How stupid does someone have to be to see a car stuck in deep water and think “yeah, I’ll try that too”
Not just that, they see an SUV/Crossover stuck, then try to cross with their sedan 😅
The first car I give the benefit of the doubt. The second saw what happened. But they’re a BMW driver.
Cars have been getting stuck in deep water there for decades. They never learn
I used to work in that area. The drivers there are GTA levels of bad.
The drivers there are GTA levels of bad.
For further examples., see all the trucks that get stuck under the nearby Montague St Bridge.
Ol’ Monty is still undefeated!
Well, they do own a BMW…
That is pretty stupid.
congratulations 🎉 an ses volunteer gets to crawl through storm water overflow bc you’re a fucking idiot that just wrore off their car 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
And I am betting this same thing happens every storm.
Melbourne local here - you would be 100% correct. News crews sometimes go down there after a big storm because someone’s gonna try it lol
That wasn’t even close. They’re out of their depth at half that depth.
I’m so glad there was large text in the middle of the screen so I wouldn’t have to see the subject of the video.
So what exactly stalls out when you try this with a car? Battery shorts out? Air intake flooded?
In the worst case - Water doesn’t compress. Engine is a pump. Water gets sucked into the intake, into the engine, and the connecting rods bend. Catastrophic failure. The air intake usually is either high (level with the hood) or has a relief at that height to avoid this, but you obviously can’t fix this level of stupid.
It’s not electrical, because the lights are still on. That will be a problem in a few minutes. If they’re lucky it’s just enough water to stall the car but I’m betting it’s more severe. Even if it’s not hydrolocked, it’ll be a flood write off from the damage.
Air, I expect. Not only does fresh air need to get in, but exhaust needs to get out. If either is pipe is full of water the engine is probably going to stall
It’s really just an issue with intake and hydrolocking. The exhaust of a running engine produces sufficient pressure to prevent issues.
the engine can hydrolock
It’s a Jeep thing.
“Turn around, don’t drown.”
if it’s flooded, floor it
I bet the suv could have made it if they had gone low and slow. They tried to power through it and made a massive wake that splashed over the hood; going slower would have prevented that and could have probably crept through. The sedan had zero chance
Was this yesterday? Didn’t notice any flooding there today.
Well that’s going to be $3400 for an engine replacement including labor, likely more for the BMW. Water and pistons don’t mix.
If only they could have known how deep the water was… Like, if there’d been some sort of indicator to show the depth on the road that was subject to flooding.
Oh well, guess they had no choice but to wing it!
Question, if you hit the puddle backwards (in reverse) and turned the engine off once you’re in… Rolled and floated to the other side, then started it and kept reversing…
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…the flow of water would at least be going away from your intake right? There’d be some dynamic resistance to water going in.
