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XplusYplusZ

Member Since: 16 Aug 2021
Location: UK
Posts: 484

UK Floods

For those in the UK this weekend, firstly I hope you're all safe and not too badly impacted by the weather. And assuming you are ok, how did your Defender cope with the floods!? Any splashy pictures welcome!

I was up in Derbyshire/Leicestershire this weekend with my wife and baby and was thanking the heavens I chose this beast of a vehicle - it didn't skip a beat. I found the wading depth feature really helpful - it's not every day I'm driving through deep water and knowing the difference between .5m and .8m water isn't easy. Mostly it was far shallower than that, but that extra level of confidence allowed us to pass roads and get to where we needed to be, safely. It was also useful for other road users who could judge depths of floods based on my vehicle to determine if the road was passable in their own vehicles.

On the other hand, I did feel slight pangs of nervousness - it felt like EVERYBODY wanted to see a new defender get stuck!

The only issue I had was a camera out of action for a few minutes. I'm not sure why, but it fixed itself.

On a side note, I saw Inchcape JLR in Derby got a little soggy on Saturday - I wonder what happens to those vehicles once the tide goes out - auction? parts?

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23rd Oct 2023 10:59am

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3641

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

OH DEAR some insurance claim!! DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

23rd Oct 2023 11:05am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17361

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Those which have water inside will be sold to a salvage dealer as uneconomic to repair, those which haven't will probably be dried out. In the case of customer vehicles there will be an argument over who pays, and ultimately everyone's insurance will get even more expensive.

23rd Oct 2023 11:29am

pjm-84

Member Since: 12 Apr 2021
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 661

LR90XS2011 wrote:
OH DEAR some insurance claim!!

Or PI claim......looks like someone didn't provide a correct flood risk assessment for the development / redevelopment.

23rd Oct 2023 11:44am

Soup Dragon

Member Since: 22 Sep 2023
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 86

Seems to be a ‘Medium risk’ area meaning that it has a chance of flooding of between 1% and 3.3% each year. Might need to revise that now…

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23rd Oct 2023 12:10pm

RDR

Member Since: 27 Apr 2018
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 592

We live just outside Chesterfield which was hit bad by the floods, some places flooded really badly with cars submerged and areas that have never flooded flooded. Somethings changing... 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE
RR MY23 HSE PHEV
D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold
D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold
D4 MY12 HSE - Gone
D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten

23rd Oct 2023 12:37pm

Linds Hanson

Member Since: 16 Jan 2021
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 485

Sad thing is if it had been the old Defender a couple of days with a heater inside no body would of been any wiser. The carpets are normally moist anyway

23rd Oct 2023 2:13pm

XplusYplusZ

Member Since: 16 Aug 2021
Location: UK
Posts: 484

Soup Dragon wrote:
Seems to be a ‘Medium risk’ area meaning that it has a chance of flooding of between 1% and 3.3% each year. Might need to revise that now…

I guess the severity of the floods is what's caught them out. A 5% chance of flooding by an inch or two isn't too worrying... but 1% @ 4 foot is a different story!

23rd Oct 2023 3:37pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 2749

Wow that's a lot of Land Rovers totalled. Some may be salvageable if the engines haven't been started.

23rd Oct 2023 4:38pm

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3370

We were out at the weekend supporting the fire service.
Some drone footage we took
of the Derwent running into Derby

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23rd Oct 2023 6:12pm

Defendit..

Member Since: 09 Aug 2020
Location: 's-Hertogenbosch
Posts: 421

This will happen much more in the future.
So, UK government invest in your infrastructure and water engineering direct. No Mud flaps for my 90.!
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23rd Oct 2023 7:02pm

LR Nuts

Member Since: 10 Aug 2022
Location: UK
Posts: 1101

Why ?

Too much fuss about all this.

I said it before, check out all the fuss about Y2K !!!!

23rd Oct 2023 8:38pm

pjeski

Member Since: 25 Jul 2023
Location: Michigan
Posts: 107

Don’t you realize that the only reason Y2K wasn’t an issue is that all the hype raised about it motivated people to fix the problem before it occurred?

23rd Oct 2023 9:33pm

aajr

Member Since: 18 Dec 2022
Location: San Diego
Posts: 32

LR Nuts wrote:
Why ?

Too much fuss about all this.

I said it before, check out all the fuss about Y2K !!!!

Y2K, that's so 24 years ago of you.

23rd Oct 2023 9:40pm

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