RIP: 'Lil Chris's sweet E36 318i...

Kinja'd!!! "daender" (daender)
09/24/2015 at 14:42 • Filed to: None

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Flooded just outside my apartment, happened to notice one of my SCCA friends and fellow engineering student parked his car in a horrible spot for this weather. He and his BMW were with me on our !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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It got worse since this picture, the water completely obscured the chrome kidney grills. I checked it out after the flooding stopped, the footwells are entirely flood and holding water and there’re signs the water got as high as the armrests.

It’s salvageable...but there’s a whole lot of interior and electronic work that’ll need to be done.


DISCUSSION (23)


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:47

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I believe you have found it - the elusive reason the X3 exists. Just kidding.


Kinja'd!!! mazda616 > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:47

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Damn, that sucks. That street flooded quickly!


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:47

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Where is this?


Kinja'd!!! Klaus Schmoll > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:47

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Saw the first pic and thought “why doesn’t he just drive off?”, then I scrolled down...

No way to warn him or do anything about it?


Kinja'd!!! daender > Klaus Schmoll
09/24/2015 at 14:49

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He is on a minor field trip for his senior design project. No way to get that car out in time.


Kinja'd!!! daender > Steve in Manhattan
09/24/2015 at 14:49

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South Main Street, Columbia, SC.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:50

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It wasn’t nearly this bad in Lexington, damn.


Kinja'd!!! Rico > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:50

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She’s dead Jim


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:51

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Geez, that sucks. Sorry for the guy.


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:51

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That’s heartbreaking.


Kinja'd!!! 64Mali > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:53

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About that much water killed my old Mazda 6. Once the electronics get wet its done for.

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Kinja'd!!! daender > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/24/2015 at 14:54

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It always floods at the corner of Main St and Whaley St. I don’t understand why the city allows metered parking there anymore.


Kinja'd!!! Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > daender
09/24/2015 at 14:56

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I have learned in my short time here that either SCDOT or Lexington County doesn’t believe in ditches.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:03

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Wow.


Kinja'd!!! Milky > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:05

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Well thats depressing for any car person.

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Kinja'd!!! Moves-Like-Senna > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:06

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Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:07

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yay amphibious cars are real!!!!!!!


Kinja'd!!! ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:09

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the flooding is worse than I anticipated. that’s the worst I’ve seen it there.


Kinja'd!!! RockThrillz89 > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:13

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It’s flooding in Cola? Or is that particular spot especially prone to flooding? We’ve been getting lightly raining all day here in Florence, but no flooding.


Kinja'd!!! Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:23

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Damn. That sucks.


Kinja'd!!! daender > RockThrillz89
09/24/2015 at 15:41

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Just that particular spot, it’s poorly designed to handle flash flooding water volumes.


Kinja'd!!! GUYMANDUDE > daender
09/24/2015 at 15:47

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Carpart.com get yourself some used control modules and dry it out change the fuids and you are good


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > daender
09/24/2015 at 20:18

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this ain’t ending well.