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Drowned in the Wollondilly river doing a crossing.

Yeah wanna look for us lol, i'm going to email Eric soon don't think he is back from hols yet.

I'd love to know how this ended up in this thread? It started in the phriday phunnies one

So would i but maybe you were trying to cheer me up, might as well enjoy it while it's here.

ROTFLMAO

I hope Baz is being very polite to the Insurance company.. I wonder if they do pay up, driving into a river is a bit like driving into a fire.....Good luck Baz

Working that out now and yes Allianz.

Chris it has already been agreed they are working out how much to give us, it's market value so we have a price of about $22.500 as a pay out.

I'D BUY THE LAND WHERE THE CAR WAS KILLED....

Absolute classic comment, you're a gem mate! I laughed until I wasn't confident I would remain continent.

NO not buying another, we need pulling power and the manual Explorer just doesn't cut it.

Not really a snorkle would have saved us just to deep coming back made it across but didn't make it back, the entry point coming back across was steeper and the front of the car dived under the water swamping us. A blind Baz a blind you should of used a blind.

Baz,
a blind is useless. If you can visualise the bottom of the blind sitting under the front of the car, about 60 cm under water, and no water coming up behind it - I think not. Unless you are travelling fast, which you aren't, the water rapidly infills behind the blind to a depth equivalent to the depth of water in front of it.
Blinds are over rated -- they don't work in deep water if you are travelling at anything like walking pace. Have a look behing a vehicle doing a crossing to see just how effective the blind is

I disa gree. If you see old footage of 4wding before snorkals became the must have acc they would tarp up and go where most woiuld be scared to take their snorkal equiped vehicle

Davoe,
I agree it is a common practice, but then so are a lot of things. I'd love to fit a camera in the engine bay of a car with and without a blind and actually see if it makes a difference. I suspect it just gives people peace of mind.

LMAO, we walked it first and was not that deep and going across the first time it was easy had no probs at all, but when we were coming back didn't take into account the steeper angle of the approach into the river on the return crossing, hind sight it's a wonderful thing.

You lucky bugger going to NZ, and a camel mmmmm now !!! no just thinking naahh 4b is fine

Hey Pete i've been trying to post on 4wdA but not working must be a cookie thing but anyway, yeah a good thing the pay out had a look at a car today not bad 29,000 110,000ks has a snorkle winch bar towbar and he is willing to negotiate on price and extras so we might end up with everything at a good price and i'll get Mike to look at it.