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I did it also, flash floods in Chicago. (archive)
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Posted by Bruno on September 17, 2001 at 10:33:51:

In Reply to: Had to ford a river in my 540 today posted by Nick on September 16, 2001 at 19:42:01:

And nothing really happened. The clutch was brand new at the time.

I didn't have any choice, I didn't know the city and I had to go trough a floaded bridge. So I went slowly and that is pretty much it.
I haven't found any traces of water in the diff or the gearbox, but I am sure that it is not good for the car.

Now that the car is lowered... I am sure that I will think twice...

'89 535i


So, me and a bunch of friends went to this place called red rock and no one knew we had to cross one large river, several streams and rough, rough road. I was so mad when I saw that road and worried about my baby, I crossed the river with no problem, but a corvette got stuck. I heard some british guys saying, "stupid american cars." It was funny, too bad they were driving a Kia. My car made some funny noises when I started it up, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that nothing is wrong or I'm never driving anyone anywhere again. Anyway other than that, my car seems fine, we'll see what happens when I wash my car.




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