Just got through driving through what I can only assume the weather at TEOTWAWKI will be like - thunder, lightning, flash flooding, and hail the size of grapes. It was rather amusing watching the yuppie turd in front of me driving his Porsche like it was a 1983 Buick LeSabre, trying to avoid the large chunks of frozen global warming falling from the sky like some sort of Hothian revenge.
And then the horror - horror! - of the flooded road. Why, there must have been at *least* two inches of water in one spot! I mean, I know your six-figure
Volkswagen Euro-racer has low ground clearance, but here's a tip - going really, really slow through the puddle is pretty much the same as going at a normal speed through it. Unless it's up over your hood, there's little to be gained by going slowly...
Remember Jay's kindly tip from the winter and driving in snow and you'll be fine - if you can't drive in inclement weather, stay the hell home.That is all.
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He should have sped up and tried to do the Cannon Ball Run Skip it across the surface of the water trick.
Finally got to deal with our Normal Fly-Over Country Weather, eh?
Unless it's up over your hood, there's little to be gained by going slowly...
Unless you have super-slick summer tires on your euro-sneaker, in which case hydroplaning on a sunny day is a real possibility.
Yeah, but that would be entertaining...
I've always thought a ll6 would make a good hood ornament for a Ram Hemi...
The only car that was worse to drive than a rear engined Porshe on wet roads was a slick treaded 427 Vette.
Even an F-4 Ford in the rain was more relaxing.
Gerry
heee, Euro-sneaker.
From empirical evidence, going slow benefits you even if the water is NOT over hood. Watched someone take a mid- eighties mustang through a 8" deep "puddle" low and slow safely, followed immediately after by seeing a Lexus SUV get disabled by kicking up a bow wave that snuffed his engine at "normal" speed.
Also, I had a Ranger whose power steering would crap out if I hit high water, including if I generated the high water by bow wave.
Since you can't tell the depth of water by looking at the puddle...
If you can't see the bottom, you've got no business driving through it. Rescue personnel will have to put themselves at risk trying to fish your carcass out of the storm drain.
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