When you watch stuff like this you have to wonder how the human race has survived so long.

What is unbelievable is not the height of the water, but the sheer stupidity from some people!🤦🏻‍♂️ Still, very entertaining!😬😬

I love how the 100 year old car literally just DID NOT CARE. 😂

2:15 - Lovely old Austin Seven, Lovely old couple, Lovely day, lovely photogenic English scene . . . . . everything's just *LOVELY!*

When the driver realises their car is now a boat 😂

Lovely old Austin. Great to have you back Ben

That jag at the start trying to get through 3 feet of water 🤦‍♂️ Also, great to see Brum can get through the floods!

That lonely Mini cooper. There all by itself

That moment when the BMW seemed to have survived....but then we see that it did not. What a relief!

Felt genuinely bad for the old fella in the Jag X-Type at the start..... But nobody else 😂

Haha brilliant 😂 I felt a bit sorry for the guy with the jag at the start, but then I gave my head a wobble. Thanks Ben 👍🏼 I’m glad the Mk2 golf survived 🤙🏽🤙🏽

You could hear the mini (2nd car) hydrolock and break a connecting rod. Not super loud, but audible.

I like how the Range Rover at 1:20 stopped so they could run over the small branch too. Extra skill points.

😂 car insurance pay out - NO

Poor old man with the Jag🙈

Love the old car 2:19

If your car starts floating down the stream, you know you're in deep water.

Holy shit, the fact the guy thought he’d drive his jag into 3+ ft of water and it would be fine is unbelievable.

The Austin, oldest car there, made it through flawlessly 🤣

The first scenario involving the Jag is the ford into our village (Naunton Beauchamp, Worcs.). The gentleman drove through despite 'Road Closed' sign placed at the egress from the village and Warning and depth indicated signage at the ford. He had medical issues which is why the ES were summoned. A kind fellow villager took him in to dry out and warm up. It is also deceptively dangerous in the summer when the ford is low due to slimy algae growth when just a few inches deep. A cyclist came off and broke his femur in the hot spell last year. Fortunately there was a couple with a RV parked there to help him, as the ford is about quarter mile from nearest residence. Dog-walking along there, we often warn cyclists to use the footbridge even if the ford has little depth, who sometimes retort in a rude manner. One such tosser came off after shaking head and tutting at us...oh the karma

Love the two shots of the little old timer and the truck going all the way through the flooded road. There is something immensely satisfying about watching them travel through it for 10+ seconds or so.

1:02 you heard that.. CRUNCH! The sounds of rods valves and all sorts kissing water and snapping and bending.. 🍻

Normally I'd laugh but I felt sorry for that old boy in the Jag 😢 Stones on you filming all these poor buggers though regards 😂

Who sees a 3ft deep flood and thinks oh yes my jaguar will make that

Great content Ben - great that the little early 1930s Austin 7 RP saloon wasn't fazed at all !.

The place even looks like Rufford Ford with the bridge etc!

Damn.. wouldnt take that risk if I had an M4

The first clip - that of the old guy driving into Seaford ford - baffles me. He can only have come from the village of Naunton Beauchamp, there is no such thing as "through traffic" on that stretch of road. I do not understand how he could have been unaware of the risk given how often that ford floods. Trust me on this, I've driven through (and turned back from!) that little ford plenty of times. I even tried to ride a bicycle through it once. Never again. It is unbelievably slippy! I fell off as does everyone else daft enough to try it.

Love that water depth indicator so clearly hidden from view 😂😂😂😂😂

2:10 proves that old is gold

Was going to say how did the Red BMW estate keep going ……next shot..it didn’t 😮😮

👏👏👏 THANKS BEN ......HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE ✌️

Good to see how alert they are to the sign that clearly says 3ft (1m) of water. I wonder how good their driving skills are in terms of driving with undue care and attention. Duh.

funny how jag driver had is wipers still on😂

Uh oh, we've got a floater! 😂

Yes Ben on tour brilliant video

I love when they start floating. Ha ha the walk of shame 🤣

0:10 you should add the soundtrack of “we are sailing” with this

Ha the mini ‘let me ram water directly into my engine’

Two depth signs showing the water at 1m... carries on driving up to them... tries to drive past them. What the feck is the matter with people.

Awesome video Ben 👍🏻

When 3 feet deep is seen as a challenge

Shame about the Mini - looked like a decent one, pretty rare sunroof car, chilli pack, etc and also judging by its MOT history - only 58k miles.

Surely the star of the video is the Austin 7 ! Breezed it and probably didn’t even get any water inside….well…maybe a small amount.

Nearly a Metre on the first flood, my SUV is only rated for 500mm so I wouldn't try it. But in a normal car? crazeee!

Great footage. Mate 👍

0:22 Ist aber auch blöd, dass da nicht ein Schild steht wie tief das Wasser ist 😂🎉 Nein, es sind gleich zwei Schilder 😅 Bei 80-90 cm kann man vielleicht noch mit einem Unimog durchfahren - aber doch nicht mit einem PKW, in dem Alter sollte man das wissen

Just like Rufford, some of the drivers must be braindead. Cracking video 👍🏾

Rumour has it the mini is still there to this day, watching every other car make drive on by. Lol

1:02 - that Mini engine made some hideous clattering sounds. I'd say it sucked some water in, hydro-locked then bent a few things. Expensive! 2:33 - while all the modern cars with their front wrap-around skirts, bumpers, air-dams and spoilers throw up big bow waves, the old Austin 7 just cruises on through with no bow-wave to fill the engine bay.

very relaxing to watch asmr

Don't think the window wipers are going to help on that first car 😂

the little ramp at each end of the ford could of literally of solved the problem of the speeding idiots at rufford ford....they should just install some humps.....problem solved

The wade of shame 😂

And the black mini is still there to this day 😂

Some speed into it so fast it reminds me of the log flumes at a theme park.😂

He should have turned his wipers off or he's gonna flatten the battery 😁

The jag driver at the start, how thick can you be? Unbelievable 😂

Clearly driving in at 40mph is the best way to hydrolock your engine. That mini is an example of that.

I'm laughing, but also crying at the rank stupidity and waste!

The old guy in the Jag must have thought the sign showing almost 1 metre deep water was some kind of sick joke.

Thank you so much!

Poor old chap in his Jag, first time I have felt sorry for one of these drivers.

When the insolent river won’t recede for my Jag.

I've watched Channel grow like crazy

Nice vid Ben 👍

The 🔔 end in the bmw was the best. Typical 4x4 driver thinking their invincible. Bet that was costly 😂😂

Very nice vid ben

Why would you attempt to drive a car through 3 ft of water? Ah the Austin 19 inch wheels are a good start!

This is my weekly meditation

Stupidity will never die...

WAWAW!

Jag driver just gets out leaves the door open and the wipers on, you know what he's thinking "this is somebody else's problem now".

Just unclog the drain and be done!😂

Who knew so many cars are rightoffs due to flooding. And all through the drivers negligence too 😂. Bit scary buying second hand

The depth board is clear obviously the on switch for their brains isn’t!😊

The salesman at jag needs to stop selling these as submarines

I was in a car with a friend and water was coming up the bonnet but we made it through then for miles after the engine coughed and he asked if he should stop and dry the plugs. I said it might be best to keep going and let the engine heat dry things out. Don't forget to dry off the brakes after or you won't be stopping.

Depth markers both sides, should have got to spec savers. Always good to know how much water your vehicle can swim in.

Madness

I've been Jonesin for some Flooded Fords!

The good old Austin had no problems :D

What are these people thinking 🤣🤣🤣

The red BMW 🤣

i love how the range rover lowered the suspension after

There are clear markers indicating the depth of the water!

have Jag, will float! (pillock, it clearly showed the level at 3ft deep)

The arrogance of the white range sport coming out of wade mode when he cleared the ford 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sorry for the question. What are the hourly rates for car repairs in the UK? I assume something like 1.2 British pounds an hour?

Those depth indicators are there for a reason.

OK so BMW and Mini seem to have their air intake at silly low positions, while most other brands seem to cope fine ? I am curious how well isolated electric and hybrid cars are, at what duration and depth in water will water cause a short and prevent being driven electrically. Since with the ICE turned off (or lack of ICE in electric cars) waterlocking seems not possible?

SERIOUSLY WHAT A BELL END 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤬

Clearly shows the water is 3ft in the 1st one. Not sure any standard car is rated for that depth. The deepest I’ve read about are Land Rovers at 900mm which is about 3 ft, wouldn’t risk it, even in one of those.

I once had to drive through something worse than this. Not by choice. It was at the tip of Windermere and the road was flooded. There were cars behind so I couldn’t go backwards. In front of me was a 3 series BMW which had flooded sat in the middle of the road. I prayed as I went for it. Miracle that I made it through but it left a hell of a mess.

How did that first guy get to that age, and still have no brain?

Bro theres no way u just stood there recording the poor old lady lmfao

Come back next Spring and see if the Mini is still there...

I cannot believe seeing so many people knowingly drive into a "trap" with their expensive cars.

Once your car is floating there’s no driving.

It's all fun and games until your vehicle hydrolocks from all that water....