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Lightwater



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Don't drive through water that is too deep!

A test in Sydney where they do all sorts of tests with water and weather impacts.

Floating 4wd:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-18/rese...rs/7522798 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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So, they've proved that cars float in water and a cubic metre of water weighs 1,000 kilos - that's heavy water, Lightwater.

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Yorky Bob



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Food for thought. Very interesting. Thumbs Up FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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Lightwater



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Starts getting interesting after a minute. Toowoomba flood 2011

 Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Future cars would need a compartment that can be flooded with water when wading similar to submarines when they want to submerge Rolling with laughter
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