I hate vw's but I have to agree with you

He could have done it. They are heavy enough to avoid floating, the 4wd would help keep traction, and crucially the air intake is quite high up and far back. He just made the schoolboy fording error and went too fast.

Broke a rod on that

Let us know what an R32 is, thank you

Then cranks it when full of water and snaps a rod.....

People should know better of mixing there cars with deep water 😂

Medieval jousting in the modern world....😮 ⚔️

I have watched dozens of these videos.. and my mind is blown again and again at how stupid people are. How little they know or care about their car. and the abilities they think their car has.. Even when there are broken down cars in the ford and huge audiences and people with cameras, cheering and jeering, people still drive through.. it never gets old. It is a fascinating insight into human psychology and human or even educational failings. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” said George Carlin. And it is true. The average IQ in the UK is under 100 now. But it's a normal bell curve distribution, so some half the population has an IQ between 60 and 100. And a lot of those people drive. But it might not just be a question of intelligence. Perhaps some people are just NPC's.. here but not really here. Smart but not really smart. Unable to think critically. Going through the motions. Following the leader.

@@chaosflower4892 I think it's unfair to call people stupid, I would agree it's more a problem of education. Fords are so rare these days that people have no experience of them, plus that rarity means you don't really bother teaching new drivers about them (unless they live near one I guess). You can understand why, on first seeing one, someone would think "well it's part of the road and there's no signs saying it's closed or dangerous so it's probably fine". Another problem is that people don't really read or translate the depth markers. How many people do you think could tell you how high off the road their air intake is to know whether it'll clear the wading depth? Also most people don't really understand how their car works or the danger that water poses to engines anyway. I also think fords need more thorough signage, maybe some basic rules on how to handle them. Just "enter slowly", "maintain constant speed", "follow your bow wave", "do not try to restart the engine if it dies" with some simple road-sign diagrams above each.

@@RJ-800 They know better, they enjoy making a spectacle of themselves, OR, Enjoy tempting fate..... It is entertaining.

Thanks to you too Ben, you posted some good ones.

Let’s be honest, people who don’t understand that the problem lies with authorities of the neighborhood aren’t exactly bright themselves

Take the spark plugs /glow plugs out and crank it a few times.

If these people just turned the key off the cleanup would be realistic

Or just teach people not to drive through large bodies of water.

The most basic bit is keeping your intake outside of the water and even more basic that it's not a good idea to try to cross with a car not design to do that. But I guess UK people are not the smartest which would explain why UK is a failure after the brexit.

It's more about how you approach it. Sure the high-riding 4x4s (especially the ones with snorkels) can pretty much pin it and still be fine, but at least half of these fails are just due to people going too fast or too inconsistent a speed. Enter smoothly, and keep a consistent bow wave ahead of you, and you're generally fine, even in a small hatchback.

It shouldn't be surprising when water is wet but they look shocked

The system is backwards, like the owners

Oh man people do dumb shit all the time. I think the issue is people do not know how to drive through floods. I had to talk a young lad through driving through a flood a few weeks ago. Was only a foot deep.

Do the drivers licenses there also come with a boating license ?

Once upon a time, I could say I had a 14yr old escort and not get in trouble for it.

@@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol Extra LMFAO

It is surely only a km to go a bit further through Ollerton.

Or....find an alternative route.

Or reverse through.

Thank you :)

Sounds like a connecting rod went bang on the R32. That car will be a write off as the cost to repair would be more than the cost of the car. These people are absolutely brain dead.

Burnt toast

Looks like the B is the D with the plate bolt in the middle holding it on (zoom in). Rather convenient for the driver that it looks like a B when caught by a speed camera.

Because they have yet to realize that water is for boats. This will aid the learning curve, hopefully ,Meanwhile entertaining the crowds who come to watch their stupidity

a lot of these cars will be scrapped or end up at copart..

More than likely scrapped, repairing the engine and all the damaged interior and electrics will cost more than any insurer will pay for. and only the body panels will be of any use as parts.@@chaosflower4892

Busy? Most of these will be written off

OK, then the scrap yards will be busy!@@brianp7022

There is a nice big red sign saying road closed but they drive past it and then discover why the sign was there!

That won't stop them. They did that at Landsend Ford in Charvil, and people at still getting stuck in the drink.

Signs? What signs?! I drive wherever I want! I'm invincible 🤣🤣🤣

They would go through anyway and blame somebody else

I got it

Good lad

Nice 👌

Pie & mash tonight. Pie & mash.... Pie & mash.... It was "Parrot Pie.....it keeps repeating on me.

You're right, it's cost prohibitive. This is a tiny road which carries minimal traffic and only serves a very small community. Also there is an alternate route, albeit a few miles of detour. There simply isn't a justification to spend any money on a solution.

And it would spoil the fun 😂​@@shia_labeouf

Would they listen, if you told them??? Nope. 😂😂😂

I remember having a fright in denmark when on the wheel of my ship, I could see the duck egg blue bottom. Here one cannot see the bed at all - only the depth marker.