P38A The Luckiest Trip Ever...

Hi Chaps,

As avid readers of my posts will know, I have a little boat (and hence a Range Rover). Today we went out from Putney slipway which is liable to flooding at high tide. In the knowledge of this I parked up on the road well away from the slipway, and went off for a lovely trip.

Then returned, and saw this...


Now the last time this happened 4 years ago it wasn't so bad as it was a Discovery I



Fortunately, as it was left in high rise there were no problems but wow I've never been more scared getting back in!



The little cars.. not so lucky...




So there we go, next time someone says "why do you need a 4x4 in the centre of London...

Highest tide of the year today i think. So you picked a good one.

wammers said:

Highest tide of the year today i think. So you picked a good one.

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Not only that, it p1ssed down.

tomcat59alan said:

Not only that, it p1ssed down.

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We all got back in the car ready to go about 1 minute before the torrent begun!

That

wammers said:

Highest tide of the year today i think. So you picked a good one.

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That sounds about right, I've never seen it that high in 7 years of trips!

Nice looking car. Nice colour.

I'd have hidden my number plates though.

Grrrrrr said:

Nice looking car. Nice colour.

I'd have hidden my number plates though.

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Why? I thought people only did that to prevent valuations when selling?

I think it's do to with cloning...

NorfolkBird said:

I think it's do to with cloning...

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Better to be safe than sorry.....





I cover mine when I'm driving around

In light of this though is there anything that should be done asides from greasing the ujs? Time under water was probably an hour

TCubed said:

In light of this though is there anything that should be done asides from greasing the ujs? Time under water was probably an hour

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Nah, it's a Range Rover. He he he.

Could maybe change your axle oils if your worried about water ingress but doubt its going to be an issue... People forget that Landys are covered in oil underneath thus repel water very well

Littelwill said:

Could maybe change your axle oils if your worried about water ingress but doubt its going to be an issue... People forget that Landys are covered in oil underneath thus repel water very well

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Mine isn't should i be worried?

TCubed said:

In light of this though is there anything that should be done asides from greasing the ujs? Time under water was probably an hour

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A P38.. Nothing.. If it was a D1, you could sit back and watch it disintigrate with rust

wammers said:

Mine isn't should i be worried?

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Don't they say that a Land Rover that isn't leaking has just run out of oil!

Bladerunner919 said:

Don't they say that a Land Rover that isn't leaking has just run out of oil!

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Only by the i can't maintain my car to save my life fraternity.

Bladerunner919 said:

Don't they say that a Land Rover that isn't leaking has just run out of oil!

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Only the V8s.

TCubed said:

In light of this though is there anything that should be done asides from greasing the ujs? Time under water was probably an hour

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Pray?

Check the breather pipes are all attached at the bottom. If so, probably OK. Mine's been through worse. Salt water didn't affect it.

TCubed said:

Why? I thought people only did that to prevent valuations when selling?

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Stops cloning, as someone has already said. Yours looks almost exactly like mine and armed with those plates the congestion charge and the Dartford Crossing charge becomes a thing of the past for me ...

Grrrrrr said:

Stops cloning, as someone has already said. Yours looks almost exactly like mine and armed with those plates the congestion charge and the Dartford Crossing charge becomes a thing of the past for me ...

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And so does driving for a while if your caught.