Splashing/driving through standing water with hot disc brakes can cause warpage of the disc, for one. Also, in two-way traffic, the splash you create can temporarily 'wash-out' the vision of a driver going in the opposite direction.
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From: therealdmcvegas
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Big Trucks..
As someone who lives in an area that commonly floods, what is so
wrong with splashing thru standing water? Driving slow just makes the
vehicle stall out. If someone splashes water on your vehicle, what's
the big deal?
The exception to this of course is the fact I am a mean bastard who
like to wait for pedestrians to first walk by standing water. >:)
And no, this isn't just in the SUV. I like to go puddle hopping in
the DeLorean as well. I *might* see something there, because cold
water splashing up on my engine leaves a HUGE cloud of steam behind
me. But for all conventional cars, what's the big deal?
-Robert
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrei Cular <acular@xxxx> wrote:
> Sadly that is how most people down here drive. Maybe not 40mph but
they
> plow through standing water way too fast. At least his wife won't
have
> to worry abut getting stuck like the moron in the little Honda that
has
> water halfway up the doors.
>
> It might be unnecessary for you but obviously it Jack like the
styling
> and it fills a need he has. My DeLorean could be considered an
> unnecessary car for me since I have 8 other vehicles, 5 of which
are
> drivable.
>
> Andrei
>
> Marc Levy wrote:
>
> >and one needs to barrel through it at 40MPH.. causing
> >problems for everyone else on the road?
> >
> >Remember, I did not say the H2 was a bad truck... Just
> >unnecessary.
> >
> >--- Andrei Cular <acular@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>In south west FL 6" of standing water is a daily
> >>occurance during rainy
> >>season.
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