Special_K
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As hurricane Ivan moved inland, the remnants of the storm inevitably hit Atlanta and wreaked havoc on the streets and power (I'm sitting in a black out now using battery back-up to power my 'puter & modem).
Anyhoo, I'm driving down Lenox Rd. in Atlanta and come to a section of road that was completely washed out. The water was about 3-4 feet deep and it was that depth for probably 100-200 feet. No police or authorities were there so some locals were out warning oncoming cars not to try it (several already had tried it and got flooded out). Anyway, having a 5" of lift, Line-X, etc. I was REEEALY tempted to take it....but after pondering it, walking into the water to guage the depth, and hearing that a cherry-picker attempted it and had to abort, I chickened out.
The water would have come up to about the bottom of the front seats (if it came in quick enough) and while I don't think it wouldn't have quite made it to the air intake, I thought it was a little too close for comfort. I wasn't thinking about it then, but now it occurs to me that it might have flooded my amp under the rear seat (it's easily movable, but I wasn't even thinking about it...whew).
Amp aside, do you think my Jeep would have made it or did I make the right call? Should I go back and try it right now? hehehehe
Now, if I had 35's...... :twisted:
Anyhoo, I'm driving down Lenox Rd. in Atlanta and come to a section of road that was completely washed out. The water was about 3-4 feet deep and it was that depth for probably 100-200 feet. No police or authorities were there so some locals were out warning oncoming cars not to try it (several already had tried it and got flooded out). Anyway, having a 5" of lift, Line-X, etc. I was REEEALY tempted to take it....but after pondering it, walking into the water to guage the depth, and hearing that a cherry-picker attempted it and had to abort, I chickened out.
The water would have come up to about the bottom of the front seats (if it came in quick enough) and while I don't think it wouldn't have quite made it to the air intake, I thought it was a little too close for comfort. I wasn't thinking about it then, but now it occurs to me that it might have flooded my amp under the rear seat (it's easily movable, but I wasn't even thinking about it...whew).
Amp aside, do you think my Jeep would have made it or did I make the right call? Should I go back and try it right now? hehehehe
Now, if I had 35's...... :twisted: