14-03-2013, 08:49 AM
We had a good example here a few weeks back. At Pulborough there is a car park that backs on a downhill slope onto a flood plain, and when the ruver popped it's banks as it always does (developers please note, good field to build your latest batch of water wings) the car park flooded quite deeply. A Skoda estate was left in the car park, flooding up to just below the windows, and looking very sorry for itself. When the waters finally receeded and the recovery team got in the handbrake had rusted on and when they tried to rock the car to free the brakes the brake linings detatched from the carriers. The engine bay was a wreck as the water got high enough to get into the engine intake and flood the carb and any open valves on the engine. Basically the car was religated to junk status.
Of note, this car park is used by the stingy who don't want to pay for parking at Pulborough station, but want to bein close proximity to the station when they go home. Must be a bit of a crusher to park your car there in the dry and come home that evening to find it under water. A very expensive mistake, all for the sake of a car park fee.
Of note, this car park is used by the stingy who don't want to pay for parking at Pulborough station, but want to bein close proximity to the station when they go home. Must be a bit of a crusher to park your car there in the dry and come home that evening to find it under water. A very expensive mistake, all for the sake of a car park fee.
