Was driving in to town today and one of the roads was severely flooded, everyone was turning round because they were in normal cars... It is a fairly long stretch of flooded, flat road about 1/4 of a mile.

The initial marker said 2.5 feet deep, no problems I thought, I drive this route every day to work and back so I know the road, I know from experience that the RR can easily cope with 2.5 foot of water.

Get to the second marker and it's at 2 3/4, starting to worry now as I can see logs stuck in the hedge and I didn't realise the road dipped down, I assumed the first marker was the depth of water along the whole road!

Get to the third marker, the water is at the 3 foot level. At this point I'm beginning to run through my mind how I cant afford to replace the engine and all the interior! But slow and steady with a nice bow wave in front of the car, the water was level with the top of the bonnet but was a good 1.5 foot lower behind the wave so I'm sure the water wasn't in danger of getting into the air intake.

By the fourth marker we're back to 2.5 feet, massively relieved and carry on like it was no big deal. My passenger was in awe, as well as the people who were at the other end turning round.

Another good day to be a Range Rover owner `)

I drove home a different way! It could have been bad, if I'd had to stop for any reason ie a log in the water, or under the water and I'd lost my bow wave I would have been screwed. I also think that if the water had been much higher the car would have thought about floating at the rear and I could tell it was hard work to push that much water out of the way.

So the manual says 0.5M, yet 0.91M is possible! 

Sounds like you had some good fun  '09 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto for the Mrs

Using the works Fiesta 1.6 TDCI Sport Van - CHROME FREE THOUGH

Searching for a nice E63 AMG or S8 V10 to replace my "wonky" TDV8

awesome, you didn't take any pictures?

jope wrote:

awesome, you didn't take any pictures?

No chance of that! I was far to busy not floating away! 

Awsome ,no othe well apointed livingroom could have done that. My one thought is to check the diff oil some time soon because the breathers arn't that high up.  2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

ive waded with water over the bonnet , and got a bit twitchey thinking about the air intake fortunatley ive extended all my breathers so that was ok and i carry a piece of rubber matting to go under the bonnet were the heater inlet is and the filter good fun tho  onto no6 Range Rover

Everyone needs a hobby

I thought all land rovers were certified to 700mm wading...
Ed

EDWARD757 wrote:

I thought all land rovers were certified to 700mm wading...
Ed

Not sure any of them will go to 700mm, the Defender is 500mm, as is the freeloader and RR sport. The D3 is the only LR with a 600mm wading depth as far as I know... 

Hi Dan,
Just had a quick kyke at the LR website. RR should do 700mm as should the RRS. D4 can do 600 but 700 with Air suspension. Free lander is 500 as you say. I was surprised the Defender can only do 500 too. I stand corrected though, I just thought it was one of those design start points for LR that a vehicle must be able to do 700mm.
I assume your seals held up, etc. Sounds like your getting your moeys worth out of her. Happy paddling,
Ed

My manual says 500mm. Maybe the Jag engined varients have a relocated air intake on the RR RRS and Disco?

Door seals were all fine, it felt as sure fotted as the P38 whenever I've waded through rivers in that... 

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dan_uk_1984 wrote:

My manual says 500mm. Maybe the Jag engined varients have a relocated air intake on the RR RRS and Disco?

Soor seals were all fine, it felt as sure fotted as the P38 whenever I've waded through rivers in that...

Have to say I am impressed. I guess its that young bravado in you and your belief in what is after all a superb vehicle that cannot be matched by any other. Well done that man.

Gazellio wrote:

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

My manual says 500mm. Maybe the Jag engined varients have a relocated air intake on the RR RRS and Disco?

Soor seals were all fine, it felt as sure fotted as the P38 whenever I've waded through rivers in that...

Have to say I am impressed. I guess its that young bravado in you and your belief in what is after all a superb vehicle that cannot be matched by any other. Well done that man.

I wondered when you were guna pop up!

 

Ive done lots of wading in defenders and sometimes paid the price for going in to deep but i take my hat off to you for going in deep in the FFRR more balls than me

Roger I killed my first disco wading too deep  '09 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto for the Mrs

Using the works Fiesta 1.6 TDCI Sport Van - CHROME FREE THOUGH

Searching for a nice E63 AMG or S8 V10 to replace my "wonky" TDV8

Dan, I saw you wading that flooded road with a bow wave for protection the other day and took a pic:



Look at the vastly reduced depth behind the wave its barely over the side steps...

Go deeper next time and use the right gears!