I'm sorry to hear of your recent experience. On this side of the pond,
such vehicles are known as "water dogs", and often show up on used car
lots far from home. I like the replacement.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 6/17/2018 7:05 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
I’ve been a little preoccupied over the last two weeks: I drove into too deep a puddle
on 1 June and the engine stopped. It hasn’t started since, but I hoped that a good
garage might find the fault and bring my lovely BMW X1 back to me.
It hasn’t. I got a call from the insurance company last week to tell me that
the car was beyond economic repair.
It’s not the cylinders, it seems: the engine will turn over so there has been no water to bend a
conrod. But the OBD is dead and the garage (and the insurance company’s engineer) reckon that the
electrics have been badly affected and that there is no knowing how much it will take to get the car on the
road and reliable again. I’ve talked to a few people and it’s not uncommon for too much
water to kill a car, it seems, what with all the microprocessors and sensitive electronics.
So I feel a little daft, but I’ve managed to find myself a replacement, a BMW X3
that’s just over 2 years old and not a stupid amount of money. This prompted my younger son
to accuse me of having engineered the accident so that I could acquire a new car (he was in the car
at the time, so he knows what happened). And he sent me a Father’s Day card with the
conspiracy sub-text:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22875
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22875>
But I am consoled by my replacement car, although I’m back to a diesel engine:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22878
<http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22878>
It isn’t ready for me yet, but I’ll be driving it (very carefully) back from
the dealer on Thursday.
Chris
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