Bigger the wave = lower the driving skill.
Ya, the bow wake is what got them.
The water level looks like it was well below their air intake, until they created a bow wake that was big enough to reach the air intake
no sympathy for the bmw drivers.... you sit there and own your stupidity!
Bowel Movement Water
Typisch BMW level
damn, was about to say this....
Not only will it fuck your car up, but creating a large wake can damage nearby property by pushing water where the flood hadn't reached such as through a low doorway.
So many reasons not to drive like an idiot.
Every video on reddit of people driving through standing water and getting stuck are people driving to fast. Just slow down, or better yet, Just take the 15min detour.
funny thing is that detour on this road is like 30 seconds
WHO HAS THAT KIND OF TIME???!?!?!????
This guy does now
30 seconds? Am I made out of clocks? I have places to be!
Or even the illegal, but completely understandable in this situation option, of driving on the fucking side walk for a second
Exactly what I was thinking. Not the most polite thing but better than drowning your car because you don't know how to drive in flooding.
That engine is hydro-locked and most likely trash.
The water can be gotten out of the motor and it will run again. That said, I would have zero faith in that engine ever again.
Believe it or not, the absolute worst thing about this is that the electronics are fucked. Even if they get it running again there will be water at the harness connection points and the pins in those will corrode faster.
Bet the insurance company totals it and their rate goes up.
the absolute worst thing about this is that the electronics are fucked.
Now his blinkers will never work.
This caused a rare audible laugh at a reddit post, have my upvote!
Well he drove the car while it was ingesting a lot of water.. i wouldn’t be surprised if he bent a connecting rod and critically damaged the engine internals
As an insurance estimator, I can say you are correct. Our research team took a flooded suv, dried it out, and 6 months later there was corrosion in a sealed module under the seats, so being sealed just means water resistant. Btw… inspected 6 floods today.
AGREE!! A happened not too long ago in south FL. Couldn’t take a 15 min detour; I would have if could. But yes, mine BMW much lower than this one and I got through the flood with ZERO issues lol. Wife in the passenger seat freaking the heck out. Slow and steady is the key. Other people were the problem too.
Converting from internal combustion to hydraulics is tricky business.
Expensive business too.
Yeah water isn't compressible like aerosolized gasoline. Get enough into your engine and it'll explode.
The flashing headlights indicate the BMW is switching from surface mode to underwater mode
This is one way of flooding your engine.
The flashing of the lights was not SOS usually issued by stranded boats. /s
I believe that was Morse code for SOL.
True. But it’s more hydro locking than just flooding it. They need a whole new engine.
It's about as flooded as it could possibly be
Maybe, but doubtful. The design of most modern airboxes prevent water from easily splashing into the intake, unless submerged. What does happen is the filter gets water logged and air can't pass through it sufficiently, which chokes out the motor.
Possible, and in this guy’s case I hope thats what happened. But it doesn’t take a lot of water getting through, and when you go that fast through water that deep, the water isn’t being splashed into the intake, but rather shoved in.
My brother did this same thing a few years back. Went blasting through water about that deep and he ended up buying a new engine.
Basically waterboarding for cars.
I have a 1 series like this one. The air intake is at the top of the radiator, and the airbox doesn't trap water well. I'm pretty sure that huge bow wave at 20s pushed enough water through the intake for hydrolock.
Imagine being intelligent enough for an occupation that pays enough to afford a BMW but not intelligent enough to know how engines work.
Buying a 10+ year old BMW isn’t that expensive lol
I'd like to return this car.
What's the problem sir?
The floor leaks when I drive it though big puddles.
The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap BMW.
Source: I've had four.
Good thing he can get rid of it now lol, will save him more in the long run
Maybe not at first.
Owning it is though. Especially when you hydrolock the engine.
You don’t need to be intelligent to have generational wealth, just “lucky” enough to have the “right” parents.
Elon Musk alone proves you don't need to be intelligent to be wealthy.
Or how water works 🤣
Ok so setting aside that you should NEVER drive through water like this, really not even in a vehicle that was made to do it if you can avoid it (you have no idea what's under that water or how deep it is) but especially not in a car, if you MUST do it don't drive this fucking fast. What a double dipshit.
Make that a triple dipshit. On top of those two things, they decided to not wait and go around on the right lane where the water is even deeper.
Yeah true, if you're gonna make the stupid decision to try it and you just saw someone get through successfully, follow their path.
Yeah, I can understand someone thinking, "The faster I drive through this, the less time I spend in this water." It's wrong, but I can understand it.
I’m pretty sure I can make this depth. I have one of the new broncos. Even then, slow and steady.
Considering a regular-ass sedan made it I'm sure a Bronco can too. That's not the point. You don't know what's under the water or how deep it is until you're in it.
I actually got out of my car once to check the depth in person before driving through it.
Also not a great idea as you could get swept under or God forbid it's a sinkhole, but yeah smarter than going in blind for your vehicle at least.
You can. The bow wake was waaaay too high for the BMWs air intake. The first car took this puddle perfectly because it was nice and slow.
My mom always said if you MUST drive thru a questionable puddle, keep your foot on the gas! If exhaust is going out, water can't get in. However, it doesn't mean you should be driving fast.
If your foot is on the gas yeah water is going to have a hard time getting into the exhaust. Y'know what it'll have an easy time getting into? The air intake that you have now submerged by pushing the water up and caused to suck in extra air by pegging the throttle.
Water in the exhaust is not the concern here or what generally causes hydrolock.
Bad Advice.
Mechanics must love your mom.
She probably gets a commission
It's a lot harder for water to run the entire length of the exhaust, through the catalytic converter(s) and up to the engine than through the air intake. Also your car pushes out exhaust even when running at idle.
Through the exhaust and cat and up to the engine all while moving against the exhaust pressure. Even at idle the pressure in the exhaust pipe is pushing outwards.
Does your mom drive a blue BMW? Lol
The front of the car brother has a grill for the reason of letting air in the engine. If u go slow and it's not too high u can keep it out the engine. See how it goes up onto his hood covering the grill? That's what kills the cah
Yeah that's the worst part. It was a bad idea to try to drive through this water but they almost certainly would have made it had they gone slower. We see another car make it through fine.
Did you change to a bahstin accent for your last sentence? "Getcha cah, and drive tada bah. Gotta go real fah..."
I'm walkin he-ah
That's shit advice. As long as the engine stays running you're okay. Hell even if you turn it off in water that shallow it will probably start again anyway.
You know how it stays running? By not driving so fast you get water into the intake.
Your mom's advice will kill your car faster. Don't take her advice.
Notice how I said "don't drive fast." I now realize that is outdated info, people can stop piling on now.
My parents use to run auto body shops when I was younger (my dad is now retired), so, generally, I do trust their advice and knowledge when it comes to cars.
Exhaust at idle has enough consistent pressure to keep water from going up the exhaust. That is not the issue. Sucking water into the intake tube is the issue since water doesn't compress, so when it fills your cylinders, it breaks the engine. And going faster causes a larger wave in front of you which can push the water high enough to go into the intake. Plus many cars suck air from below the bumper, so even a few inches of water can kill an engine.
Mechanics whenever OP’s mom rolled in:
Lol it's literally called exhaust... That's where the air comes out, not where it goes in
If your foot is on the gas, that means the throttle body is open, which means water is going through the intake and into the cylinders.
Oh no
I'd be careful taking mechanical advice from your mom if that's what she told you...
Okay, I get that it's now outdated information. Her and my dad actually used to run auto body shops when I was younger. So I trust the info I get from her and my dad.
Maybe she was used to giving that advice to customers and forgot to not include you in that piece of information.
Hah, jk.
It kind of sad that everyone is just downvotting this. I am going to start with that doing that is not really needed in any modern day vehicle, but was definitely a thing before. In the good old days of carburetors and mechanical fans and no idle air controllers it would not be uncommon for cars or more specify 4x4/atvs to run into this issue if you got stuck in a puddle/mud hole. As long as your intake is above water you would keep you foot on the gas to keep the engine say around 1k rpms while your buddies would hook up to you to pull you out. It is a lot easier to get a running vehicle unstuck vs a dead one.
Now the why this doesn't really matter in modern day fuel injected vehicles is just the fact that the ECU will adjust the fuel and air flow to the engine to keep the rpms up enough not to stall. Basically the added load of water restricting the exhaust and mechanical fan (if applicable) can be compensated for without driver input now.
Sure, back pressure is sometimes a problem, but at NO point was it a bigger problem than hydrolocking your shit because you floored it through the puddle. A car engine making power necessary to push the car through the water is in no danger of stalling due to back pressure. Hell, I have a carbureted boat whose exhaust is constantly underwater and runs like a clock.
I sure don't remember saying to floor it, if you have to floor it to keep it at 1k rpms you have another problem. I was just providing the background to where that saying came from. Also you cannot seriously be comparing a carburetor boat engine that is basically designed to use water as part of the muffler system vs a carburetor in a car that is not designed to idle with that kind of load.
keep trying the ignition buddy
Probably still blaming the car to this day too.
Surely the heat from my lights will evaporate the water more quickly!
O guess thats one way to lock up an engine lol
I was thinking, there goes 5 grand.
I just realized it was a bmw too haha makes sense they tryed to do it
Bonus points for being a BMW with the wheel on the right instead of the left.
BMW's don't do water. Youtube has taught me this.
Damn, there's a lot of things which tell that that guy is a douche:
-overtaking a car on the right in bad conditions
-aimlessly speeding in a pool of water
-driving a vehicle made for left hand side drive traffic in a right hand side traffic country
The BMW stereotype is real.
If you drive on the right your wheel is on the left, Isn't that norm like ... world-wide?
Driver is on "passenger" side.
Cars made for driving on the left have the driving position on the right, the driver is in the correct position for the country.
The traffic is on the right hand side in Germany.
Like bruh
I live in Arizona
KNOW THINGS RANDOM INTERNET PEOPLE, PLEASSSSE. /S
You forgot the biggest bmw stereotype of them all, he didn’t indicate before switching lanes lol
You forgot the high beam
They would've been fine if they've driven slowly
It looks like his fast driving caused big wave that splashed into his air box.
Audi, that is visible on the video standing still is parked near this intersection on the nearby parking lot. Probably hydrolocked too. What a nice day for water 🤿.
Edit: yeah, Audis registration number is missing.
My favorite part is the people in the parking lot just watching the idiots like why!?! lol
Because they know they have front row tickets to dumbass willing to risk their car for shitshows.
Impending Train Wreck behavior: you know it's coming, and you can't look away... 🫣
good lord the amount of dumb in the video is astounding. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN! All the local news station weather reporters drill that into our heads lmao
Should’ve slowed down.
Shouldn’t have went thru at all. That vehicle doesn’t have the ability to cross more than a few inches of water.
Pretty good rule of thumb for most vehicles, if the water reaches a body panel, you’re already too deep.
Room temperature IQ.
That less-expensive model BMW just got into M price territory
Oof, I have seen trucks bend connecting rods in shallower water.
Correction: 2IQ, A Puddle & a BMW
& Audi & Peugeot & Opel to be 100 perc correct, but its not visible in this video :D
Don’t worry BMWs are renowned for how cheap they are to get repaired!
Love that for them.
Slovakia? Well, it's good to know that there's idiots in cars outside of America!
There were at least 3 more cars flooded :)
Search Rufford Ford on YouTube. You are welcome.
There's a reason everyone is going slow... maybe...follow the lead of successful water fording vehicles.
My old boss used to have a brand spankin new M8 and he killed it just like this lmao
For a minute I thought this was going to be a drain unclogging video.
Reminds me of a ass that got stuck in my town. We had biblical level rain. I was taking pictures for the news paper and the cop directing traffic away from this massive flooded road tried getting the guy driving a brand new bmw to stop. Driver ignored the cop and gunned it. Naturally he got stuck. He had a meltdown and so did his car’s electrical. Lights going off and on, the alarm. It was an impressive display of hubris. Oh and his car made it into the paper.
Deserved.
That's when you go up to his window and tell him he can't park there.
It could not happen to better drivers; bmw said floor it!!! Well deserved.
Everytime I see one of these puddle car flooding videos, it’s always a BMW. Without hesitation.
I would expect nothing less from a BMW driver.
Engine electrics just love being soaked in water.
Pistons and rods love trying to compress water even more.
And the starter motor also loves to try to spin a locked up engine after being submerged in water.
Who needs a starter when your engine is now a boat anchor?
Teh boat. Get thar contraption off me anchor and bring her here lad.
Rufford Lane 2: Electric Boogaloo
But in all seriousness, would cars be better off reversing through a flood, by keeping the RPM high enough to keep water from entering the exhaust? Or would that just not work?
If the water doesn't enter the air intake, the car should make it through ok. The problem is that the air intake is lower to the ground for a low vehicle, so if you just go slow enough to keep the water from traveling too high, you can make it through, as long as you know how deep it is. Everyone underestimates how deep it is.
The cars that get stuck think they should drive fast to get through it, but that pushes the water up into the air intake, flooding the engine.
If you were to reverse through the water though, you can still go relatively fast, right? Unless you reverse so fast that the water comes over the roof, the faster you go the lower the water level at the air intake will be.
I am not that knowledgeable on the physics of it, but I feel like it would have to be a pretty high rate of speed in reverse to not allow a good amount of water from entering the exhaust. Without testing it or having more knowledge on it, maybe it could work, but also, how many people are good at driving in reverse at higher speed while going through a puddle? Many people make a steering adjustment to the wrong direction while in reverse; couple that with speed, and there is a higher chance of having to slow down, even if only for a second or two.
Hey check out my new snorkel kit! Wait....
"puddle" lol
Why do people do this, risk ruining their engine permanently all to save a few minutes, assuming they even have to be out driving at all?
That's the risk you take when you ford BMW the river instead of waiting 3 days for the ferry. Hope it was worth losing 23 pounds of food, 40 rounds of ammunition, a wagon tongue, and Billy.
They misunderstood what water injection is.
The reaction of the people in the background…
When the lights in their eyes fade away.
They just learned the hard way why cars don’t go in water. Enjoy buying your new engine 😂.
Dive, dive, dive, El Capitan.
You don’t have to be smart to own a BMW.
Oopsie!
If I was thr passenger I definitely would be yelling at the driver for being a dummy.
You can always tell by that sudden decrease in speed the H20 is a no go
The U Boat commander has been heard from.
"You know you can't park it here..."
Went 10mph too fast
Oops
Oh boy that just got very expensive
Long Block has left the chat.
Next stop: Opening your wallet(s) for the BMW dealer repair department. They're expecting you.
Is he trying to 'SOS' with his headlights lol
I have a set up where I could drive through there at a pretty good clip. I wouldn't, but I could.
Should have driven through it backwards
Beemer Meets Water
The passenger lady in the beamer doesn't look happy!
Congrats Peter, you were 97% successful.
Of course it’s a BMW driver
Awwwww aqua mode not working on the das boot BMW
You'd think all the people standing around watching and even filming would be the first big clue...
BMW driver
“The ultimate driving machine.”
I'm glad it happened to a BMW driver
Pro tip: You need to go really fast into these puddles. Otherwise, you wont roll all the way to the other side.
I wanna see an electric car try!!! 😉
$20k to fix a $5k car
I'm convinced that a significant portion of drivers truly do not understand what this can do to their car. Apparently the driving written test now needs to include whether you should drive through flooding waters extremely quickly.
PSA, if you're not going to listen to "turn around don't drown", at least go through in the middle of the road where it is highest.
ByeMW
It's always a bmw driver, isn't it?
the headlight blinks are caused by the driver trying to restart the engine thus ensuring its 100% fucked
"Look at this idiot, sitting in the middle of the road!"
two seconds later
"...Ah shit."
As seen on TV! Tow truck drivers love this trick.
That thing will never run again. Imagine not knowing anything about where your air intake is and what happens if you put water in it.....
“Maybe if I turn on and off the lights, it starts again”
🤦♂️ No that’s not what he’s doing.
The lights are turning on and off because he's retrying the ignition.
BMW driver, so ticks the box for IQ level
Flooding the engine? Never heard of it, I seen them cars around driving in car size rivers and keep going, my stock car can do the same
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