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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    For #5, less than a foot of water moving fast enough can sweep away a small car, that's only about 1/2 way up the wheels. #howto
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    Image of Sam Smith Sam Smith
    11/13/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: Thanks. Our mistake, and edited. #howto
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Good advice. One point is that heavy rain also brings down trees and tree limbs and they are not always easy to spot at night. Pooling water also not always easy to see, day or night.

    Now, why is it that whenever a windshield wiper gets a bad spot or even picks up debris, it always on the driver's side and always at eye level?! I have only ever had one wiper, ever, screw up on the pasenger's side. And gee, it felt great to ignore that! #howto
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    Image of GtAkReYz GtAkReYz
    11/13/09

    @Novaload: Hehe, lucky me, I guess. Both wipers on my Opel Corsa aren't exactly in great shape, but the passenger side is specially crappy, always leaving several water lines across the windshield.

    I should be embarrassed about this too, I seriously need to replace those wipers, I'm just too lazy, luckily like the rainy weather around here (it's almost Christmas and it barely began, wtf?!)... #howto
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Did you photoshop/create the main picture for this article, because it is amazing! :D #howto
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    Novaload promoted this comment Carplanetzone1 was starred Carplanetzone1 was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    I'm on a boat! I ain't afraid of no flood!

    I'm on a boat! I ain't gonna spill no blood! #howto
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    @Mobius: Shut up, Noah. #howto
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    Image of petersterncan petersterncan
    11/13/09

    @Novaload: Now I'm thinking of Bill Cosby's Noah skit... "How long can you tread water? ha ha ha ha ha" #howto
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    Image of AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    If I every lived anywhere remotely prone to flooding I would own a boat.

    Seriously, for the price of a small used fishing boat you can possibly save your family and others in a flood.

    Funny story. I work at a dealership (will remain unnamed) and we had a fairly ridiculous downpour in June 2007. I had a customer picking up their new Mazda5 (vehicle has quite a low air intake inlet) and I warned this guy at least a dozen times to not drive through any puddle over center of his wheels....he got half a block. I get a phone call and all I can do at this point is tell him to call roadside as he likely needed a new engine. Well that and laugh at him.

    Even better is the salesman that sold this Mazda5 hydro-locked his demo Mazda5 necessitating a new engine just a few weeks earlier. Idiot selling to an idiot. Not really sure how he was still employed at that point. #howto
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    The "no sudden movements" rule will help keep you from sliding as well as help in a slide. Make lane changes slow, etc. Even more slow in the snow.

    When I first got my license nobody told me you need to turn the a/c on to defrost your windows when its cold out. I drove around in a fog for a while before I figured that out. #howto
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    Image of Carlos Gonzalez Carlos Gonzalez
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Best way to avoid punch is to not be there when punch arrive - Mr. Miyagi #howto
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    I just did several hours of driving on dark, windy, hilly, 55mph, 2-lane country roads through rural Alabama last weekend (just after the worst of Ida).

    Everything above is very good, but what I learned was how much AWD rules, both for power application, as well as for nice, even drivetrain braking. #howto
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    Image of Rikadyn Rikadyn
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    This can be solved with one, and only one tip.

    Buy an Amphibious Vehicle

    My choice would be a Duck
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by Rikadyn at 11/13/09 12:45 PM Rikadyn was starred Rikadyn was unstarred
    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    11/13/09

    @Rikadyn: I'm aiming more for one of those swan ride boats. #howto
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    Novaload promoted this comment BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was starred BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Sheesh. It's so simple.

    Just move to the desert where rain results in everything closing.

    If ya can't do that, get a snorkel for your car's intake, route that sucker up the A-pillar, and invest in a 55 gallon drum of dielectric grease.

    The grease is optional is you have a mechanical diesel, though you may not be able to outrun a rising tide.

    "Don't Panic"

    Like Americans are capable of anything else when presented with a situation not already solved by Mother Nature...breathing is an example.
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 11/13/09 12:44 PM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of CopterBob CopterBob
    11/13/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: When I used to do motorcycle enduros, there was a guy who had a section of flex hose running from his carb, up his back, culminating in an air cleaner duct taped to the top of his helmet. I watched him ride through a stream with nothing but the handlebars showing. #howto
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/13/09

    @CopterBob:

    I can dig it.

    The Honda CT/Trail 90/110 had not only an OEM extra fuel tank attached to the side, but it had both a high exhaust and air intake at butt height.

    Still kinda want one of the 12V ones...dual-range gearbox and all. #howto
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Get a Toyota. #howto
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    Image of JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
    11/13/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Yes, yes, we all know that Toyota HiLuxs can get drowned and driven away afterward, but I believe the vehicle in that particular picture is a Nissan. #howto
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    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 was starred JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: That was so excellent! #howto
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    Don't cross the streams. #howto
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Man, what are the chances I'd get two reasonable excuses to post a picture the '30s Citroen submarine car twice within a few hours? #howto
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    Novaload promoted this comment Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
    Image of pres pres
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood
    You left out avoiding distractions like pelicans near large bodies of water. #howto
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    Image of duurtlang duurtlang
    11/13/09

    In reply to Five Tips For Staying Alive While Driving in a Flood

    Whatever. Just get one of these, and you're good to go. #howto
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