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Old 2nd November 2018, 00:34   #21
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The server is slow....... but I will check it with the owner..... ;-)

The server is quick enough, our antiquated phone network is slow. Max speed about 0.8mbps, on a good day.
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Old 2nd November 2018, 19:15   #22
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you must be pig sick, I would be. You have my sympathy.

This may seem heart less, but if you have the time and inclination the cars will bring you in money via bits if you break them.

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Old 2nd November 2018, 19:41   #23
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Sorry to hear that this has happened 😞 it's a shame they can't be saved 😭 feel for you my friend.
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Old 2nd November 2018, 23:09   #24
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Sorry Andrew, awful
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Old 2nd November 2018, 23:46   #25
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That’s a sad site, I’ve managed to view the photos, you must be gutted.

It’s strange but while it’s nice to stay in certain areas we don’t realise until it’s too late when the water starts to rise up to our necks.

Perhaps I’m lucky as I stay in a very scenic area in Ayrshire but being a village surrounded with farms it’s the muck on the road we have to put up with but never flooding like this.
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Hey, I know where you are, I drive past in my blue zt v6 most days. The flood was 30 inches higher than the last highest, nearly 30 years ago, according to one of my colleagues at the water works up the road.
You've my utmost sympathy, flooding is no fun, cars are the least of the issue, zts or no.
I was away in Cyprus when it happened, rode my trike around there just after, weird to be riding UNDER the tide mark...
You could salvage these, electricals and soft furnishings being the main issue - will you bother?
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For anyone interested here's what it looked like from the West bank, the other side of the river:-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ll...uzsOxOvvOrUkM:
This one was two weeks ago:-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ll...NVW2bNmuy8TRM:
Ps, that pic is of the last flood, not this one, I think...

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Old 3rd November 2018, 08:34   #27
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A sad sight. Gutted for you Andrew.

I was working in Tewkesbury when it flooded.... crikey .... 11 years ago now!

Terrible effect on the area for many months.

Some insurance companies provided caravans to put in the gardens of houses flooded out for the folks to live in whilst repairs undertaken.

Some dodgy repairs meant some folk were in them more than a year later....

Hope your home was OK. Good luck

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Old 3rd November 2018, 08:49   #28
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Just seen the photos
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Old 3rd November 2018, 10:11   #29
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Sorry that you've had to go through this lot, and I'm sure you're not pleased with the current weather around your area?
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Old 3rd November 2018, 14:06   #30
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Sorry to hear about the 75's. Modern (relatively) cars wont tolerate standing in water for any length of time as water will get into the ecu's , not necessarily straight away, but will migrate down the wiring harness which may take a couple of months, so initially all may be well but later on problems can occur. We did some tests at Rover after one particularly bad rainfall when management wanted vehicles to be able to withstand 24 hrs in one metre of water, the only solution was to fit military connectors which was too expensive so the idea was dropped. Vehicles with no electronics can usually be resurrected , I remember one article in a Rover Review magazine detailing a Series One Land Rover being pulled out of a lake where it had been for many month and after draining and changing all the oils, was started and driven away . Brakes needed further work.


That was a Series one the got washed down a South American river. It was submerged for a couple of months. Have you seen the Tiger Tank the was driven into a Russian lake by its crew after running low on fuel, during the German retreat from Russia at end of ww2. They pulled it out of the lake put clean fuel in and it started


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