But if you approach the Ford slowly and manage to keep the tidal wave lower than the bonnet and revs low then you have more chance of crossing it like the Mini driver did.
However entertaining these uploads are 😂 I find it extraordinary that so many people seem unaware that engines have air intakes under the bonnet (ever heard of an air filter?) and that ploughing through a ford will drive water under the bonnet with a good chance it’ll get into the air intake and ruin your engine. 🤷🏻
A lot of people have no interest in cars or how they work. Not long ago I saw someone burn the clutch on a new car by staying on the bite for ages (while on a very steep hill). The same sort of person who would drive full speed towards a flood I would think.
I am so confused. Is this a sporting event in this village? Or are people just absolutely deranged in this village? Or is this the only way out of this village???
@@petersmith5723slim chance, especially if water level is below exhaust valves. And even then if engine is running there is no way water would defeat exhaust gas (unless whole car isn’t submerged few feet underwater).
On one hand I feel like you’ve missed the last decade of content creators filming this yet on the other hand it needs explaining that people who’s jobs they hate will gladly ruin a works vehicle to feel better about how bad their life has become. Also you have idiots who are clueless to what can go wrong , then there’s the sheer lazy cretins who can’t be arsed going around so chance it and go too fast and put everything I said into one video and you’ve got this guy or Tim Sanderlamd video feature.
Open car manual. Check wading depth. Approach ford. Check depth marker. Turn around and use another route. Save yourself a lot of money on car repairs. Simple isn't it :)
@@petersylvester2905 Daily car is an Audi. Also have 9 Land Rovers/Range Rovers but they obviously have a depth specified. My siblings cars don’t mention a depth either, other than don’t drive through floods.
So funny how many start off goingl slowly, but then accelerate as soon as the car is submersed. Also, the idea of putting the car in neutral completely escapes them
What difference will that make??? Once the engine is water logged, there is no starting it. In neutral you also have no drive so you come to a halt, how is that meant to help you???
@@4faxache935 put the car in neutral so it can be pushed or pulled out of the water. If the water is too deep, don't go in. If it's not too deep, go slow so you're not making the water go up over the hood/bonnet and drowning the engine and hydro locking it.
@@jonathanryan2915 😂😂Going into neutral makes no sense whatsoever, once you've drowned the engine, it's to late, some cars you cant get into neutral. Have you not seen them trying to tow out cars that have locked brakes?? Nothing to do with getting neutral. Obviously don't go into any water if it's deeper than about a foot.
@@4faxache935 Putting the car into neutral is so it can be towed out of the water. How does that not make sense? Even modern cars with electronic everything can still be put into neutral if the engine doesn't start. Sometimes it doesn't work if the battery is dead, but it's not impossible for the car that is stuck in the water to be put into neutral so it can be recovered.
@@stopthebus Exactly. Cars peaked in the 90s/early 2000s for me. Refined and economical enough for regular use but without intrusive modern technology.
@@silverghini2629 Yes. All my 90s and 00s cars have seatbelts, airbags, ABS, traction control and side impact protection beams. One of them even has ESP.
Not sure if the 3 series is the same as my X5, but there's an emergency release in the boot, the toolkit has a plastic hook thing that looks like a strange hammer which slots over a cable end behind one of the side panels?
@@Fabulousprofound168 You may be right, they have handbrake levers, not switches. It's possible the gearbox was flooded through the breather and he couldn't get it into neutral, or maybe didn't think about it. There's a lever on the side of the transmission, or an allen key slot, either way there is a way to get them in neutral, however, the standard BMW toolkit doesn't have snorkeling equipment.
When the lake (reservoir) over fills it drains into that canal and spills onto the road called a Ford. From what i gathered there is no cheap solution. Signs should be placed stating. Only 4x4 and Ford equipment vehicle when flooded along with a very slow speed limit.
@@ditch3827 Absolutely. It is just a rural roads. It is now officially, permanently closed. But thrill seekers went through even previously even when flood warning signs were at either end.
Even the vehicles which make it through will suffer long term effects of water seeping into places where it isn't supposed to go. Things like wheel and driveshaft bearings are packed with grease which doesn't mix with water and the metal bearing parts will also suffer from premature corrosion unless dismantled and dried out quickly after the getting wet. The undercarriage, sills, electrical connectors and sensors will all likely suffer accelerated corrosion. The problem is people are like sheep and they see other cars going through and think they can also make it, until they find out their car is built differently with lower mounted air intakes and they hydrolocked their engine causing £3000 plus damages plus towing costs etc.
What do these absolute numptys thinks going to happen when you submerge there air intake and engine under water 💧 its a car no a boat 😅😅 great vid cheers mate 👍
not just the intake, if you turn the engine off or stall while in the ford and turn it on again the exhaust acts as a suction which takes the water to the combustion chamber and you know what happens next
Need a new sign there saying All car and vans drivers “Take the stupidity test” if you pass it you get a ruined car a bonus a bill for a new engine 😂😂😂😂
''And it's us you need to show How Deep Is The Ford? is the Ford how deep is the Ford? some drivers never learn cos there driving through some great big pools then breaking down waiting for recovery costing them lots of money''
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Jeez! Imagine being the person that's on the side of the insurance companies not paying people out. What's your day job, traffic warden, debt collector, tory politician....?
I could never imagine what kind of idiots would drive ordinary car at speed into 50-60cm of water without special engine intakes - but I see there are many many of them 😂😂😂
@@RAMROD1847 there was concrete barriers there. Adam C posted a video the other day talking about the Ford been closed. No way the public would remove them, the locals have been pissed off with the crowds gathering.
Barriers were there two days ago I doubt they will have been removed with the rain that’s due this week. The height of the water was up past the Ice Bin at the gate to the wedding venue. Add to that the wedding venue has its fancy table umbrellas up in this video I think this is a fun compilation of idiots in cars.
@@stephenhaywood5672 con rods for a start, they'll be banana shaped, bearings along the crankshaft Will be stressed and out of balance. Fuel injectors and valve train components bent........
this is thanks to hard work by TH-cam channels that just shows the power of the Internet for bringing Britush people together 🏴🏴🏴🏴
A message to all bmw drivers, the air intake on your cars are low slung, your basically scooping up water as you drive into this, the financial cost to your car is four figures, in Alot of cases the cars scrap
I am so confused. Is this a sporting event in this village? Or are people just absolutely deranged in this village? Or is this the only way out of this village???
And also to remove the Starter Motor to empty the water out. I once drove through a flood. Starter Motor failed 3-months later. It was still full of water when I changed it!
I hope they never put a bridge there or I'll have to go back to watching cats being scared by cucumbers.
Why is this so addictive though???
@@jimmyjoel7596is it because we like to laugh at people who are more stupid than ourselves ?😂😂😂
@@stephenhaywood5672actually I’ve learned quite a bit about driving through water, ie don’t. 😂
Oooo. Where's that? So long as the cat isn't being teased.
@@jimmyjoel7596Gute Freude ist schlechte Freude!( good joy is bad joy)😂
These videos should be mandatory for those taking their driving tests!
The speed you enter the ford is inversely proportional to the speed you leave apparently..
'She's gonna fail, she's gonna fail' (mini). Nope. She actually knew how to drive, unlike the guy on the soundtrack. Kudos.
that guy saying that really irked me
@@joe653 Yeah, me too......
The mini knows how it's meant to be done perfect
MX5's can cross it very well due to the rad grill's being much lower than the air intake.
Still right on the limit though as the bonnet was almost overtopped on height alone.
But if you approach the Ford slowly and manage to keep the tidal wave lower than the bonnet and revs low then you have more chance of crossing it like the Mini driver did.
However entertaining these uploads are 😂 I find it extraordinary that so many people seem unaware that engines have air intakes under the bonnet (ever heard of an air filter?) and that ploughing through a ford will drive water under the bonnet with a good chance it’ll get into the air intake and ruin your engine. 🤷🏻
A lot of people have no interest in cars or how they work. Not long ago I saw someone burn the clutch on a new car by staying on the bite for ages (while on a very steep hill). The same sort of person who would drive full speed towards a flood I would think.
You mean ignorant 🙄
I am so confused. Is this a sporting event in this village? Or are people just absolutely deranged in this village? Or is this the only way out of this village???
It can also be sucked up the exhaust . You need to slip the clutch and raise the revs to ensure a constant exhaust flow .
@@petersmith5723slim chance, especially if water level is below exhaust valves.
And even then if engine is running there is no way water would defeat exhaust gas (unless whole car isn’t submerged few feet underwater).
Not only the sound of bent con rods at 0:31 but your bank balance too.
I find it astonishing that people will attempt to drive through flooded roads than find another route.
It s fun (if you know how)
@@Koenigstiger334 Gambling $3500+ to save 15 minutes is "fun?"
@@joez.2794 Still not sure if insurance companies will pay out for this.
On one hand I feel like you’ve missed the last decade of content creators filming this yet on the other hand it needs explaining that people who’s jobs they hate will gladly ruin a works vehicle to feel better about how bad their life has become.
Also you have idiots who are clueless to what can go wrong , then there’s the sheer lazy cretins who can’t be arsed going around so chance it and go too fast and put everything I said into one video and you’ve got this guy or Tim Sanderlamd video feature.
@@joez.2794 making a 130 mile round trip in a £400 4x4 to do it was fun, back in the day. 6 years later I'm still using the car every day.
All laughing until they realise the insurance wont cover the 50k car loan you just got.
When one breaks down the other follows and break down in the water😂 Tv gold 👍🏻
the fact people are filming this humiliation is hilarious lol.
Need a hotdog stand they'd make a fortune🤣🤣
They could do hot doughnuts
I could eat a hotdog today..
I fancy a day out at Rufford Ford - great family fun
It’s the Best Of British. I’ve yet to go but am saving up to take the family next spring. Can’t wait! 🌊🚗🏴🏴🏴🏴
Hate to disappoint you but it is a closed road now. These are old videos.
@@ernstoud your joking me?
@@tubecated_developmentit's been closed since last December
@@davecoop9579 Sick of ecoterrirists always ruining everything
The clat clat clat noise as the con rods bend one by one😬😂
You can't fix stupid, but you can give it a drivers license
It occurs to me that in most cases BMW driver equates to prick.
Utter madness, it's not even deep. Just go really slowly.
It can be!
Just go around
That mini made it through no issue. Amazing 👏
It’s because of the position of the air filter, it won’t suck in water
@@19Neil67It’s not just that, it’s because he or she drove slowly so the water couldn’t get in the intake.
Because the driver went through like sensible people used to.
no immediate issue but issues will develop in time, deep water and cars never mix damage always occurs.
@@Azureecosse If well maintained, should be just fine.
The sound that the first Black Ford made @17 was classic.
Open car manual. Check wading depth. Approach ford. Check depth marker. Turn around and use another route. Save yourself a lot of money on car repairs. Simple isn't it :)
And it's only a few minutes extra to go the other way anyway.
Almost no car has a specific wading depth.
@@trainman665 what car do you drive? It's in the manual for mine, "bottom of the hubs".
@@petersylvester2905 Daily car is an Audi. Also have 9 Land Rovers/Range Rovers but they obviously have a depth specified. My siblings cars don’t mention a depth either, other than don’t drive through floods.
@@petersylvester2905 What is your car?
So funny how many start off goingl slowly, but then accelerate as soon as the car is submersed. Also, the idea of putting the car in neutral completely escapes them
What difference will that make???
Once the engine is water logged, there is no starting it.
In neutral you also have no drive so you come to a halt, how is that meant to help you???
@@4faxache935 put the car in neutral so it can be pushed or pulled out of the water. If the water is too deep, don't go in. If it's not too deep, go slow so you're not making the water go up over the hood/bonnet and drowning the engine and hydro locking it.
@@jonathanryan2915
😂😂Going into neutral makes no sense whatsoever, once you've drowned the engine, it's to late, some cars you cant get into neutral.
Have you not seen them trying to tow out cars that have locked brakes?? Nothing to do with getting neutral.
Obviously don't go into any water if it's deeper than about a foot.
@@jonathanryan2915
Have you ever tried towing a 4 wheel drive vehicle???? Good luck trying that.🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@4faxache935 Putting the car into neutral is so it can be towed out of the water. How does that not make sense? Even modern cars with electronic everything can still be put into neutral if the engine doesn't start. Sometimes it doesn't work if the battery is dead, but it's not impossible for the car that is stuck in the water to be put into neutral so it can be recovered.
Rangerover driver knows what to do
P45 for the intelligent van driver 😂
That van and that car, just farted sideways. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂
They must all believe their insurance will pay for repairs.
There should be a stall there selling BRAIN CELLS
Unbelievable how can these car owners not know water dosent work well with a combustion engine 😂
BMWs have a tool in the toolkit to manually put the car in neutral so it can be towed. You removed one of the cup holders to insert the gearbox key.
They can keep all that modern techno-BS. Give me an old manual 90s car any day. Neutral is just that - the wheels will rotate.
@@stopthebus Exactly. Cars peaked in the 90s/early 2000s for me. Refined and economical enough for regular use but without intrusive modern technology.
@@trainman665Do you think the same about safety in an accident?
@@silverghini2629 Yes. All my 90s and 00s cars have seatbelts, airbags, ABS, traction control and side impact protection beams. One of them even has ESP.
@@stopthebus What about an old Beetle? they can run forever.
Cars with electric brakes can lock up in hi water. Possibly battery disconnect may unlock the brakes so they can be pushed out.
Not sure if the 3 series is the same as my X5, but there's an emergency release in the boot, the toolkit has a plastic hook thing that looks like a strange hammer which slots over a cable end behind one of the side panels?
BMW F3x is a manual handbrake I think. My guess is that he is stuck in gear because of that electronic shift selector.
@@Fabulousprofound168 You may be right, they have handbrake levers, not switches. It's possible the gearbox was flooded through the breather and he couldn't get it into neutral, or maybe didn't think about it. There's a lever on the side of the transmission, or an allen key slot, either way there is a way to get them in neutral, however, the standard BMW toolkit doesn't have snorkeling equipment.
@@bobthebarsteward as they get more complicated, the bmw toolikit will just be a towing eye and that’s it 🤦♂️
you can still put a vehicle with an electronic shifter into neutral there is ALWAYS an override
They never learn do they.
What clowns and hope insurance didn't cover them.
When the lake (reservoir) over fills it drains into that canal and spills onto the road called a Ford. From what i gathered there is no cheap solution. Signs should be placed stating. Only 4x4 and Ford equipment vehicle when flooded along with a very slow speed limit.
Bridge?
Ok
Its ok then
Also EV's and BMW's - we have to get them off the road somehow
Surely the cheap solution would be for drivers to obey the "road closed" signs?
@@ditch3827 Absolutely. It is just a rural roads. It is now officially, permanently closed. But thrill seekers went through even previously even when flood warning signs were at either end.
I like it when the water stops the cars working 🤣🤣🤣
BEST OF BRITISH 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
2:50 look at the crowds! Best news all week. This is a tremendous day out treat for the lucky British Families
Even the vehicles which make it through will suffer long term effects of water seeping into places where it isn't supposed to go. Things like wheel and driveshaft bearings are packed with grease which doesn't mix with water and the metal bearing parts will also suffer from premature corrosion unless dismantled and dried out quickly after the getting wet. The undercarriage, sills, electrical connectors and sensors will all likely suffer accelerated corrosion. The problem is people are like sheep and they see other cars going through and think they can also make it, until they find out their car is built differently with lower mounted air intakes and they hydrolocked their engine causing £3000 plus damages plus towing costs etc.
I absolutely love seeing some idiots hydrolock There Engines should of just turned round ....😂 all I hear in my head is the GTA wasted theme..🚫
I just don't get some of these people. The risk to reward ratio is almost non existent. Id drive an extra mile and a half to avoid this risk.
The garage in the area must do a great trade from these people getting stuck in this Ford.😂
Once the water has gone in the air filter then into the engine hydraulic happens goosed
How did the Mini do that? 😳
And people wonder why our premiums are increasing.
What do these absolute numptys thinks going to happen when you submerge there air intake and engine under water 💧 its a car no a boat 😅😅 great vid cheers mate 👍
not just the intake, if you turn the engine off or stall while in the ford and turn it on again the exhaust acts as a suction which takes the water to the combustion chamber and you know what happens next
The 1st scene 2 cars just got twated😅😅😅
Man people are driving these very expensive cars through the water like it's a f****** amphibious vehicle
Very intelligent folks and highly entertaining!
when was the video shot, within the last month?
It’s my last years collection 👋
Is there any statistics on how many engines are hydrolocked (in one year)? What is the average cost for a repair? It must be a a very large sum.
"Brain codlock at Rufford Ford"......is what you coulda called this video.
These are old videos. not present day.
I thought this was closed, when did it open?
at 1.45 the KIA is really Killed In Action......
I bet if somebody showed them a bill to repair these engines before they drove into the ford they’d turn around and go the long way!
the long way which is only about 2 miles extra. most of these saddo's just do it for the youtube fame of looking like a muppet
Need a new sign there saying
All car and vans drivers “Take the stupidity test” if you pass it you get a ruined car a bonus a bill for a new engine 😂😂😂😂
What day and date was this recorded ?
Would be a good spot to be a mechanic
im so confused..... is this an old video, or are the concrete barriers, that were replaced a couple of days ago, now completely gone?
The road has been closed now again .. this video if from last year.
Why don't they put a raised steel great like a cattle grid to allow water and traffic to flow
Where's the fun in that ?
It would need to be capable of taking a fully laden tractor and trailer or 40+ tonne truck.
anyone know what was happening with the bmw at the end, , in gear, handbrake on or something else?
''And it's us you need to show How Deep Is The Ford? is the Ford how deep is the Ford? some drivers never learn cos there driving through some great big pools then breaking down waiting for recovery costing them lots of money''
If An engine hydrolocked, can you just leave it and wait for it to dry out?
WARNING: these people live among us...scary they are allowed to drive...................
why are BMW drivers such dopes lol.
Baffles me how thick some people are. They literally are just NPCs.
Hello Motorist would you drive your car into a river?
No? Then why did you just do that?
Fake reg on the BMW at the end?
If I go fast enough I should skim over the top of the water
Did the electronics fail so bad that he cant even put it in neutral?
Did it get reopened after it got reclosed?
Common sense working overtime
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE ????
I thought the council had closed this road section, has it been officially reopened then as a tourist attraction?
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It's still closed
@@davecoop9579 gutted
I hope insurance companies don't pay out if you ignore a flooded road with signs warning the driver of possible damage or loss.😮
Jeez! Imagine being the person that's on the side of the insurance companies not paying people out. What's your day job, traffic warden, debt collector, tory politician....?
@blueboy7589 you actually think our insurance premiums are sky high because 30 people drove through a ford?
@@ou7shined972 yes it is people making claims puts prices up durgh
@@ou7shined972 Spoken like a true child who has never had to pay their own bills.
I could never imagine what kind of idiots would drive ordinary car at speed into 50-60cm of water without special engine intakes - but I see there are many many of them 😂😂😂
This Ford is closed, there’s barriers across the road, when are your videos from??
After the public removed the barriers. 😂
@@RAMROD1847 there was concrete barriers there. Adam C posted a video the other day talking about the Ford been closed. No way the public would remove them, the locals have been pissed off with the crowds gathering.
Barriers were there two days ago I doubt they will have been removed with the rain that’s due this week. The height of the water was up past the Ice Bin at the gate to the wedding venue.
Add to that the wedding venue has its fancy table umbrellas up in this video I think this is a fun compilation of idiots in cars.
This seems to be a compilation of older vids.
Ford still closed.
it's definitely some old footage, i remember seeing that mini in one of the earlier videos when this place started gaining popularity
Wanna know why the UK is in such a mess?
These are you average Brit...
Yeah the Mini did it 😂
Anytime I watch clips of cars being driven badly there always appears to be a disproportionate amount of BMW`s.
Hydrolocked...more like waterlogged.
Intelligence has limits, stupidity knows no bounds. Albert Einstein.
thought this was closed?
Mini pushing it’s luck
Why do car makers put the air intake so low? to sell another car?
To get cooler air. Cooler air = more power.
1 year later and people still don't know how an engine works and yet they are allowed o operate one. I don't understand.
I was wondering how the hell the UK voted in Starmer. Beginning to see how it happened.
😂😂👋
and if that last guy had a mercedes he could have hit a button to stop the wheels dragging.
If he had of driven sensibly he could’ve continued his journey.
In Technical terms... Engine F****d!
Oh yer 😂😂that’s not a cheap repair
@@stephenhaywood5672 con rods for a start, they'll be banana shaped, bearings along the crankshaft Will be stressed and out of balance. Fuel injectors and valve train components bent........
That place is getting famous/infamous.
this is thanks to hard work by TH-cam channels that just shows the power of the Internet for bringing Britush people together 🏴🏴🏴🏴
In tap brake.. Create wake then chase it... How do so many get it so wrong.... Insurance companys must love em
1:48 70 blinkin' plate. Only three years old and that's the engine written off already 🤦♂️
A message to all bmw drivers, the air intake on your cars are low slung, your basically scooping up water as you drive into this, the financial cost to your car is four figures, in Alot of cases the cars scrap
I am so confused. Is this a sporting event in this village? Or are people just absolutely deranged in this village? Or is this the only way out of this village???
Why would you do that to your car
Should set up a 24 hour live stream
I hope these drivers check out their diffs and transfer cases after driving through that.
And also to remove the Starter Motor to empty the water out. I once drove through a flood. Starter Motor failed 3-months later. It was still full of water when I changed it!
@@peterduxbury927 that’s a good point,never thought about that.
When you're in the know you go slow!
And this is why they shut it, speeding idiots writing off their cars. Also goes to show you can make it through in anything it you just slow down.
The van driver following another vehicle closely through was even dumber than the dumb idea of going through it at all.
The sheer number of people doing this leads me to think people are doing this intentionally to get payouts from insurance companies.
Shame that the mini engine will self destruct in a few miles on its own.
Ah well, stupid is unfortunately part and parcel of life with a lot of ppl