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Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 07:57 PM

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Posted by: redshift Aug 22 2004, 07:59 PM

Is it ok to laugh?


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Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 07:59 PM

2nd pic


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Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 08:00 PM

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Posted by: redshift Aug 22 2004, 08:00 PM

Oh my..

That is more water than needed.


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Posted by: physician Aug 22 2004, 08:02 PM

since i'm sure he got insurance, i said why not?? it's just a turbo...

by the way, i'm not laughing at someone else bad luck, just the fact!

like the C-gt that got rear end

Posted by: seanery Aug 22 2004, 08:03 PM

Where is this?
And how many cars did it kill?

Posted by: Lou W Aug 22 2004, 08:04 PM

That is so sad.

Posted by: nynone4 Aug 22 2004, 08:12 PM

Conrad -

LOL - So was I!!! The company I work for is doing all the video for the new U505 exhibit. Ought to be very cool when it's done!

Were these pics of the car taken on Sanibel Island recently?

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 08:12 PM

This BMW and some POS american car were the only others I saw in the deep water. Only the american car was driven away. The two German cars probably had electrical damage in addition to the interior being soaked, and they were flat bedded out without trying to start them.


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Posted by: nynone4 Aug 22 2004, 08:12 PM

oops! Double Post

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 08:13 PM

My car got its feet wet.


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Aug 22 2004, 08:15 PM

prolly the wrong time...but Chris. those are some awesome flars man

Posted by: Lou W Aug 22 2004, 08:16 PM

Where did this happen? It looks like you're at a race track. Is this from a heavy rain storm? No chance to put the cars in the trailers?

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 08:35 PM

The owner of the 911 watched the water rise and didn't lift a finger. I think he is used to others doing everything for him.
To be fair though, it rained so hard for a couple of hours that few people ventured out from under cover.
What was real funny was when the alarm went off like the car was crying for help. When the battery was almost dead it sounded like it was drowning, lol.

Posted by: Lou W Aug 22 2004, 08:42 PM

Glad to see your car was safe dry, you'd think if a person was going to spend and own a car like that, you'd notice if your sitting in some low lands. Tha's funny about the alarm Did you get a chance to see his interior? Im sure he had to open the door to move out of the water.

Posted by: physician Aug 22 2004, 08:48 PM

at least his windows were closed

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 08:53 PM

Yeah. There was a lot of water inside. He actually started trying to bail it out with a paper cup. Then someone told him not to bother because the car was already ruined.
BTW, none of the people in the photos is the owner.

Here's one more pic taken after the water had receded a bit. It had reached right up to the garage doors but only went inside when a truck drove through, making a wake.
The water was nearly 2 feet deep in the middle of this driveway.


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Posted by: Carrera916 Aug 22 2004, 09:03 PM

Chris...

isn't that the Watkins Glen track?....the suroundings look somewhat fimilar...

glad your teener wasn't swimming out there..

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Posted by: Verruckt Aug 22 2004, 09:12 PM

Risky Business! U-boat captain.

Posted by: Lou W Aug 22 2004, 09:18 PM

I remember seeing I think it was a VW Beetle floating down a river on tv, no wait it was a movie, The Love Bug?

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 22 2004, 09:22 PM

Nope.
Despite the pictures I had a really good weekend of racing, but you'll have to wait for the full story.

Posted by: redshift Aug 22 2004, 09:47 PM

UP PERISCOPE! DAMN THE TORPEDOS!! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

AYE!

I am out of sub stuff.


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Posted by: markb Aug 22 2004, 09:58 PM

Me too!

Posted by: neo914-6 Aug 22 2004, 10:58 PM

That's what I thought of, and then Rebecca and the hookerfest to pay for the repairs...
Racer Chris, are those HPH flares?

Posted by: GWN7 Aug 23 2004, 12:13 AM

Remember the movie "Blues Brothers"? The part where the country band is chasing Jake & Elwood and they go off the road into a lake in the motor home....well I did that in my Pace Arrow

Posted by: Racer Chris Aug 23 2004, 05:30 AM

I made the flares. You can see them on my web site http://www.tangerineracing.com/Flares.htm
I custom make them on the customer's car & haven't gotten to the stage where I can ship sets for someone else to install.

Posted by: Evill Ed Aug 23 2004, 06:18 AM

No, that looks like Pocono to me. If that was this Saturday, I can believe the flooding. I'm in NJ and it rained like Mutha F@#ker here.

That's too bad about those cars.
Ed

Posted by: dflesburg Aug 23 2004, 07:01 AM

I would think for $120k the silly car would deploy air bags from the rockers to prevent flood damage. But then it could float away.

Posted by: Brett W Aug 23 2004, 07:27 AM

ED you have to change your avatar, you don't have your baby anymore.

Posted by: Evill Ed Aug 23 2004, 07:54 AM

Don't remind me

I'm gonna build a track 914 for myself soon.
It's funny how it takes "not" having something to make you realize how much you really "did" like it.

Ed

Posted by: Eric_Shea Aug 23 2004, 08:01 AM

Told Ya So!

Posted by: Joe Ricard Aug 23 2004, 10:34 AM

Two words. "jack Stands". Oh wait, only us 914 owners know about them. Glad to see some Porsche owners have the good sense given them to get the cars OUT of the rain and low spots.

Posted by: red914 Aug 23 2004, 10:38 AM

i had heard that the new porsches were water cooled, but i didn't understand what that meant...

Posted by: balljoint Aug 23 2004, 12:53 PM

Wow, when I spent $120,000.00 on new cushions for the lawn furniture, my wife made me swear to bring them in even if the skies hinted at rain. If that were my car, I would be in a lot of trouble with the old lady.

Posted by: Evill Ed Aug 23 2004, 01:27 PM

You spent how much for lawn furniture cushion???

Ed

Posted by: balljoint Aug 23 2004, 01:40 PM

Great deal at Wal-Mart. I think they were on sale.

Posted by: fiid Aug 23 2004, 03:03 PM

Another 911 owner decides that watercooled is the way to go :-)

Posted by: mack914 Aug 23 2004, 06:19 PM

No, just another high end guy, with no sense to come out of the rain.....