Just a bit of rain...

[jmueller065]

Yesterday the Detroit area was hit with a ton of rain. More rain than its seen in a long time (my city got 4.25" within a couple of hours)--enough that several major freeways had to be closed (and still remain closed this morning) because of flooding.

How did the FFE fare? Pretty good:
http://jamiegeek.myevblog.com/2014/08/12/noah-has-nothing-on-us/

(Too bad we can't send any of this out west...)

 

[hybridbear]

Neat post. 18 inches of water is a lot to drive through! I hope everyone is okay over there.

 

[jmueller065]

I hope everyone is okay over there.

So far I haven't heard of any fatalities from any of this. So far most of the damage seems to be in infrastructure and peoples vehicles.

 

[EVA]

Wow, up to just below the rearview mirror - that's incredible. Sounds like the original Volkswagen Beatle that could float.

What an amazing twist.

But JMueller - don't you get shocked when it rains? How do you wash the car, you must get shocked? That has to be so dangerous. :lol:

 

[jmueller065]

But JMueller - don't you get shocked when it rains? How do you wash the car, you must get shocked? That has to be so dangerous.

! LOL

Well the doors do lock & unlock when washing the car by hand with the keys in my pocket..that must have something to do with it?? :lol: (it was really bad on our old Edge: you could just spray the handles with the hose to get them to luck/unlock)

 

[scoops]

So just to confirm... The door jams are completely water tight?

 

[jmueller065]

They were for both of us so far.

 

[Kakkerlak]

I just read through Ford's 2014 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle warranty (hey, I was curious) and noticed that they specifically don't cover damage caused by "driving through water deep enough to cause water to be ingested into the engine".

I suppose you cold argue that water can't be "ingested" into an electric motor, but if there's tadpoles in the fuse box, they're gonna notice.