough, then he posts a video of it.
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 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"....
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 02:45 PM
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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"
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