what would you do in this driving situation?

[jaedaliu]

I'm from California where puddles are usually pretty safe.

Of course, I only have my own stupidity to blame if I my wheel/front end/whole car ends up caught in a pothole.

 

[Perknose]

park beside, wait for someone else to go thru, see how deep it is, proceed if not too bad.

This, as a second option.

This below, as my first option:

Attempt to proceed through at a snail's pace with your foot lightly on your brakes (to help keep them dry), being ready to stop and reverse out the second it becomes too deep.

If reaaaaly deep... get a good running start?

NOT this. No way, hose-hey.

 

[roguerower]

Caulk the wagon and float it?

Honestly, I would have pulled over and waited for someone else to drive through or I would get out of the vehicle and test it.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

build a raft for the car and float it across

 

[BurnItDwn]

Not sure. I wouldn't want to get stuck and damage the car, but I wouldn't want to be stuck waiting either ... and I certainly wouldn't want to go the wrong way on the highway.

 

[sixone]

This was me three years ago after hurricane Irene. I tried to drive through it, didn't make it. Car was totaled and I felt like an idiot. There had been several other big puddles over the past few weeks that I had made it through okay, but it only takes one.

I'm trying to remember my favorite part of the experience. Was it wading through knee deep Delaware River water mixed with Philly sewage to get back to my clubhouse? Was it waiting until 11:30 PM for a tow truck to tow me 40 miles home, stopping first at an ATM so I could pull out $350 to pay him? Was it walking to car rental place the next morning (or perhaps discovering I didn't have rental car coverage?) Or maybe the fact that I destroyed my car, which I had just paid off and absolutely loved...

So, no. Fuck no. I am not driving through that shit.

Wow. Even I feel bad for you.