Can your Hyundai Getz swim?
Driving to the church in the Philippines that I work for can be tough because I live so far away. I live in Caloocan, and my church in Taguig is in, well, Taguig. Getting there from my place means driving through Quezon City (Banawe, Nagtahan and sections of Espana/Quezon Avenue), Manila (Taft Avenue), Makati (South Superhighway or Buendia), and Paranaque (if I take Nichols). Going home, I may pass through Quiapo, including the treacherous Dangwa.
The entire route is open to floodwaters during the rainy season. Driving through these floodwaters terrifies me every single time. This is probably one of the most difficult things about owning such a small car; it gets pretty scary driving my Hyundai Getz through those floods. I remember being taught to drive at a high RPM so water doesn’t come in through the exhaust pipe and “flood the engine.” I’m not really sure what the technical reasons are behind this, but I’ve never been one to question old husbands’ tales, and hindi pa naman ako namamatayan ng makina, so I guess I must be doing something right.
Why are our exhaust pipes so low to the ground? Kakatakot!
Kayo? Do you have a hard time driving through floodwaters? Any tricks of the trade you can share?
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dont drive fast so that water will not be sucked in the air intake manifold. relax lang hehe, kaya naman hanggang below headlight ang tubig, be sure that no water will enter the passenger cabin, so that your computer box will not get wet. =)
October 5: what if a 2 years old getz is soaked in the muddy flood water in Marikina Sept 26…have some advice for that?I love really to drive that care it is so economical in gas and easy to park with a lot of room to place big stuff when the back seat is folded down…it is like a mini – mini van…still waiting insurance and paper works.