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Post by TitanTim » Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:41 pm

mmm-five wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:22 pm Just wait until the very end...it's worth it :P

https://twitter.com/Rossmac212/status/1 ... eedAueXX0Q
Blimey wasn't expecting that, talk about arse over t*t :lol:

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Post by mmm-five » Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:54 pm

TitanTim wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:41 pm
mmm-five wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:22 pm Just wait until the very end...it's worth it :P

https://twitter.com/Rossmac212/status/1 ... eedAueXX0Q
Blimey wasn't expecting that, talk about arse over t*t :lol:

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Post by Pondrew » Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:25 pm

TitanTim wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:18 pm Some of the cars that come to grief are only a few years old if that so must be worth 20k plus, I would have thought a car filled with water etc would be written off so don't these people realise its unlkely their insurance would cover it, kinda crazy when completely unnavoidable.
Insurance won't pay out in that scenario. I know someone who drove their Mitsubishi L200 through a big puddle; water got into the air intake, smashed the turbo to pieces and blew his engine. Insurance refused liability as it was 'avoidable' and 'reckless'. Cost him £11k and struggled to get insurance afterwards. TBH it was his own fault, same as muppets who try and drive through 2ft of water.
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Post by Nanu » Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 pm

Best laugh yet. What a moron :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Post by Scubaregs » Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:47 pm

Nanu wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 pm Best laugh yet. What a moron :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Wasn't that stupid, had his waterproofs on. :P
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Post by MikeyH » Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:35 pm

F'ing hilarious what a prat :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup:
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Post by rdgreen » Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:33 pm

TitanTim wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:18 pm Some of the cars that come to grief are only a few years old if that so must be worth 20k plus, I would have thought a car filled with water etc would be written off so don't these people realise its unlkely their insurance would cover it, kinda crazy when completely unnavoidable.

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Fresh water shouldn't cause it to be written off (unless ingested) unless the waters full of silt etc. Let it dry out, a thorough detail, and should be good to go. But yeah, complete stupidity.
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Post by Nanu » Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:39 pm

Scubaregs wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:47 pm
Nanu wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 pm Best laugh yet. What a moron :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Wasn't that stupid, had his waterproofs on. :P
suspect it will take more than water to clean the inside of his leathers :D
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Post by Scubaregs » Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:46 pm

Nanu, I think they were cleaned as they were soiled.
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Post by TitanTim » Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:46 pm

rdgreen wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:33 pm
TitanTim wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:18 pm Some of the cars that come to grief are only a few years old if that so must be worth 20k plus, I would have thought a car filled with water etc would be written off so don't these people realise its unlkely their insurance would cover it, kinda crazy when completely unnavoidable.

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Fresh water shouldn't cause it to be written off (unless ingested) unless the waters full of silt etc. Let it dry out, a thorough detail, and should be good to go. But yeah, complete stupidity.
I don't think that's fresh water :? it was filthy.

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Post by Nanu » Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:49 pm

Scubaregs wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:46 pm Nanu, I think they were cleaned as they were soiled.
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Post by Nictrix » Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:38 pm

Pondrew wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:25 pm
TitanTim wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:18 pm Some of the cars that come to grief are only a few years old if that so must be worth 20k plus, I would have thought a car filled with water etc would be written off so don't these people realise its unlkely their insurance would cover it, kinda crazy when completely unnavoidable.
Insurance won't pay out in that scenario. I know someone who drove their Mitsubishi L200 through a big puddle; water got into the air intake, smashed the turbo to pieces and blew his engine. Insurance refused liability as it was 'avoidable' and 'reckless'. Cost him £11k and struggled to get insurance afterwards. TBH it was his own fault, same as muppets who try and drive through 2ft of water.
It must depend on what you tell the insurer, a friend killed his S5 about 3 years ago driving it through a flood that never ended.
Was paid out in days and was in his new car in just over a week.
He had his drone in the boot and he put it up in the air while his car was in the flood, all you could see for hundreds of metres around him was water. He was never going to make it out.
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Post by Scubaregs » Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:25 pm

Nictrix wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:38 pm
Pondrew wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:25 pm
TitanTim wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:18 pm Some of the cars that come to grief are only a few years old if that so must be worth 20k plus, I would have thought a car filled with water etc would be written off so don't these people realise its unlkely their insurance would cover it, kinda crazy when completely unnavoidable.
Insurance won't pay out in that scenario. I know someone who drove their Mitsubishi L200 through a big puddle; water got into the air intake, smashed the turbo to pieces and blew his engine. Insurance refused liability as it was 'avoidable' and 'reckless'. Cost him £11k and struggled to get insurance afterwards. TBH it was his own fault, same as muppets who try and drive through 2ft of water.
It must depend on what you tell the insurer, a friend killed his S5 about 3 years ago driving it through a flood that never ended.
Was paid out in days and was in his new car in just over a week.
He had his drone in the boot and he put it up in the air while his car was in the flood, all you could see for hundreds of metres around him was water. He was never going to make it out.
So why did he drive into it in the first place?
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Post by Nictrix » Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:39 pm

Scubaregs wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:25 pm
Nictrix wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:38 pm
Pondrew wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:25 pm Insurance won't pay out in that scenario. I know someone who drove their Mitsubishi L200 through a big puddle; water got into the air intake, smashed the turbo to pieces and blew his engine. Insurance refused liability as it was 'avoidable' and 'reckless'. Cost him £11k and struggled to get insurance afterwards. TBH it was his own fault, same as muppets who try and drive through 2ft of water.
It must depend on what you tell the insurer, a friend killed his S5 about 3 years ago driving it through a flood that never ended.
Was paid out in days and was in his new car in just over a week.
He had his drone in the boot and he put it up in the air while his car was in the flood, all you could see for hundreds of metres around him was water. He was never going to make it out.
So why did he drive into it in the first place?
On his way to work very early one morning in the rain and dark on a not familiar road. Came across a bit of water on the road and didnt think it would be deep or last long. Once he was in so far there was no going back.
If it had been slightly later there would have been road closed signs up to warn people.
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Post by TitanTim » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:42 pm

I see the Police have been lying in wait recently going after people driving too fast.

https://youtu.be/JbPSGxfG1ek

Must have been their day off.

I can see this ending badly somehow :cry:

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