The waters rising and your Porsche is in danger, what do you do?

[Scuba Steve]

A Porsche sports car sat high and dry in rising flood waters as it floated on a cushion tethered to a home along the Ohio River in Oldham County, near Louisville, April 26, 2011. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Pat McDonogh) PAT MCDONOGH | ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Somebody give this guy a medal.

[kach22i]

Cool.

Looks like the whole house was built with rising waters in mind.

[porsche4life]

Edited - Z-man. genius!!!

[willtel]

That is just like something I would do. Poor guy.

[Scuba Steve]

I want to know where you get a cushion like that.

[speeder]

It looks like a New Beetle in that picture.

[Jim Bremner]

I'm sorry, it's yellow. Let it drown.

[MotoSook]

It's definitely a 911 Cab....it also looks like a wide bass boat the car is riding on...

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by speeder

It looks like a New Beetle in that picture.

New Beetle or 911: no big difference.

At least it isn't a Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca!

[tcar]

I want to know about the giant broccoli spear floating by...

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by Z-man

New Beetle or 911: no big difference.

At least it isn't a Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca!

Such a car is capable of scaring the water back into the sky.

You'll never see a Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca at risk of drowning.

[Stanley]

Update to the floating Porsche:

Ingenious owner saves Rare Porsche from flood with floating parking spot

Matt Hardigree — The owner of what appears to be a rare 964 Porsche 911 saved his car from the floodwaters encroaching his or her property near Louisville, Kentucky with the help of what looks like an inflatable cushion tethered to the house.Update!

Ingenious owner saves Rare Porsche from flood with floating parking spotApril's severe weather wasn't limited to just tornadoes as flooding occurred across large swaths of the country, including in Kentucky along the Ohio River. Given the height of the property above the river, this landowner seems to recognize the threat of flooding. But what of the car?

With a garage on the floor level it looks like this owner went the extra step to make certain his/her pride and joy wasn't destroyed using an inflatable raft tied to the corner of the house (presumably so the 911 doesn't float in the wrong hands).

Ingenious owner saves Rare Porsche from flood with floating parking spotExactly what 964 is worth this kind of treatment? Hard to tell from this one aerial shot, but the widebody kit and overall look indicates it could be one of the Porsche America Roadsters, of which only 250 were made. Even if it wasn't, only 702 C2 turbo-look roadsters were ever built.

If anyone knows who owns this car please let us know what it is or if it survived the cresting of the river.

UPDATE: Commenter Estaboga used his Google Earth skills and some information from friends to find the house and points out why the flotation might have been necessary:

I spoke to one of my co-workers who has seen the house firsthand, and he said it sits up a lot higher than what it looks like in the Google Earth image. So one can surmise that the access road through the marina got flooded before he could get the Fly Yellow Cab out, so enter the flotations devices. Well played sir, well played.

Well played, indeed. Another reader also points out that the device in question is an inflatable boat lift. Probably built by Air Dock.

http://jalopnik.com/5798491/ingenious-owner-saves-rare-porsche-from-flood-with-floating-parking-spot

[cstreit]

Is it me or does it look like one good shove though and the car would fall right off the side? Great idea for sure but I wonder if the idea, um, really holds water?

[onewhippedpuppy]

You have to admire the creativity, I'll be curious to see if it survives.

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by cstreit

Is it me or does it look like one good shove though and the car would fall right off the side? Great idea for sure but I wonder if the idea, um, really holds water?

I had the same thought. Incredible balancing act.

[Tobra]

That will still have water damage I suspect, even if it does not squirt that thing out from under it.

If it is an inflatable boat lift, I suspect it would perhaps have a frame that went on either side of the keel, that is how the electric one at the lake house was. If it had setup like that, the frame would be under the car, might even have place to tie a line to it.

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by Tobra

That will still have water damage I suspect, even if it does not squirt that thing out from under it.

If it is an inflatable boat lift, I suspect it would perhaps have a frame that went on either side of the keel, that is how the electric one at the lake house was. If it had setup like that, the frame would be under the car, might even have place to tie a line to it.

That makes sense. It also explains the white thing right in front of the car, it's the blower keeping the bag inflated.