Report
of the floods in Australia from a V8 member
David Sutcliffe reports his Toyota Camry was caught in the recent
flash floods and once the water reached the windscreen, the
automatic water sensing windscreen wipers came on!
Updated: 230111
Posted: 170111
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Australian
RV8 enthusiast, David Sutcliffe in Victoria, says
"you may have been watching the flood situation
in Victoria. Unfortunately I left my car on what
I thought was high ground. A white Toyota Camry
about three months old. It is shown on the news
footage (see the link below) in the flood water.
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am
pleased the high tech windscreen wipers had detected
the water and turned themselves on and are still
working in the clip! Japanese technology is impressive!"
David is General Manager of Technical Services at
Goldfields Shire Council and says "Carisbrook
is a town within my municipality that has just experienced
the worst flooding on record. The town went under
in a matter of an hour. Twelve months ago the municipality
was in the grip of a 14 year drought and was on
very harsh water restrictions. If you are interested
have a look at the news
clip."
We hope David's RV8 - Oxford Blue 0970 - is safe
from the flooding and has not been damaged. As soon
as we find out we will let you know.
David Sutcliffe has replied saying "the RV8
is tucked up nicely in Melbourne about 250 kms from
the flooding." 230111 |
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