Oh dear !

A lot of insurance companies arn't too keen on getting flood damaged cars back on the road.

One of our customers had a load of flood damaged cars in, that they weren't even allowed to sell as salvage, only allowed to break them.

Not exactly sure why though.

oops :(

.......rain closing feature didn't work then!

That's one way to Dip your headlights

pmsl!

thats such a shame. cant imagine the sinking feeling (no pun intended) you got when coming back to the car and seeing that! bit like coming back and finding a empty space and just a bit of broken glass :(

It was Tollesbury in Essex. Took the dog for a walk on the marshes and came back to find that. It is actually in a car park and I wasn't the only one caught out

Luckily I was insured with Admiral

Rang them up immediately and they asked if water was over the sills.

It was. It was over the handbrake. They wrote it off immediately and sent a scrap dealer to recover. It even started first time, but their biggest concern was that in six months, the airbag would go off just as I hurtled past a bus stop full of kids due to salt corrosion. Settled within a WEEK.

Waited an hour and you would never have known, tide vanished completely

The windows open automatically apparently as it thinks you have crashed into a river. Nice touch I thought.

Result there really!!!!!

Glad your sorted so quick

Glad you got it sorted. Still pains me to see blue vRSs in distress

dont you get the option to buy the car back, i know on my policy you have first refusil on the car. it would be interesting to see how much they would be looking for it, if of cource they would sell it.

dont you get the option to buy the car back, i know on my policy you have first refusil on the car. it would be interesting to see how much they would be looking for it, if of cource they would sell it.

what and have a full scale replica of an Octavia vRS sat on the drive next to the working thing? :P

Just wondering if anyone can give a definitive answer on how deep a flood an Octavia II can drive through. Assuming the water is not a raging torrent & that the vehicle is being driven slowly enough to not create a huge bow wave.....

The obvious things are the air intake & exhaust heights, but are the various electronic black boxes pretty high up or low down.

The reason I ask, is we wimped out on several unfamiliar country lanes on Saturday, waiting for other traffic to try it first. On one lane, no-one else appeared in the other direction so we turned around, and tried a different route.

Perhaps I'm still being over protective of the new toy, but living in Doncaster (in Sea), it's handy to know whether the bottom of front fogs would be the upper limit or somewhere higher or lower than that.

I wouldnt wade a car in water more than 9" deep unless i wanted to damage it.

unless is was designed for that sort of thing - hilux/defender etc.

So there's a mint looking estate in a scrap yard somewhere...hmmm??

So there's a mint looking estate in a scrap yard somewhere...hmmm??

Albeit a tad mouldy !

It was Tollesbury in Essex.

10 points to me then . Spotter mode off....

Chris

Bad luck there. That looks like my new car, maybe I'd better check it carefully when the dealer gets it in. ;-)

Sea water is much more corrosive than fresh water. I've heard in the past that one tide is enough to write off a car.

Yep its deffo the airbag clause that nails them. If the water is as high as the handbrake then its in the airbag ECU and the wiring under the carpets and centre console. From an insurance point of view its just not worth the risk. Its a car, not worth dying for.