SO friggin scary!, Almost drowned the car Options

[ThePaintedMan]

Its been raining all day in St. Petersburg and on my way home from work, I thought I'd do the smart thing and stay off the highways as much as possible. I was 3 blocks from the house on a backroad I've traveled many times and thought I knew very well. It was a little flooded (or so I thought) but I didn't recall it dipping down very low, so I went slowly through the puddle. Exactly halfway through I realized I had made a bad, bad mistake and the water starter pouring in. I had just about given up and shut the car off when I thought about the engine sitting in water, so I had no choice but to put it in first and power through. Somehow, it kept running and made it to the other side of the river. I was staring at my laptop the whole time, which along with all of my other electronics was on the passenger seat, barely an inch above the water line. Its all dry, thank God. Before I go to bed tonight I'll pull all the carpet out and vacuum as much water out as I can, but most of it has already drained out.

Another lesson learned : there is ALWAYS another road to take. Don't make the same mistake I did! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

On the bright side, yet another reason why our cars are amazing.