They must be rich and dont need to care

Right answer is that they dont know how cars work.

they just dont know how to drive in the deep water.

"Av got WARRANTY " LMFAO. that's what they say and think.

Same, I'd imagine insurance would be a nightmare trying to claim as well.

Eddie should of stayed on the roof 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉

People should call the number on the side of his van and keep getting updates about his engine, technically that is checkatrade 🤣🤣🤣

@@akusa82I had my own business years ago, with my number on my van, I can’t tell you how many crank calls I had because of it. One that I remember was I went to BnQ once, phone rang, some lad on the other end asked if I’d pick up some fallopian tubing while I was in there 😂😂😂

@Dan23_7 as a business owner my self I experience that too with my number being online too, people call and prank me aswell but if they don't call on private I call them back all night on private and make their life hell 🤣🤣🤣

​@@Dan23_7Haha, the old ones are the best!😂

Even a 50 mile detour is a better better option than risk needing an engine rebuild

It amazes me how people really care about other people's cars. Unlike you, I don't care about their cars.

They’re trying to be cool. Or “the tough guy”

Some of them are with company vans and the are obviously not paid for taking that risk...

If they just went slower it wouldn't be a problem in most cases. .

@@heyabusa1 so true, I've driven through deeper than this in an e46 with no issues, you just have to not be an idiot.

Me too. I wouldn't take my old Defender in to many of the depths you see mindless people driving their cars into. Thing is, even if you take it nice and slow and do everything right to avoid taking water into the engine, you've still got the scummy water coming in to the car and soaking into the carpets etc. Why would you want that? Do the 5 minute detour instead.

@@brianhoskins1979 how bad are your seals that you take on water during a 10 second crossing? do you get a free shower from the sunroof whenever it rains?

@@JustOneQuestion I think in deep water all cars will take on water even in a 10 second crossing. 10 seconds is quite a long time to be submerged, and the seals are not designed for that. Of course, in the Land Rover the seals are next to useless anyway. But fortunately I don't have a sunroof.

Nononononono! Slowly going in and then POWEEERRRRRR

The people who drive these cars think that the instant they turn the key in the ignition, magic just happens and car goes.

@@88manta88 nah cos as soon as you start to speed up the water just lifts up to the engine bay then intake some water and it’s game over! Slowly all the way

@@B88_f Absolutely! I was just writing what in these peoples' heads is going on, because they usually go veeeery slowly in and then floor it. Absolutely stupid.

@@88manta88 ah right I get ya mate 👍🏻

Wouldn’t want to test that theory if it was my car

I despair for a lot of humans

I feel thank the majority don't realise cars use the air.

On most of the cars electronics would fail much earlier.

Sad person

😆😆😆😆😆

They always miss that "thump" sound. They figure that if they just try harder, everything will work out. It will work out, it will lead to severely bent con rods.

Yep, arrogant to the end! 😂

Ever so true.... like no brain of their own.... you’ld expect one to,at least,have considered and studied the risk of crossing water..... If the engine swallows water IT IS GONNA BE EXPENSIVE!!!!!

He can't have known much about cars then - for many, many years (I haven't played with anything super modern yet) the air intake is at the top of the grill.

Actually they may get lucky. If they remove the spark plugs and use the starter to blow the cylinders dry they may, may be okay. The motor may not make enough vacuum to really flood the cylinders but may get enough water vapour to short the plugs without causing terminal damage.

I think they just want an upgrade through their insurance.

Calling people idiots means you're wishing death on them. I love how people care about other stranger's cars.

@@automation7295 I love how you care about people caring about other peoples cars

@@automation7295 calling people idiots = wishing death, the absolute leap in mental logic could soar entire cities

The U.K. Offshore Power Boat circus held an event in my home town years ago (think F1 on the water) and they all turned up towing their very expensive race boats being fancy American 4X4s. In the week that they were there one of the local farmers made a fair bit of cash towing the boats and the tow cars out of the water. The usual failure was to reverse the boat trailer down the steep slipway into the water to recover the boat leaving the tow-car with its rear wheels just in the water. They would then floor the throttle, the four wheels would spin on the aptly named ‘slip’way and the car and trailer slid downhill into the water. Chris turned up in his Series 1 Land Rover and calmly pulled them out. What was strange was that the other drivers did not seem to learn anything from the experience, they seemed to think that full power was the only way. The most interesting thing about the whole week was that Donald Campbell’s daughter was one of the competitors.

@@automation7295I watched the video to see the fools. I actually hate watching the damage they are doing to the cars. I’m sorry if you think that I’m strange but I would rather have that mechanical sympathy.

well...not anymore with their cars FUBAR

you know something i live in a place called Sunderland point it's near Heysham anyway we have a causeway we have to drive down and the amount of people that try and drive down it when the tide is coming in yeah their bloody daft

What do they say about stupidity?😮

Do BMW care have to be taken to water for a drink like cattle?.

That’s an excellent point

They wont@@GavinScrimgeour

Yep, some people should stick to driving office chairs 🤦‍♂️😆

in cases like these insurance doesn't cover you any way. it's akin to driving into a wall. If you damage your car on purpose your insurance will not pay you out

Sadly, some insurers do pay out for this sort of thing as their policy wordings don’t always differentiate between avoidable and unavoidable flood damage.

The gearbox / diff aren't going to be damaged by dragging it a few feet with wet tyres. However depending on the water level they are at risk of water getting inside and ruining the components.

Usually the con rods that bend. Pistons, if they do break will usually end up with a hole in them.

😀 They just have to Tick The Box on 'tried to get vehicle moving' to get their Callout Payment. The sad thing is the customer would actually complain if the AA person did not carry out the actions which will wreck their engine ...

​@@alfnoakes392yeah, but it's not that hard to pull the spark plugs out and THEN crank it. Hell, a new air filter and cranking it with the plugs out may even be all that's required. Unless you tried cranking it a few times whilst still hydrolocked...

@@35manning you might have a little chance to start the engine with the plugs out, but remember that the engine was hydrolocked....

@@joskd8491 umm, you'll have ZERO chance of stating the engine with the plugs out. You'll have zero compression and zero spark. You need to get the water out first, preferably spray in some WD40 and then reinstall the plugs. Honestly, what sort of idiot do you think I am? Also, hydrolocked does not mean damaged. Some of these cars being driven the way they are, there is very likely some damage and for at least one of the vehicles I watched, likely pretty severe damage. But you won't know until you diagnose it. And step one is get the water out and crank it.

@@35manning I think you misunderstood my comment, it was a little short .I'm dutch, so English is not my native language. I meant that starting without the plugs is to remove the water out of the combustion chambers, and after that, after checking the airbox, put the plugs back in and try to start it. Maybe one might be lucky. But a hydrolocked engine is almost certain pretty damaged (damaged valves, bent rods, things of that nature) so I don't think this BMW will ever run without a new or rebuilt engine. I think it will cost the owner about 10k Euro's. Price for stupidity

They never learn do they. At least we're all having a good laugh at their expense 🤣

Complete tools as always

Never said it's a submarine though.

​@@bertiesworldMany are off road, because they are floating!!

I did it in a transit van many moons ago, (got called out in the middle of the night - no water gauge showing the depth though). Ended up with a bent conrod. The company decided on a new engine. As you say costs ££££££. I'd always assumed on a big van the air intake would quite high. 😂 It turned out it was no higher than the top of the wheels. Needless to say, over the years, the first thing I find out on any new car I've had is where the air intake is.

You all right there ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I appreciate your knowledge, I miss the robust old technology we once had. But to be honest, driving through deep water back then wasn't without damage.😃

I'm assuming it is down to them having push button electronic handbrakes and they can't release it.

Push button electric handbrakes which aren't easily released mechanically. Keep in mind too, electrical systems that aren't designed to get wet will do weird and unpredictable things when they do get wet.

Electric parking brakes are the most stupid of modern "conveniences"

@@peterlarkin762 i think they're intended to help idiots who can't do hill starts.

It's a total loss snyway, it's been floating around in 4 foot of water all day😂

@@mattclarke6773 future track car LOL

​@@mattclarke6773splitter would have been ok... Ah well. If you want to see true recovery carnage see Tavarish's McLaren P1

The engine is completely shagged. The splitter breaking makes no difference whatsoever

Because that would literally ruin having these videos.

The big clue is when your car starts to float, you know it's too deep!

stupidity can get fairly expensive