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Driving near Bromsgrove around 4.30pm today I started driving into flooded water. I could see a couple of stranded cars ahead in deeper water, so decide to turn back, and was glad I did. Checking the internet, it appeared that several cars were stranded, awaiting rescue.
A few years back on holiday, I drove into a few inches of flood water, unfortunately I did not realise it was a flooded river which was rapidly rising. This subsequently resulted into my engine being ruined, causing over £3,000 worth of damage.
Since then I've never driven through a flood.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The Land Rover chaps at Solihull (who train the British Camel Rally team) Have a massive course on their property with jungle trails ,rivers and lakes etc that they taught us to drive through . We had just taken on a fleet of Mk1 Range Rovers which had not got a good reputation for stability aand other safety defects. Motorway police up t'North turned several over. The trick was to keep in low gear and keep the engine revs high to stop ingress up the exhaust pipe. It worked well but the door seals were'nt so hot and the vehicle started to fill up.The depth of the water was up to the lower side windows. When it was literally knee deep the instructor told the driver to deive over to a man made Slag heap which was about 100ft high. When we neared the top we turned 90degrees and stopped with the engine still chugging on tickover. We opened the doors and emptied the cab of water. Simples. It certainly instilled a lot more cofidence in the Rang Rovers capabilities and stability.Remarkable vehicle.
Tilly2 .... 20.01
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