Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pertec.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!pertec!kitten From: kitten@pertec.UUCP (karen hettinger) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: driving through black-top rivers Message-ID: <279@pertec.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 01:19:30 EST Article-I.D.: pertec.279 Posted: Tue Jan 1 01:19:30 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 04:04:16 EST References: <275@pertec.UUCP> <479@mako.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA Lines: 31 > Well, kitten, I guess that explains your previous article. It takes > a lot of gas to push four feet of water out of the way! By the way, > what sort of snorkle do you have on the car? At four feet, the air > intake would be under water. > Right you are, Snoopy *blush*. I meant *2.5-3* feet. Heck, *I'm* only 4'10" myself! :-) > Does it flood that much up here? Perhaps I should look for a good used > Schwimmwagan(sp), or that amphibious Lotus James Bond had. > Orange County's drainage sucks (and NOT water, unfortunately). What more can I say? > > hmmm, your car must have lower gearing than mine, that combination > gives "go directly to jail" speed in mine. > Indeed it does...In third gear at the shift point (3000rpm) I'm going 40mph. > I do agree with keeping the revs up, and remember to keep-em-up > while changing gears, too! (ask me how I know!) > *I* know...In the Great March 1, 1982 Flood, I *did* drive through 3.5 feet of water...yes, it *did* leak into the passenger compartment..... my backlight fogged up inside for weeks and my capets started to rot. -- kitten~ {ucbvax!unisoft | scgvaxd | trwrb | felix}!pertec!kitten