One Seriously (!) Stuck Car ( na )

[klaszlo]

Hello:

The muddy beaches of the U.K. strike again.

http://www.bit.ly/1yFQCl2

Pity there aren't a few folks alongside it.

KL

[PM2K]

Cool! And, if I may add, great material for a story, say of a pair of Brazilian supermodels out for an ill fated spin...

[bart1997]

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[andyknight1]

I have no words

[stefani_qs]

What exactly was the dude thinking what would happen when he did drive his sportscar into the tidal-part of the beach??

I could understand him if it were a Toyata Landcruiser or something similar and he was eager to test out his car, but THIS is just dumb....

considerin how many times ive been cut up by boy racers who think they own the road n this guy thought he ownd the beach im pissin myslf laffin at this

[Boggy Man]

What exactly was the dude thinking what would happen when he did drive his sportscar into the tidal-part of the beach??

I could understand him if it were a Toyata Landcruiser or something similar and he was eager to test out his car, but THIS is just dumb....

considerin how many times ive been cut up by boy racers who think they own the road n this guy thought he ownd the beach im pissin myslf laffin at this

He thought he owned the beach, but then wound up with the beach owning his car (until recovery)!

[dlodoski]

What exactly was the dude thinking what would happen when he did drive his sportscar into the tidal-part of the beach??

I could understand him if it were a Toyata Landcruiser or something similar and he was eager to test out his car, but THIS is just dumb....

considerin how many times ive been cut up by boy racers who think they own the road n this guy thought he ownd the beach im pissin myslf laffin at this

He thought he owned the beach, but then wound up with the beach owning his car (until recovery)!

I think the beach will still own that car - well after recovery.

[Mynock]

Calling a Toyota Celica a sports car........BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......ha.
But yea, even if they get it out it's totaled. Submerging a car in salt water is only slightly less destructive than submerging it in molten lava.

[nachtjaeger]

That's something I have been wondering about. Salt water is seriously bad for mechanical and electrical systems. In the case of a car, the cost to repair those systems might outweigh the value of the vehicle. But it doesn't melt or dissolve. Given time and money, you could strip it down and rebuild it.

However, in NYC after Hurricane Sandy, the City was claiming that anything and everything touched by salt water was completely irrepairable and needed to be replaced with brand-new (at the Federal taxpayers' expense, of course.) Take something like a large electric motor, for example. Say it costs $10,000 to replace. Might it be worth a couple grand to have a tech tear it down, wash it with distilled water, dry it in an oven, and rebuild it like new? They even managed with straight faces to claim that pavements that had been inundated by salt water required complete replacement due to the "chlorides" in the salt water. Seriously, NYC has winter weather, and spreads rock salt on the roads to combat icing. The salty slush and water gets splashed everywhere.

Calling a Toyota Celica a sports car........BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......ha.
But yea, even if they get it out it's totaled. Submerging a car in salt water is only slightly less destructive than submerging it in molten lava.

[Mynock]

It's a question of not just money but time. You can't take 3 weeks to rebuild electrical equipment when the people that depend on it don't have electricity. Ditto the car. What am I supposed to do for transportation while somebody takes weeks to strip it down to the frame and refurbish it properly?