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Originally Posted by red 928

There was likely standing water under many
freeway underpasses that day and he may have driven
through several of them with no problem.
There is no way of telling if it's 6 inches or 3 feet deep
until you drive through it.
It's obvious after the car gets stalled, but before?
notsomuch

I'd like to think I would have stopped
instead of driving through that but can't say for sure.
I don't recall ever being in that situation.

show of hands, how many of us stop on the freeway
when we see standing water?

I've driven through water when I had my old '88 911. I drove my miata through some water too. I don't think I've had the boxster in as much water as either of the other two. In all cases, I knew where the "snorkle" for the air filter was and how much danger I was in of having the motor ingest water. In any case that I've driven through water I was either VERY familiar with the area so I had a VERY good idea how much water was there, or I'd pull over and stop and watch a few other vehicles drive through to get a good idea how much water was there before I attempted it.

Corvette, James Bond edition.