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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #15 on: 09 February 2014, 22:03:01 »
Quote from: Ever Ready on 08 February 2014, 10:33:26
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

Funny you mentioned Audi, as the van now has an Audi Q7 to keep it company.  ::) I'm not going to criticise as it may have been dark and I know what that's like.  :'( :'(



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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #16 on: 09 February 2014, 22:05:10 »
Quote from: YZ250 on 09 February 2014, 22:03:01
Quote from: Ever Ready on 08 February 2014, 10:33:26
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

Funny you mentioned Audi, as the van now has an Audi Q7 to keep it company.  ::) I'm not going to criticise as it may have been dark and I know what that's like.  :'( :'(



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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #17 on: 09 February 2014, 23:12:02 »
Probably a good thing they didn't get any further, could have hit the van head on at speed :-\
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #18 on: 09 February 2014, 23:44:46 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 09 February 2014, 23:12:02
Probably a good thing they didn't get any further, could have hit the van head on at speed :-\

Judging by the angle it's on and the fact that it entered the water from the shallow end, I'm wondering if he/she thought " I'm doing ok here, yeh not too bad at all, I'm gunna make it..... Sh*t, who put that van there.  ;D ;D
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #19 on: 10 February 2014, 05:09:58 »
Heres some flooding by us. Roundabout is open again now though.

http://youtu.be/XN_-H_lmYHw
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #20 on: 10 February 2014, 08:42:33 »
Quote from: YZ250 on 09 February 2014, 09:17:22
Quite right.  :y You're well travelled in this area then, I assume from the Telecoms days?
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #21 on: 10 February 2014, 08:44:09 »
Quote from: YZ250 on 09 February 2014, 23:44:46
Quote from: Taxi Al on 09 February 2014, 23:12:02
Probably a good thing they didn't get any further, could have hit the van head on at speed :-\

Judging by the angle it's on and the fact that it entered the water from the shallow end, I'm wondering if he/she thought " I'm doing ok here, yeh not too bad at all, I'm gunna make it..... Sh*t, who put that van there.  ;D ;D
More likely "I've got a wannabe 4x4, thus I can go anywhere"
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #22 on: 10 February 2014, 11:24:28 »
I cant stop laughing at this:

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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #23 on: 10 February 2014, 12:01:16 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 10 February 2014, 11:24:28
I cant stop laughing at this:



Must be a bloody quiet road,it took a while to get that shell to that point :-X
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #24 on: 10 February 2014, 17:51:33 »
Quote from: henryd on 10 February 2014, 12:01:16
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Must be a bloody quiet road,it took a while to get that shell to that point :-X

Not really  :o

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/audi-sports-car-stripped-parts-6673528
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #25 on: 10 February 2014, 18:10:52 »
Given the current predicament in Berkshire/Surrey, might it not be prudent to open the Thames Barrier and allow the locks and wiers up as far as Reading Reading to free flow?

Just wondering like :-\
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #26 on: 14 February 2014, 15:49:55 »
How come people driving dont see such an obstacle?
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #27 on: 14 February 2014, 15:52:32 »
Large puddles are almost invisible on dark unlit roads. Even if there is street lighting, the depth isn't always obvious :-\
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #28 on: 14 February 2014, 16:03:05 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 14 February 2014, 15:52:32
Large puddles are almost invisible on dark unlit roads. Even if there is street lighting, the depth isn't always obvious :-\

I understand your point but I always thought: high beam+fog lights+full caution during poor weather conditions...
Anyhow, nice to meet you  :y
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Re: Flooded roads
« Reply #29 on: 14 February 2014, 16:13:27 »
Quote from: JoeRadosavljevich on 14 February 2014, 16:03:05
Quote from: Taxi Al on 14 February 2014, 15:52:32
Large puddles are almost invisible on dark unlit roads. Even if there is street lighting, the depth isn't always obvious :-\

I understand your point but I always thought: high beam+fog lights+full caution during poor weather conditions...
Anyhow, nice to meet you  :y
Likewise :y

High beam and foglights aren't always practical :-\ Can't account for crap design or human stupidity either ::)
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