Driving through a flood...

[Cow]

Sigh damn stress..had to turn my car into a sampan last night on my way home.

Drove through about almost 1 feet of water..can see that the water level almost reaching the lowest part of my door... *sWt*

after that, brakes felt spongy... things were ok after I ddragged the brakes as I was driving to heat them up.

Then...steam started coming out from the front of the car..but car temperature not rising..must've been from water touching the exhaust system..

sigh...stress

 

[si|verfish]

At least you got out of it without stalling.

 

[JGE_4G15]

ya ya...
at least you got out of it without stalling in the middle of it....

if i were you i wont dare to do it....
its almost half a wheel le.....
dangerous sia......

juz my 2cents......

 

[Daniel Lee]

Luckily the flood didn't cause any major problem to your car.
Where was the location of the flood?

 

[Cow]

ya luckily didn't stall..but damn scary lor...

i didn't want to, but I kinda had no choice, as there were cars behind me and the cars in front of me went through with no problem....

EDIT: Daniel, the flood was neat the IGB building Jln.Ipoh

 

[K_Takuya]

yesterday the rain is damn heavy in kl...im on my way to ipoh.. i have to slow down untill 60kmh...cannot see anything.. was on my way to PLUS heading ipoh...

 

[andy_lka]

haihhzz....mine in jln semantan n bangsar area ler....damn jam....ish.

 

[auxoura]

manual car im sure we know how to avoid it from stalling....

>clutch > keep the rev up

but what about auto car?

 

[JGE_4G15]

fro me,
i'm driving auto car...
wat i do is i will put the gear to "L" instead of "D"
coz the gear ratio different from "D"....
car go slow and can have high rev.........

 

[Cow]

yah whatever it is, keep those revs up...

and I think it would help if you drag your brakes lightly when going through the flood too. Cause I notice that once the brakes get somewhat submerged in water, they tend to perform like shit...

 

[JGE_4G15]

for me....
i will drag my brakes after i get out from the flood...
ya ya...
i agree...
the brakes r really like sjit...
no reaction even when u depress fully....

 

[K_Takuya]

this is where drum brakes come in..hehe..

 

[huakenny]

i cross the flood in front of the Institute jantung Negara there yesterday when raining heavily....

its so jam coz everyones not dare to drive forward....

i just cross the floos n damn it....it is so deep n the distance is long....

but at last i crossed it without any big problem, just my front bumper skirt missing....

damn....just bought it last week n get it installed, now GONE oledi:angry_smile:

 

[huakenny]

manual car im sure we know how to avoid it from stalling....

>clutch > keep the rev up

but what about auto car?

if me, i wil shift from D to N n keep the rpm up.....use handbrake o ur left foot to step on the brake pedal....

:_:

 

[JGE_4G15]

if me, i wil shift from D to N n keep the rpm up.....use handbrake o ur left foot to step on the brake pedal....

:_:

wah....
crossing the flood side skirt will yilang de..
scary sial.....

then like tat..
u will b stuck in the flood.....
isnt u?