Unbelievable!! They never learn || West Midlands FLOODS || Vehicles vs Deep Water Compilation
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- Unbelievable!! People never learn || Worcestershire FLOODS || Vehicles vs Deep Water Compilation
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People will never stop doing this. People will never stop filming it. I will never stop watching the videos 🤣
Not all hero’s wear capes 🫡
The circle of life.
🎶 Never gonna stop doing this....
Never gonna stop filming it
Never gonna turn around and stop watchin'
Congratulations, a productive life you have there
😂😂THE DISCOVERY IT'S REALLY A DISCOVERY... 😂😂😂
I was told by my dad _(RIP)_ 45 odd years ago, just after I'd past my driving test, _"Never take you car into water that you don't know the depth of. It could be 6 inches deep. It could be 3 foot deep."_
And I never have. The last time I came across a flooded road that I didn't know. I stopped. Looked and a voice of my dad came into my head. So I turned around to find another route.
That being said. I find it hilarious how some people charge into floods. They have the attitude of, _"The faster I go through this flood. The faster I'll make dry land."_ *_Errr... NOPE!_* 8-))...
You dad gave you good advice. I used to work as both a driving instructor and part time i worked as an off road driving instructor. Even if you know the road you still don't know whats happened to the road surface underneath. Floods can lift manhole covers or create sink holes you can't see becouse they are covered in water. Fast flowing water can rip up the road surface and the other danger is debris in fast flowing water being wash down streem, your 4x4 might be able to handle the depth but then when your half way across half a tree comes down steam. There are hidden dangers everywhere, 1st option with any flood, is there another root i can take to avoid it. I have even made the mistake my self. When i lived on a farm i drove my Land Rover through a flood it could easly handle, only problem is i was unaware some scumbag had been there in the night just before the road flooded for a spot of fly tipping. Things suddenly started to not feel right and as i drove out of the flood making many funny noises there was an old bed mattress rapped around my front left wheel, all the rusty springs sticking out it got hooked up on my brake pipe and around the front wheel and axle. Reversing only seemed to make things worse so i ended up jacking it up but still i couldn't untangle the mass of coil springs sticking out everywhere, Didn't do any damage to my landy but i just couldn't get it off, must have took me a few hours to remove the thing which did include a walk home which was just over a mile away mile away in the pooring rain to get some cutters out the workshop to then have to walk all the way back.Could have been worse i know but If i'd simply gone around i'd have save myself alot of time and a long walk in the rain.
I had the same adice from my dad, and departed grandfather. My grandfather used to work as a carpenter then a site manager for a large building company.he also told me give large vehicles more room than they really need, they won’t hot you then, nor will there load if there an idiot
Sagely advice from your Dad!
Good advice, but in this case there is a depth marker so people don't have that excuse. They're just entering the water way too quickly in most cases.
Well said dad RIP 😢😢
Whenever you see someone standing there filming, it’s time to think carefully about your options.
Especially when you're in a strange hotel bedroom 😂..."
😂😂😂
A friend of mine went through a flood. The water wrecked the engine. I remember consoling her as a new engine would be expensive. She was baffled at my concern as she thought the engine just need to dry out. £4000 later she sold the car as it never ran properly after that. I stay clear of deep floods
😂 they are there for a reason!
That Disco could easily have got through that if he'd just slowed down.
I had the same vehicle , W reg series 2 diesel. Nothing can stop them if you know what you are doing
Agreed, even without a snorkel that disco 2 couldve easily gone through, drivers fault. It'll be running in a few minutes again 😂
@wanderer397 nope land rovers have them on the top of the bonnet, if he had gone slow and caused a bow wave then it would have been fine, usually land rovers are fine altogether tho, he must not of had his engine electrics sealed properly. Land rovers always start again tho, it probably started up after it was towed out by the other land rover
Getting a Land Rover flooded takes a special kind of person
@SeeYouEnTee666 Yeah that surprised me too. I'm thinking something else happened to it maybe.
hahaha , you are so wright ! they where build for it !
And that prick looked special
The air intake in a Disco is lower than you think. He would have made that at walking pace though.
Too fast and maybe just the distributor got wet if it was petrol engined.
1:12 This is how a ford should be approached, slowly and keeping the wave under control.
If you go with high speed it means you have no idea how a combustion engine works.
What about Tesla 😅
@@Discoveryjamie Not a combustion engine. I'd still worry about the door seals and wet carpets and upholstery though.
(Despite many man-in-the-pub stories of EVs failing in and after going through floods, I've not been able to find a single confirmed case. That MG4 that swam part of the way through the Buttsbury Wash apparently lived to tell the tale.)
@@Discoveryjamiethey still have other components such as EDUs that have breathers. When submerged they'll fill the gearboxes with water.
Even still, waaaay too fast.
@@gsrbrown25 Doesn't seem to happen in practice though. There's a couple of videos up of a guy whose wife's Zoe was submerged to half way up the doors for 12 hours when caught (parked) in a flash flood. It's all about drying the car out - no small task. He didn't encounter any mechanical issues.
There might be the occasional case, but all the tales of EVs failing after going through a flood seem to evaporate on closer inquiry. There are Tesla drivers who seem to revel in barrelling through floods as if they were Land Rovers. You'd think they might at least worry about their number plates!
How could anyone do that to old RS4 V8
2:11 That's Henry Jones Sr. in his new adventure in finding the lost ancient WW2 manhole cover.
The RS6 was painful to watch. Having said that its usually bell ends that own older RS6's so it was probably coming in one form or another for the poor old RS6.
RS4 (B7), but close enough
The Audi Saloon at 0:40! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s always amusing when someone does the Jeremy Clarkson “power” approach to a flood. As soon as the bow wave hits the engine air intake it’s always game over, the engine takes a gulp of water causing a hydraulic lock that normally ends with a very expensive wrecked engine!
I think it is hydrolock not hydraulic lock. Hydro being water.
@@radishpea6615 And hydraulic being incompressible liquid, it’s the hydraulic effect of incompressible liquid that damages the engine. So both are correct. I’ve seen bent con rods and twisted or broken crankshafts due to the hydraulic effect.
@@charliegould5865 ok, sorry I did not know that. I just thought it was water not compressing in the cylinders.
@@radishpea6615 It is, water like any liquid will not compress so the engine if it’s turning at any speed try’s to compress the water and as it can’t something has to give way. Hence the bent con rods or twisted crankshaft, whatever is normally catastrophic and the engine will need major repairs or replacing. So I call it a hydraulic lock and you call it a hydrolock, same thing really, results in a big bill. The engine may start afterwards but if it has bent a con rod or two or twisted the crank won’t run properly. If the engine was only at idle there’s a slim chance it might survive. So when you see a video of a car that’s gone through deep water and they’ve got it restarted but there steam coming out of the exhaust, it may be running but is it running properly?
@@charliegould5865 Never heard water in a cylinder being referred to as hydraulic lock before. Sure I've only heard the word when used referring to oil
There seems to be a perception that you take it easy entering the water and then power out of it like a speedboat, which inevitably gets water into the airbox.
They treat water like radiation, the longer they are exposed the greater the risk.
I find this fascinating as I would never attempt anything so deep. I am amazed how many cars make it through
What we can't see is, how many have stopped at a later time due to water damage.
why do people think going fast through water is better 🤫🤫🤫💥💥💥
They're numpties ! They don't think at all 🥴
Someone on another vid said they think that the ones that start off slow and then gun it do that because they feel the water coming in to the car and wetting their feet.
They may be confusing the technique to get through deep water with that needed for mud. To get through a muddy stretch, good forward momentum has to be maintained, sometimes even a turn of speed is required.
Unlike, of course, a stretch of deep water. . .
Top Gear (original)
Going faster mean less water will touch all the parts.
Fun Fact: If you risk hydrolock from water that might be a bit too deep, reverse through it. There is no bow wake and the motor is the last to go under.
Goddamn that’s smart af
Wouldn't reversing when the engine is hydrolocked Wouldn't it be worse
@6:26 the Ford Ranger did a pretty good job too. Saying that, how fast should you go through a flood? 5mph? if you have an automatic, might as well stick the cruise control ON and let it keep the car steady at very low speed. Or use the hill descent/ascent mode?
The white disco was perfect,,,The red disco was a disaster.
Best driver? The one in the black Merc seen turning around at 6:50.
I recon about 1in10 have the sense enough to drive slowly through the flood . Causing a tidal wave to roll over the bonnet is often fatal.
Lots of successful runs ❤
That RS4 😱
the old dude went straight into insurance scam had the robe already ready
the guy at 3:16 had perfect technique
The older guy @2;16 was very quick with his rope, shows he's done it before. Well, if guys of this age are doing silly tricks, I don't see why we should expect any different form younger ones.
So it that how you clean your dpf?
The ol disco v8 just sachets through 3ft of water as juan does😂 @5:20
Poor RS4 👀
Lovely old fire engine. Great to see that at the end of the video.
See Tresscott Fords included, quite often see something floating in that. Normally a 'Tarquin' type crying into his mobile!! 🙄😁😁😁
I do like Trescott just a shame it doesn’t seem to stay deep for very long
Water injection will improve horsepower if properly controlled.
Sucking in great gobs of water will not.
Trescott ford has been claiming cars since I was a kid 😂😂
If you get hydro-locked turn off. Ignition. Go into reverse gear and restart engine. This will pump the water back out after a few cranks. Reverse back out of the water and take a good run up this time. Chances are you weren't going fast enough the first time. Thank me later.
lol.
cutting in a cheap snorkel tomorrow! thanks
The Black Disco owner knows how to pass the flood
Natural selection
🤣🦧🦧🦧
Perfect yet again Craig. ❤
THE RS4 WTF !
It's all about driving nice and slow and not making a wave.
What in the hell was that old boy doing in the land rover? If you can't cross that water with a discovery you should be in the nursing home. It baffles the mind.
Yeah even without a snorkel a disco 2 would have easily got through that he's a bad driver
They need soviet cars there!
The Range Rover had a good life...
You of course are referring to TATA ... land rover is just a sales name you know ....I
I mean just why would you 🤦🏼♂️🤷♂️
I've been using Trescott for years, Even seen a car wedged under the bridge there.
I'm guessing that the waterwheel on the side of the house is just for show.!😮
We have a saying here in Australia “IF ITS FLOODED FORGET IT” Turn around it’s not worth dying for
My trucks got 40inch tires an the engines about 6ft in the air I’ll be fine 😂
This is why I drive a full size pickup truck, my old raod would flood and it was like driving upstream to get home. Water up to my chevy symbol on the front grill, had a four wheeler turn back after seeing me make it through. Lol
Cars are not expensive . They can be replaced easily . You can rent them . Once totally submerge they are easy and cost nothing to fix . Insurance don't mind . The more water the better .
Not only do you wreck the engine, you get wet feet getting out the car and have the humiliation of people shouting “wey hay” 😂
People think Land Rovers range rovers are bulletproof but there just a car that’s all nothing special but if they go wrong watch out
Good advertisement for land rover. W feet of water and it cuts put haha
A little DAMP !!☔maybe boats needed
I love people who plow into water and wonder why their car won't turn on the next day.
The white Dsicovery and the new Landy, The black Range Rover - that is how you drive through water. SLOWLY !
Checklist...
✅ Looks deep
✅ Not driving James Bond's submersible Lotus
✅ People are eagerly filming
↪️ Find alternative route.
Imagine this is the only path to your workplace that you have to go through it 5x a week or 10x a week round trips.
Worse, imagine there is an alternate route 5 min longer and people still insist on pressing their luck!
В таком случае , надо просто немного подготовить машину и свой разум . Это не трудно .
How you manage to flood a disco I don’t know 🤷♂️
Is this inbetween Droitwich and Redditch?
The Defender is the only Range Rover worth its pricetag.
Slow and steady wins the race... unless you got a diesel monster car. The best one I ever had was a Ford Orion 1.4ltr Diesel... got me through the Evesham floods in the 90's no issues. from Evesham to Pershore to Worcester... easy peasy. Just smashed my way through at a decent speed. Air filter and intake was at the top of the engine so I got away with it no problems. :)
land-rovers, not what they used to be
Poor RS4 at 0:29, it needs a better owner.
why do this ? such a very expensive , stupid thing to do, if it comes up to the wheel rims do not go there.
yep. take the lovely rs4 though😢
You should check that you no where your engine air intake vent is so you can avoid sucking in water i have a mitsubishi delica with a snorkel so i no i am good for a depth of 8 feet 😊
Also, notice how many stopped to raise the suspension b4 going through?... I didn't see any🤔.. Probably because they don't know they can.
Walking pace and only if you’re certain of water depth being below what your vehicle can ford safely.
Gives a new meaning to,,at the car wash 😂😂
Rutherford Ford answer in last clip, a setup like that to slow people down both side and in middle would mean locals happy for not having route cut.
'Note' Drive in slow and easy creating a bow wave which is pushed Infront, of course check the depth if given and know you vehicles limitations. Simples!!!!
Hello Lemmings!
So many of them accelerate when they enter the water !!!
The a class did well 😂
If you treasure your car don’t even try it if water is higher than the wheel rims
Correct, I would drive 10 extra miles before I would subject my car to this
I wouldn't even go into that in an EV. They're nuts.
Quite correct sir.
@@moragkerr9577don't go through in an electric vehicle I knew someone who had a Tesla and it was fine until 5 miles down the road it just died Tesla couldn't fix it and he just sold it for way less than he bought it don't get electric vehicles at all they are crap
@@tanks4lyfe509 I'll take "things that never happened" as my starter for ten on that. You petrol-head Luddites keep coming out with these stories, but never ever, not once, has there been a verified example of an EV dying because it went through water. The Nissan Leaf has a certified wading depth of 2' 4". There is a compilation of various Teslas going through Rufford Ford like submarines, one up over his windscreen. There's an MG4 *swimming* the Buttsbury Wash in nearly three feet of water.
I've taken my MG4 through plenty of shallower floods (not so deep, I don't want my carpets soaked) and it is absolutely fine. EVs are much better than ICE cars at driving through water.
Does the insurance payout when people take the risk? 🤔
I believe they do pay out but only if the road has not been closed
With all those taxes you Brits pay especially for cars and road these roads need to be rebuilt and quickly so this flood doesn't happen
its rain that causes the floods , not the roads.
Going fast, as well as creating a bow wave and higher splashing, ALSO increases the chances of floating, losing traction and aquaplaning off the side. These numpties are lucky the water is still, not flood waters crossing the ford.
yes... everyone go full throttle into the deep watter... what could go wrong...
Revs up, Speed down..... when will they learn.
VAG the air (water) intake is in front or under the fender .... aprox. 1feet high. These engines are flooded / destroyed!!
poor RS4. Remember: The car cannot choose its driver unfortunately.
Thats why it's called "Land" Rover!
The old man in his disco could have easily got through it was the driver's fault no decent driver with a Land Rover would drown it he went through way too fast he could have got through easily if he went slow
White smoke of death :)
I hope insurance companies monitor this channel !
Most of these drivers are taking it too fast. Those who got away with it were lucky.
Love the old boy in the marroon 30 year old Land Rover is wearing the exact clothes you'd imagine someone someone driving a 30 year old maroon Land Rover would.
Seems to work all fine in most cases.
Probably last video this year for you mate 😮 until next year. Have a good one 🫡
Вообще проезд глубокой водяной преграды грозит не только гидроударом, но и попаданием воды в масла коробки передач, раздаточной коробки передач, дифференциалов передней и задней оси. А это также затраты кроме того что, если вы не думаете о замене масла там, можно приехать на ремонт этих узлов потому что масло уже не выполняет свою работу
One born every day 😂.
Brainless idiots more like
Man killed an rs4 😢😢
Is incredible how many of those fords are in UK, while in the rest of the Europe they are virtual non existing, small bridges being build over each stream. My mind just stops thinking that the British are paying taxes just to get this, instead of proper bridges ‼Such a shame.
I think there is around 1100 Ford around the uk
That geezer in the Discovery at 1:54 did so not good. When the vehicle is stopped, you can see the water isn't even over the rims. But because he charged through, the hood was completely inundated with whitewater and he hydro-locked his engine.
As Hermione would say, "What an idiot."
Most SUV's should be ok with 60 cm (2 ft) of water, if only they went SLOW. Most have the air inlet well over the waterline, but that bow wave is killing them.
A Land Rover got stuck in that? What is happening?
The RS4 💀
3:42 if he has a discovery on a defender chassis and tray does he have a defender on a discovery chassis back
It's just a tray back and a bobtail he's cut half of the back off
@@tanks4lyfe509 i know
Have Plod prosecuted the HGVs?
many would have no problems if they went slow enough to keep it from building up in front & reaching their air intake & ingested.bending connecting rods in the process.an EXPENSIVE repair.
It's interesting that owners of 4x4 vehicles usually made it much better, slowler and safer.
People seem quite jolly to be getting towed out the flood, when their car mechanic tells them their engine is totally destroyed due to hydrolock, I guess the reality of what actually happens when you drive your car underwater will eventually sink in.