On Tue, 1 May 2012 09:06:57 +0100, Muddymike wrote:

The rules for fording a-
Lowest gear.
High revs (even if this requires slipping the clutch)
Forward pace fast enough to hold an un-broken bow wave.

Agreed, found that out the hard way. A flood was "a bit" deeper than
I expected, expected 6" found about 18". B-)

I kept the small bow wave just lapping up onto the bonnet of a
Mondeo.
Water doesn't move out of the way like air and it took a lot of revs
and clutch slipping in 1st to keep the thing from stopping and/or
stalling. Car survived, though the starter motor was never quite the
same afterwards.

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Cheers
Dave.