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Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby colley on Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:05 pm

ADMIN EDIT WARNING VIDEO'S CONTAIN SWEARING




Went out for a play on Sunday with a couple of mates fording :D

I was the only frontera and the rest were 90's and discovery's

Jason also came with me and took a few videos :D

By the way its Jason you can here screaming in the back ground in one of the videos :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_FA0fXWPY&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=0-bzeRSgN-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=jG_lt5DI8Bg
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Big Dav on Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:28 pm

Really good videos. Pass on the praise to the cameraperson.
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby fogman on Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:38 pm

the last 1 was funny with jasons commentary when your fronty was rocking from side to side :D :D :D
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby bigdazz on Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:41 pm

very good vids truck sounds good
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby jason on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:17 am

What a laugh,I had my feet up on the dash at one point. :D


Look at this,can you see me and Steve :D
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The 2.8 was up to the wing mirrors in water
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Drift on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:32 am

Im surprised the water didnt enter through the heater vents :lol:

You can hear Jase open the door and sounds like water fall out the car :lol:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby jason on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:38 am

Yep water came through the heater vents, my bloody side :D
I Had wet feet for most of the day :D
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Drift on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:50 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: smelly carpets for Ste too :lol:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby jason on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:56 am

Ow yes, they stunk on the afternoon,it's a good job his window came of the runners on the last lane,it was a bit cold on the way home though
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby andysd1 on Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:57 am

the second video was poetry in motion, the bow wave was beautiful
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby andysd1 on Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:01 am

fantastic, Steve, do you have snorkel
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby jason on Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:06 am

andysd1 wrote:fantastic, Steve, do you have snorkel

Hi Andy
He has one and a good one at that :D
We had a look at his filter and air box at the end, and it was bone dry :shock:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby colley on Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:08 am

andysd1 wrote:fantastic, Steve, do you have snorkel

Yes i do mate :wink:
The first ford we did was that deep the bonnet was completely submerged under waster and it was up the windscreen for a 50 yards :D
Its the deepest water i have driven through :D Well impressed with the truck :dance:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby andysd1 on Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:11 am

nice
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Trugga on Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:45 am

Blimey :shock:

That last one looks like this one (Great Alne): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtI1ov6CBgY - wasn't as flooded back then though.

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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby BoxCleva on Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:56 am

Awesome vids guys, would love to have seen a vid of the third one from the riverbank, cracking stuff :)

EDIT: If you put the heater on the 'Re circ' setting would that stop water coming in through the vents ?
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby jason on Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:08 am

BoxCleva wrote:Awesome vids guys, would love to have seen a vid of the third one from the riverbank, cracking stuff :)

EDIT: If you put the heater on the 'Re circ' setting would that stop water coming in through the vents ?

We did that :D and it still came in :lol:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby alex on Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:22 pm

Awsome, watching at work laughing all the way.
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Nottingham on Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:47 pm

8) nice one mate - looking great & sound too :lol:
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Re: Went Swimming In The 2.8

Postby Roo on Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:05 pm

Wow you weren't kidding when you say you went swimming :lol: ...Very good vids guys, good driving there Colley :D
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