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« on: October 25, 2005, 20:48:14 »
James found a disco this morning I couldn't resist taing some pics of the poor lad, who had managed it when it was a 3feet deep but not quite at 3½ feet deep... to make matters worse it was daddies car!

The dent in the back is where the bridge stopped him from going further down the river after he got hydraulic lock!

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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 20:55:28 »
whoops  :lol:
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2005, 20:58:10 »
whoops  :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2005, 21:02:22 »
oops he should not have done that :oops:
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2005, 21:06:47 »
Lol

love the slogan on the wheel cover ".......excellence"

where was this incident then?
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2005, 21:06:48 »
why didnt he take the bridge
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2005, 21:10:24 »
i think daddy's not going to be pleased.
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2005, 21:14:14 »
:D  :shock:  whoops
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2005, 21:14:39 »
he didn't take the bridge cus it's only about 2 foot wide for pedestrians only - or about 2 miles round trip - oh and something about driving in mud and water being fun - don't understand it myself!  ;-)

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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2005, 21:14:52 »
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2005, 21:17:07 »
i think his dad's face will look something like this :(mad):
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« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2005, 21:21:34 »
:D lol
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« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2005, 21:26:24 »
Oh dear, that'll be a bit expensive then.  I do feel a bit sorry for the guy, probably there but for the grace of god go I...  Sometimes those fords are a little too tempting.
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« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2005, 21:28:42 »
Mabe his dad will get him one of his own???? method in his madness :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2005, 21:44:33 »
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Oh dear, that'll be a bit expensive then.  I do feel a bit sorry for the guy, probably there but for the grace of god go I...  Sometimes those fords are a little too tempting.


There's one in Wakefield that a good few years ago (20-ish?) used to be driveable in a normal car & you'd only get the tyres wet; not even the rim!I used to do it in my Chevette & Subsequent 'Sooty-Mobile' (Bedford Rascal)

Even as late as February 1998, it was still fairly driveable.
In winter the water did get deep & covered the (4foot above stream bed) bridge.

By November 2003 it was well over grown.

I went down on Monday with my waders, & within 15foot of entering the admittedly swollen stream it was almost to the top of the waders (3foot!!)

I've been given to understand that due to the local kids throwing all sorts of rubbish in, it's occassinally cleared out with a JCB & has at least one 4foot hole

In fact it'd probably be the same story if I tried to drive it :shock:

It's listed as NewMillerDam
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« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2005, 22:12:30 »
great piccies ,some people just don't try the depth first  :wink:
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« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2005, 22:16:31 »
think someones about to lose there pocket money for a few months and the keys will be locked well away
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« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2005, 22:21:20 »
he was meant to be driving to scotland (from berkshire) to pick up rock samples for his uni course!  His mum said his personal loan would be increasing.

Of course I offered to help out by buyingthe salvage of the vehicle :-)  Worst case I reckon a 300 tdi should be able to be had for £1000, everything else should dry out given time and a lot of mildue remover!

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« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2005, 22:24:13 »
i thought that in maritime law, if you are asked for a tow, you have salvige rites on the ship.
would this apply to floating disco's
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« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2005, 22:40:31 »
Ive Heard of wading but that takes the biscuit

Daddy will not be best pleased i think not!!!!!


Silly boy - ever heard of the stick method - check it first before going through..... i have too but ok i admit it never bother either.
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Re: water
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2005, 22:46:07 »
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great piccies ,some people just don't try the depth first  :wink:

do they do sonar for disco's then
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2005, 22:46:29 »
there's a depth marker in the middle - not sure if it's in one of th pics or not - it was 3 feet when i got there - it was 6 inches higher when james got there.

Mummy and Daddy both there when I got there, not at all impressed!
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« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2005, 23:46:10 »
Unmodified :lol:  :lol:

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« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2005, 08:20:32 »
could have been worse.....

he could have tried this one ........

This was still no where near the bottom....
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Recommended wading depth 500 inches, no wait, im sure that was milimetres. And let me get this right. The breakover angle is 80 degrees....??

Ahh, f**k it, Il give it a go anyway

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« Reply #24 on: October 26, 2005, 08:22:07 »
or this one....

We went into this and suddenly found it would end up at roof height ! :shock:

Sididuous (the lad in the range) didnt arf get it into reverse quick ! (how he kept it running with the water up to his upper tailgate il never know)
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Ahh, f**k it, Il give it a go anyway

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« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2005, 08:24:09 »
We actually gave this one serious consideration.

Estimated to be at bonnet height (with 5 inches of lift)

It was the sheer length of it that caused us to bottle it @ 110 feet
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Ahh, f**k it, Il give it a go anyway

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« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2005, 09:03:46 »
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...... oh and something about driving in mud and water being fun - don't understand it myself!  ;-)


Sounds horrible to me, you'd have to wash your cas afterwards.... yuck  :lol:

Any idea what hapenned to the sunroof?
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« Reply #27 on: October 26, 2005, 10:15:57 »
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oh and something about driving in mud and water being fun - don't understand it myself!  ;-)

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Never understood that either.

I would of take the 2 mile trip myself......  :wink:
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« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2005, 19:29:42 »
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great piccies ,some people just don't try the depth first  :wink:

do they do sonar for disco's then


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« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2005, 21:50:07 »
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