How not to!

and the link to said video?

Link to video

I watched it about a week ago on tv….the driving into the big waterhole was pretty stupid, but you see that happening up there all the time, so they aren’t alone in that boat. Later as they drove up the beach around the trees there was some pretty bad timing of waves by many of them, just showed how inexperienced most of them were at doing it. You could see one guy who timed the waves right, he easily negotiated the obstacle and showed how it should be done.

That stretch of beach is the reason why all the motor insurance policies were changed to now exclude knowingly driving into water. They were trucking 10 cars a day out of there in the holidays. Content like that just enables uneducated people to make ridiculous decisions, and no amount of squirting at the car wash is going to help undo the long term damage they’ve done to the cars.

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Mike, that video illustrates why Rainbow/Teewah is known by the locals as "Bogan's Beach".

And loved some of the subtitle translations...... "kill Kevin" = Kilkiven!!!

There's a very high disposable dollar-to-intellect ratio evident throughout the driving sequences, IMO. I trust their sponsors are generous!

Always amazes me when you see the new car ads showing them being driven along the waters edge on a beach.

Looks good but I would never buy one of their cars in case I got the one they used in the ad.

I have only ever done two water crossings where the water came over my bonnet (and definitely not sea water either) and I sure as hell didn't drive into the crossings that fast that the water covered the windscreen and went over the roof ! Knuckleheads !!!


Happy safe and see where you are going through the windscreen travels

Cheers
Gazz

I was up there 2 months ago and took my van to Noose North Shore campground behind my old Discovery 2..
Drove up the beach starting one hour before low tide and across the Corduroy track to Rainbow beach side.
Got right to the rocks without a dip in water over about 6 inches deep and sloooowly.
Got to the rocks and there was deep water there even at low tide so there was a line up of cars waiting.
However some braniac with as many brains as that crew drove through from the Rainbow Beach end in a pretty new Hilux with water spilling over the cab.
I took my car through the under car wash at Noosa North Shore near the pub to get any salt off. They blast water up under the car and it is pretty thorough.
I hate to think what the Hilux will be like in a couple of years. Maybe they will sue Toyota for a new one due to inadequate Rust protection.

Great Vid ?.??

Bet the sponsors are very pleased to know their names are associated with complete stupidity.
Classic example of a very stupid person leading a bunch of even stupider people.
Enjoying destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment.
Do people actually believe that carwash really gets ALL of the salty sand out?? Gets most of it but pushes some into places it couldnt get like past seals in multiplugs.

So much wrong on so many levels.
Young people look to this type of media to learn and gain knowledge.
Sadly the role models and mentors young people are forced to learn from these days are both inexperienced and definatly not wise or practical. Gone are the days when a good bloke (mentor) was both smart, savvy and respectful.No wonder we have so many idiots and bad drivers on the roads.
These guys with a Company Logo Brand on their vehicle need to step up a lot and not influence the masses in search of a Dollar for their Brand.
Way off topic I know but ....There is an interesting discussion happening on the parrallels of this type of poor role modeling affecting young people who watch pornography. They have bizzare and outrageous expectations leading to poor self image, low self esteem and an inability to bond with and respect members of the opposite sex. I guess the same thing happens to their respect for their vehicles, the environment and themselves...

Seems to be the more you get payed from sponsors the less your brain functions. Over the yrs of filming most of these types of over paid idiots carry on about the importance of walking or inspecting water crossings then do the opposite for the sake of a dramatic set up film shot. They do the same sort of thing on dusty roads when they sit up each others arse no sympathy for idiots.

And they think Kilkivan is being in the bush.

Definitely would not treat my Cruiser that way I want it to last, even if it was a company vehicle as I had in my working life and it was changed over every 12 months, I still would not give it a salt water swim, as to me, you are causing problems for the 2nd or 3rd owner.

The depth of that water crossing was a bigger number than their IQ's.