Thread: Slow learners???

Originally Posted by No.3

Electric + water, what can go wrong.

In actual fact, this is a great example of the issues with current hybrids - it does not take much to go wrong to make a perfectly good vehicle a technical write off just because the cost of repair exceeds the practical value of the vehicle. A nice little outlander 4x4 PHEV and one little splash oh golly worth more than the car to replace the battery!

How many utes and 4x4's out there are in the situation of being technical write offs due to flooding damage where just because it's not 'claimed' they haven't been written off? It's a fairly blunt rule from my experience, say a Ford Everest that was written off for flood damage when the internals weren't wet and the water line was well below the practical and advertised 700mm wading depth... I just reckon the owner thought it was time for a change, buying a write off 'flood damaged' vehicle for under $10K when the lot value is over $50K seems a good deal to me even if cert costs and replacing the ecu's and sensors pops it out to $20K...

I know a call out guy who got called to a new hatchback (well known 'flash ' brand) that had broken down. They had gone through some water attempting to get in their driveway and have "over estimated " the capability of their hatch. Well he checked the engine and water had been sucked into the air intake and fuel system, so engine will not be turning over anytime soon. She asked how to get it out of the entrance to the driveway....Answer tow?. How do I get a two truck in front of it to tow it? Answer- Unsure- How easy is it to get it into neutral- Answer Not without the engine running. Electronic shifter(?) means new safety protocol requires engine to be running before you can select neutral- I am glad most of my vehicles have 6 month WOFs...It means they are made of fixibles rather than replaceables.....