My sister crashed 3 cars in 1 year the insurance company said we won't insure you and didn't give her a check for the totaled vehicle. She didn't have the money to buy another car and she couldn't afford to pay for exorbitant high risk car insurance so she was forced to live without a car. She couldn't get the job she really wanted because she didn't have reliable transportation and was forced to take a lower paying job in a big city with public transit. I feel bad for her 10 years later she is still living paycheck to paycheck in the crappy job, she is still afraid to drive, she can only go where the bus/train goes and when she needs to move we have to step in and help her. We have tried giving her advice but she just gets mad/won't speak to us and we have come to the realization that she needs to want to change although it is hard to see her miserable. The point of all this is yes incidents like this can eliminate the driver.
@@TheHolan Why is there a ford on a public road to begin with? The whole point of paying road taxes is to have safe and reliable roads. It's not something we let our local government cheap out on.
For those who don't know how to ford a situation like this: a) Assess the depth of the water vs your air intake height, add snorkel if necessary. b) Drive slowly into the water in first gear. c) Do NOT accelerate past your own bow wave & keep the engine rpm high enough to keep water out of the exhaust pipe. d) Exit the water slowly and allow water to drain away, keep the engine running to allow the spark plugs and leads to boil dry. At a later date: e) Strip the interior of the car and allow everything to dry or humidity and rust will set in. If you're planning on fording again, bin the interior. f) Replace all the axle and differential oils, (unless you fitted fording pipes to the axle vents before you got wet).
Loved the way that female Merc driver decided to compound the damage she'd done to the engine by standing on the bonnet rather than getting her feet wet.
You know lot of these were totaled out overhauling some of these engines would not be worth it. Sometimes I seen hydro-lock break a rod and goes though the block also.
I've watched loads of these and I still can't get my head around why people take the risk with something as expensive and as inconvenient to lose as a car, particularly when there's a depth gauge right there. And why does no one think "Why are all these people taking videos of me?", as if that would be a clue that something bad is about to happen.
Genuinely perplexed too. My mate introduced me to these videos a few years back and I'm still as confused today as I was then as to why people just drive into water.
Because for some reason this road with deep water is not locked off in any way, and I don't see any special warning signs either. So, no proper warnings, it seems, and they might not be able to judge the depth properly. If there are warning signs I just didn't see, well then it's a different story. But still, just close the road while it's almost guaranteed to drown cars...
@@tonyth9240 there will always been signs on the road approaching fords. all fords will have depth markers too which you can see on the bridge in some of the videos.
I really enjoyed what that little red car did at the end, they came flying down the hill, shut the engine off BEFORE they hit the water, used their momentum to get most the way across the water and once they came to a complete stop and the wave of water stopped, they simply started the car and drove out, not even a little white smoke came out the tail pipe.
I'm assuming you mean they're the world leaders in how to repair water damaged engines. Otherwise, your statement makes them the world leaders in causing such damage because they're in that town.
oh my god it's amazing. The woman burned the engine without hesitation, it was not enough, she climbed on the hood and damaged the hood. I guess you wouldn't have died if you rolled up your legs and went into the water. And on top of all this, he left his car there and left, also in the water and with the windows open while it was raining. This woman is really at a level that can be taken as a lesson for the history of humanity.
When I see the antics of drivers in my local supermarket car park, it does nothing for my confidence in them, to be competent enough to drive above 20 mph.
We should have more middle and inside lane drivers. We should adopt the US system and allow overtaking in any lane. Would lead to more efficient use of the motorways
@D2M5 Sensible use of all the available capacity...and might reduce the need for those so called smart motorways! Plus most people are actually driving ar 70mph or more so there should really be any overtaking anyway
@@nigel2093 he has the right attitude, because they'll be upset even angry.... As a bus driver where people will spit in our faces, punch etc over a 5cent refund ticket that we can't give.....
The guys in the high clearance 4x4s that still insist on blasting through and then conking out are the worst. Just drive slow there Jeb, and you would be on your way.
@@christinebeynon9967 yes, because you are required to take reasonable care of the car you are hiring, driving through a clearly deep ford is not taking reasonable care.
The children’s laughter is a delight to hear. They’re having fun, enjoying the spectacle. The adult laughter is unforgiving. There’s a level of pleasure being experienced as a result of the self imposed misfortune of others. At what point do we loose our childish fun, and start to wish less for others? Enough already with this philosophical nonsense. This is hilarious - whatever age you are.👀🧐😎😜😂👍 Thank you for sharing.
Not necessarily so. But highly likely, I suppose. Know where your intake is. If it's low down, yeah, don't bother. If it's high in the engine bay, a slow entry, bow wave, high revs - and if you can put a baffle in front of the radiator even better. I've been in dinky 80s Mazda with four people in it fording fifty meters of flooded road, water combing over onto the windscreen, and it made it. But yeah, I wouldn't want to bet on being able to make it through anything over 20 cm deep.
i used to haul cars out of our local floods, It never ceases to amaze me that people are surprised their car gets stuck. The usual culprit is water through the air filter hydro-locking the engine often bending con-rods, sometimes blowing headgaskets and once even bending the crankshaft as well. I will not even take my car through deep puddles as even 75mm of water can damage the brakes and only show up weeks later as a failed brake component. Too many fools and their money are easily parted........ Great video.
If there is no-one locally who can assist/advise with mending a carbon-fibre bike frame then look for the local custom-car fraternity, who will have been playing with carbon fibre for years now. That is what we did when we need to repair carbon-fibre wheelchair frames.
its obviously a day out for the locals and a good time for the millionaire towing services. The police must be getting a back hander not to close it as our local coppers close the road for a medium sized puddle
Bet the copper got his ear bent when he got back to the station .I love these videos watching these idiots turn their motors into multi thousand pound kettles 🙂
I love how even the rigs which make it across end up pulling over into the "lane of shame" off to the side. That's because it takes a few seconds for the water to migrate from the air box through the throttle body and intake manifold into the cylinders where it will NOT compress and WILL bend a rod or two because...well, physics...
I'm actually surprised that more cars don't have some sort of water sensor failsafe that shuts off the engine in the worst case scenario to save the rods and rings
Lmao.... 🤣 The way these people drive their nice new expensive cars through here you would think the detour to go round would be going across the Sahara desert wouldn't you!!
After watching close to 50 of these videos, I continue to be amazed that people attempt this given all that’s known about what a dumbass idea it is! Having said that, they are endlessly entertaining to watch.
The world is a big place. Believe it or not most idiots do not sit around watching videos and posting crappy comments of other idiots driving through fords.
Looking at the map it seems to me that this road is only used by local folks. And as this road is outside a village the viewers must be visiting this place on purpose, so they know when to expect the fails. So the drivers must be really bold.
I was in the Army, assigned for a year in Hawaii. There was a spot near my base that would flood at high tide. If you think this water is bad for an engine, ocean water is WAY worse. I had vehicles I was responsible for, and my soldiers would drive the dang things through the water like these guys.
I've done a few like that in my time... M reg 2.0 VW passat, never failed. The secret is to go slow and keep the revs up so the back pressure keeps that water out of the system, and you don't slam water all around the engine compartment. Some of those muppets charging at it like that were doomed from the start! Great viewing though.
@@seancharles1595 the exhaust is never the problem when fording. It is the intake - and more rpms will do grater damage once intake sucks water. The only way to not kill your car in water that is deeper than your intake is to not go in at all.
@@05056240 Makes sense. I've never had the pleasure of a ford, just flooded lanes on my through Dorset one time about two decades ago. That was bad enough. That fact that this ford is now 'infamous' you'd think people would at leat be aware of how not to go thorugh it.
i mean you do want to spend as little time as possible in the water especially if intake is low but you dont want to go fast you rip bumpers off and you simply dont want to do it if a ram air or forward air inlet
@@unwavering_sightseer7818 a bit of medical pollution in that stream will make no difference on top of the diesel, brake fluid, petrol, antifreeze, oil and radiator fluid it already sees every day.
It’s good to see the British Red Cross van treating his vehicle with respect which is funded by Charity Donations, and no doubt it will have to be repaired out of the charity money! This is why lots of people don’t give to charity…
@@ianhosier4042 Charities have so many operations in order to actually be able to give back to the community and save lives. We should be lucky that these organisations exist.
Unlucky. I drove by the end of the road today and thought about going down to feature in a video but probably wouldn’t make the cut as I would have only crept through anyway!
I lived a mile away from Rufford Ford for 18 years. Drivers don’t grasp the water depth when approaching and there is no ‘road closed’ sign when it’s deep so …. We used to love watching them go through (or not)!
@@spyaps8483 I think it's closed now as it was getting too dangerous because of the amount of people gathering to watch and the idiots going through at high speeds.
Back in the day, air cleaner intakes used to have a 10/12 mm hole at the top, just before it entered the filter housing. That made it a lot harder for the engine to suck up water (as water is heavier than air). But that no longer seems to be a thing. It should be as most air intakes now are quite low down. It isn't all about the speed, as this vid shows, it is about the water level reaching your air intake.
well the problem here is not always the speed, thats true. but in like 90% of the time. As you can see: if you drive slowly and konsistant through it, its quiet fine. E.g. the Mazda did it and its a very low car. He made it without problems. But some people whether drive too fast into there so the water just splashes all over the car. or they just give gas or break in the middle of the water, what shouldnt be done as well
@@TheSunnyHands Most cars have the air intake low down, so no matter how slow you drive, it will suck up water. The first car, the Mercedes is such a car. There are very few now with an air intake at the top of the engine bay. Water going over the bonnet is not bad, it is sucking water into the engine that is bad.
@@Rumouruk well also the elecricity is in the area around the motor and water+electricity is quiet bad. so you should provide not getting water over your front. If I know correct (im not sure about it) most air intakes are still pretty much right below the bonnet
@@TheSunnyHands most air intakes are lower in the engine compartment. In fact, every car I have had in the last 20 years has had a low air intake. As for the electrics? It was never water over the bonnet that soaked the ignition system. It was water through the front grill. If it had been water over the bonnet, the cars would never have started after rain!
Don't just remove the filter, take out the spark plugs. If the conrods aren't already bent, you can try cranking the engine and see if any water comes from the cylinders. Cranking with the plugs in, may just result in more damage. The RAC man was bang on not wanting to try starting the engine.
@@markmd9 Do you happen to know what happens when a piston tries to compress water? 🤔 You can get a piston rod bend, and problems with valves. In many cases it is easier to replace the engine, than disassembling the whole thing. Because when a bent piston rod breaks... I think you know what happens then. 😑
The penultimate, red car had the right idea. Approach fast, turn the engine off before you hit the water, glide as far as you can and start the engine after the wake has settled. Nice.
Many years ago I knew a spoilt kidult who whilst doing tricks in his brand new Mercedes, totalled it against the wall of a multi-storey car-park (luckily nobody was injured). Two weeks later I saw him driving in exactly the same model and colour Mercedes. I remarked: "Wow... I am surprised the insurance paid out for that and so quick!" He said "They didn't... My dad bought me another one!" I am half expecting to see him here, though he wouldn't bother towing the car out!! 🙈🤣😅
That Stericycle van is carrying hazardous goods. Stupid taking it through there with that load. ( He has orange plates down saying he is carrying hazardous goods before someone asks)
Amen, heh heh. Although it really didn't look that bad going in. I guess the speed just pushes water up into the intake? Still surprising though - don't they normally point the intake backwards or something?
