Posted September 28, 201410 yr Thought I'd go for a little ride out today - grea fun, twisty roads, loads of flies on my visor etc..... Turned down a road is not used before to discover a ford. It was shallow about 5 or 6" deep so I thought why not! Soon realised the answer should have been turn around - slowly in first gear, entered the water and then noticed all the slime and algae on the road. I've always fancied off roading and the like but going sideways on an SR is perhaps not the most sensible thing I've ever tried! I don't mind admitting I shat myself. Twice!
September 28, 201410 yr OH GEEZ! That's a tad frightening! We've had some pretty good downpours here, but nothing that's been sat long enough to gather algae! Just enough to go over the top of your boots.
September 28, 201410 yr Author Looking at the sides, it's normally about 12"! Lesson learnt [emoji15]
September 28, 201410 yr Never did like fords, my late wife used to drive one and she loved it but not me
September 28, 201410 yr Another tip andre" ride thru the centre , [ between car tracks ] as usually big pot holes where cars struggle for grip , Theres a ford near me , I"l video it on Dt this week if I get time, weather is good here, been out loads on bike,
September 28, 201410 yr OH GEEZ! That's a tad frightening! We've had some pretty good downpours here, but nothing that's been sat long enough to gather algae! Just enough to go over the top of your boots. Aye sash , a Ford here is a river crossing, height of water changes due to rain fall,,
September 28, 201410 yr Author Another tip andre" ride thru the centre , [ between car tracks ] as usually big pot holes where cars struggle for grip , Theres a ford near me , I"l video it on Dt this week if I get time, weather is good here, been out loads on bike, I started out in the middle......
September 28, 201410 yr Author Weathers been good down here too - lost count of the number of times I've had scraped fly guys off my visor and jacket [emoji57]
September 28, 201410 yr Author Never did like fords, my late wife used to drive one and she loved it but not me Ironically, coming the other way was a Mk 2 Escort - bright yellow, second thing to remind me of when I went rally driving!!
September 28, 201410 yr 'Lessons learnt' That is the favourite expression used by the Professional Standards Dept in my work. Usually follows some form of f*ck up
September 28, 201410 yr Aye sash , a Ford here is a river crossing, height of water changes due to rain fall,, Yep, we just have terrible drainage systems and get flash floods.
September 28, 201410 yr Author not one but 2 turds floating down form the Ford, dirty bugger Did you never play pooh sticks??
September 29, 201410 yr Ok never mentioned it be FORD but warned if you keep using such language I will have to find some sensible people.... ------ -- Well ok either way your stuck with me. But realy a FORD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dont do it
September 29, 201410 yr Author Fords in this country are better than they used to be! In 94 I had a Mk 4 Escort Ghia - didn't even have powered steering and even with it being front wheel drive the rear end was a little slidey.
September 29, 201410 yr Ford built 4 good things the model t,the gt40, the rs 200 ( and they only built 25 of them), 1966 bronco 4x4,,,and the ac cobra but they didn't realy build that,,that was Carrol Shelby's baby ,,,everything else is just junk!!!! I would almost rather walk than drive a F...king ford no wonder hardly and ford built a truck together might as well add a KTM to the list of Junk I would never own. Only took them 50 years to fit independent rear suspension to the Mudstain guess they couldn't figuer it out. Edit the tarus SVO v6 back in mid 90's was a great motor (built by Yamaha) but the rest of the car was a POS
September 30, 201410 yr Moderator The mark 1 Escort Mexico (in 1970's brown) needs to be added to that list.
September 30, 201410 yr Moderator Ford UK are totally different to Ford USA. the Dagenham factory turned out some great cars Capri, early escorts, transit van, early cortinas,zephyr, zodiac, Corsair....
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