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Purple
12-01-2007, 04:20
Bloody, bloody monsoon!

Thought my clio escaped the worst of it in December (highest month of rainfall since 1893, 113 years ago!). Was mostly nice and dry parked in my sheltered carpark. But the torrential cloudbursts came back few days ago, popping up all over the skies and looks like staying for a while. Drove through 8 inch high floods yesterday and it survived, even with steaming vent. But I fear she will be seeing more of the same for next few days. Hopefully not higher than that, as we do get them chest height some times :shock:

I think I will just parked my car and sleep off the whole month :(
Martin
12-01-2007, 09:28
8 inches fu.ck that lol you need a snorkel mod!
northy
12-01-2007, 09:46
8" :shock:

i'd of used the partners car :wink:
Purple
12-01-2007, 11:31
Yep, just a wee bit of moisture. I wonder if matbrown has that snorkel thingie for sale? :)
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h18/ppsun/DSCF0126.jpg

Someone snapped this few weeks ago, but it's pretty much the same most places today.
bluenose
12-01-2007, 11:51
^^^Hump. lol :lol:
Coops
12-01-2007, 19:32
hey that looks like the puddle i hit in me missus car yesterday......at 50mph! :oops:

oh and in yorkshire obviously, not singapore! :roll: :wink:
Joel
12-01-2007, 19:36
LOL.

Hillsborough park wor flooded yesterday coops where abouts u were driving threw then?
wavy
12-01-2007, 19:40
i went through a flood the other day
iv had to tap[ the starter motor for the last 2 days
once started it seems fine till morning :(
Coops
12-01-2007, 20:10
LOL.

Hillsborough park wor flooded yesterday coops where abouts u were driving threw then?

up from hillsborough,wisewood end en route to bradfield. country roads like so loadsa dips n one was full of water. engine cut out n wudnt restart and was half way down steep hill! rode the handbrake to the bottom! :twisted:
Joel
12-01-2007, 20:37
Yea i think i no where u mean, remember its French !! :lol:
Coops
12-01-2007, 21:52
nah me missus car mate, not mine! hers is german and only on 50k and i still kiled it good! :lol:
Purple
12-01-2007, 23:41
oh and in yorkshire obviously, not singapore! :roll: :wink:
Heh, if you get our rainfall over the past month. You will be having quite a few new lakes and islands in the "formerly" rolling hills Yorkshire. 216mm yesterday alone, that's about twice UK's MONTHLY rainfall! I am staying in this weekend, for sure.
Lunner
13-01-2007, 19:55
Just a word of warning boys and girls, hit a puddle doing about 50 last weekend, had no choice but to go through it, struggling to keep the car straight, half way through engine dies, check everything over and its all fine apart from the fule lines hanging off the bottom of the car.

Force of the water had ripped the fuel lines apart and ripped the plastic carrier off the bottom of the car.....****ing cunt, got it back to gether and sorted with teh help of an RAC man 8)