Is this a Defender? one good reason to spec a sunroof


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35184706

It is a defender. It may need some drying out now and may have flooded the engine. The wife is qualified to do hat sort of rescue and would love to join the river rescue groups but she would have to buy all her own kit, which is very expensive. Hats off to those that can actually give the time and money to the river rescue services.

Gav.

Windscreen wipers were still working.....

Hmm. Defenders don't float either. Everyone can spread it - Anyone can catch it. Stay home - the life you save can be your own!

Floods near record highs around here, Most people in the village are practically stranded, roads passable with proper 4x4's, plenty of normal cars have tried and failed no doubt expensively.

My thoughts go to anyone whose house is swamped  At work
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there are rumours that the driver of the Defender had been driving around and not slowing for pedestrians and splashing them  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

looking at the situation I would believe that, stupid old git

Iain

Waded into 18inch water today. Over my welly tops. To rescue an old dear her car and her grandkids Xmas pressies. They don't show on the news how cold the water is! At work
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You haven't got short legs, there's no way in 18" of water you felt how cold it really was


Media though, Lord help us in a cataclysmic event, or maybe they would simply run out of superlatives.

My hope is that in a cataclysmic event we run out of media. Everyone can spread it - Anyone can catch it. Stay home - the life you save can be your own!

ive swum in the Ouse, Swale, Fosse and several other Yorkshire rivers, as well Windermere and several other large ponds in the Lake District.

they are all bloody freezing even in the height of summer and I wouldn't wish anyone to be stuck in them. Not to mention the debris and silt that gets washed out everywhere.

thoughts are with all people affected by this (even if some of them are stupid enough to have no insurance)

It's not always stupidity though, Rog. If you've been flooded in the past sometimes it's just not possible to get the flood risk covered again. I suppose you can see the insurer's point of view - if the risk is clearly there and likely to happen again, would YOU allow another policy? It's either a straight "No" or a huge premium hike. Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

Old dears car fixed. Plugs out cranked engine water sprayed out. Squirt of wd40 runs fine. Nipped to ripon for a new air filter. The carpets may never dry though
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Pity about that drowned Defender but lots of media clips showing Emergency Service Landy Defenders (some quite aged) out at work helping rescue teams acrsoss the flood striken areas. Priceless marketing value there if only our illustrious LR hierarchy could see past Mrs Beckham's handbag to recognise that small but important market sector. Don't see much footage of Emergency Services using Disco 4s........ far too posh to be out in the wet no doubt.