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[YZ250]

Many years ago, my wife and I were returning from a night out in my dads brand spanking new car. It was a pitch black night and we were travelling along a back road near my parents house and as I drove under the railway bridge, all of a sudden, lights flashed everywhere and it felt like we'd hit a brick wall. This road was not normally any different to any other road after heavy rain so we sat there wondering what the hell had happened........... until the car started to sink, at which point we had to get out and swim for it.
Now the difficult part, explaining to my dad, at four o'clock in the morning, that I had just drowned, and I really do mean drowned, his brand new car. He asked if we were both ok and said "oh well, it couldn't be helped" and was very calm about it......... to my face anyway. 

Well, with all this rain the dip under the bridge has flooded again and a Transit van has come to the same fate as me. As you can see, it gets rather deep.  I shouldn't have the smilies as it wasn't funny at the time. 

This is what I hit, approaching from the far end of the dip. 

[05omegav6]

There's a road I Southwater that floods like that... fortunately, being residential it is lit. Driving along it in normal circumstances you wouldn't think it could get that deep, but it will swallow a car It doesn't flood very often, and inspite of all the rain lately, it hasn't flooded for a while...

[Sir Tigger KC]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552943/Gone-sixty-seconds-How-60-000-Audi-abandoned-floods-picked-apart-thieves-leaving-just-shell-waters-subsided.html

 

[Ever Ready]

Hope fully the Transit does not get stripped like the Audi RS5 that was in the papers last week after being abandoned after the New year floods

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Too slow

[YZ250]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552943/Gone-sixty-seconds-How-60-000-Audi-abandoned-floods-picked-apart-thieves-leaving-just-shell-waters-subsided.html

 

That Audi rusted away at super quick speed, I thought they were galvanised,

[Ever Ready]

Not much protection against carbide cutting blades 

[TheBoy]

Is that between Chersley and Long Crendon (ages since I've been there)?

[YZ250]

Is that between Chersley and Long Crendon (ages since I've been there)?

Kingsey Bridge between Haddenham and Kingsey. 

[D]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552943/Gone-sixty-seconds-How-60-000-Audi-abandoned-floods-picked-apart-thieves-leaving-just-shell-waters-subsided.html

 

Not long before they appear on the bay at "a bargain price"!

[Shackeng]

Many years ago, my wife and I were returning from a night out in my dads brand spanking new car. It was a pitch black night and we were travelling along a back road near my parents house and as I drove under the railway bridge, all of a sudden, lights flashed everywhere and it felt like we'd hit a brick wall. This road was not normally any different to any other road after heavy rain so we sat there wondering what the hell had happened........... until the car started to sink, at which point we had to get out and swim for it.
Now the difficult part, explaining to my dad, at four o'clock in the morning, that I had just drowned, and I really do mean drowned, his brand new car. He asked if we were both ok and said "oh well, it couldn't be helped" and was very calm about it......... to my face anyway. 

Well, with all this rain the dip under the bridge has flooded again and a Transit van has come to the same fate as me. As you can see, it gets rather deep.  I shouldn't have the smilies as it wasn't funny at the time. 

This is what I hit, approaching from the far end of the dip. 

That looks very familiar. Where is it?

[RobG]

That looks very familiar. Where is it?

Uh, reply #7 Chris

[Shackeng]

Is that between Chersley and Long Crendon (ages since I've been there)?

Kingsey Bridge between Haddenham and Kingsey. 

I thought I recognised it, my stamping ground in my youth - don't ask.

[TheBoy]

Is that between Chersley and Long Crendon (ages since I've been there)?

Kingsey Bridge between Haddenham and Kingsey. 

Ah yes, I can see it now

Same rail line as I thought, just about 3 miles away (by rail)

[YZ250]

Is that between Chersley and Long Crendon (ages since I've been there)?

Kingsey Bridge between Haddenham and Kingsey. 

Ah yes, I can see it now

Same rail line as I thought, just about 3 miles away (by rail)

Quite right.  You're well travelled in this area then, I assume from the Telecoms days?

...........
I thought I recognised it, my stamping ground in my youth - don't ask.

I'm intrigued now.   

Knowing what happened to us at this bridge years ago, my son sent me the photo of the bridge and asked how I would react if he'd drowned my new car. I'm still pondering over that one. 

[05omegav6]

Was he asking hypothetically to gauge your reaction, prior to giving you the not so good news