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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 37404" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>Sorry to hear about your friend's predicament.It's not a design flaw where the air intake is situated.  No doubt in floods this will cause water to be sucked in but don't forget this is a road going saloon car and not designed to traverse water.As you said, he travelled through 1-1.5 ft of water.  At that level, you can't even see if you are travelling through road, drain or if there is a massive hole in the middle.  Defensive driving will tell you to stop the vehicle until you can see CLEARLY what you are driving through.Anyway, I was told the air intake is situated low down as the airflow there is stronger thus enabling better breathing for the engine.</p></blockquote><p></p>