Yes, as much of a b**** as I was to the poor driver in front of me who was just waiting out the water, I didn't deserve a good samaritan... maybe God only somewhat dislikes me...
I did something very similar once in a Mustang as well. It was pouring rain at the UH central campus when this guy in front of me came to a complete stop. I got pissed went flying around him and BOOM wall of water and my mustang just stalled. I had enough forward momentum to get me to higher ground where I restarted the car and parked it like a minute later. I came out of class several hours afterwards and drove it home. I sold the car a few years ago to a friend and he still drives it. Maybe there's hope
by "wall of water" i was referring to the fact that S. Post Oak Lane is very low and dips below sea leverl fiercly. So when it rains, the middle part of the street, between the Martini Bar and the stop light before the Omni Hotel gets flooded BADLY. It happened about 1.5 years ago, but the water only got to the midway point of my tires, and I made it home safely after 2 hours (for a 7 mile trip). And of course 4 feet was an exaggeration probably. But it was damn high.
drapg - sorry about your car and your day. If it's destroyed, maybe your insurance will buy you something good. (trying not to ask coma how that spider got in there...)
If God hated you, why would he go through all this trouble to teach you an important lesson that you only learned after driving your car into a river? That lesson is to never forget your damn credit card!
Well I dunno if it makes you feel better, but you're not alone. A couple of work buddies & I walked to Eatzi's for lunch and got stranded underneath an awning when the rain suddenly came pouring down. Stood around for an hour watching the water rise, the SUVs & trucks drive through it and the cars get stalled in it. I was laughing at all sortsa people just like you. Someone would stop their car in a dry area. Then someone else behind them would honk, try to drive around them and end up stalled out in 4 feet of water. Sorry to say we were rooting for the water to win all afternoon. And it pretty much did. The surprise of the afternoon was this little Mercedes sports car that just plowed on through without any trouble. I swear the water was above its hood, but it didn't seem to make a difference. What a shame. I wanted to see that SOB stall out.
You've got way to many issues to be a single heterosexual guy.... I'm not sayin' anything... I'm just sayin'...
drapg - sorry to hear about this. Pretty much sucks any way you slice it. moral of the story: F-150s are the king of the road! If there's water in your engine, water doesn't compress, so starting your engine would result in the piston banging up against the water so hard that it breaks or bends the rod, as codell stated.
