Cars found in Rivers lakes and the sea

[wor kid]

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Some motorbikes (not planes or trains )
That's why I didn't say motorbikes or bicycles because I wanted them to be included

[skinnylew]

The French seem to enjoy disposing of their cars in rivers, lakes and canals. Ala peche de voitures

Peugeot 309

Renault 21

Peugeot Boxer

Renault 5 GT turbo phase 1

Renault Twingo

BMW e36

Renaults, Peugeots and a 1 series pulled from somewhere along the Seine.

[skinnylew]

Citroen Visa

Opel Ascona form La Seine

Take your pick, i'll give you the obvious Golf Mk2

Renault 16 and an early Datsun?

[skinnylew]

Renault 5


Think its a 2cv Arcadiane

Clio, Polo, Passat


Some saxos, Clio's and others


Renault 5 Gordini wheel


Simca I think

[skinnylew]

Golf Mk 1 or polo

Renault 11 and Fiesta mk1?

Peugeot 505?

Escort mk1?

Chrysler avenger?

Another angle of the mini I posted earlier

Renault 11

BMW 7 series, pug 205

Yugo or Fiat?

Citroen Cx?

Fiesta Mk 3

Golf???

1. Renault 16, 2. Escort mk4, 3. Audi 80, 4. Golf mk2, 5. Renault Extra Van, 6.

[mikeymk]

Jul 18, 2016 0:06:25 GMT skinnylew said:

Chrysler avenger?


Yugo or Fiat?

Chrysler 180 and Fiat 133.

[rblote]

Citroen CX? I think it's much more exotic. It's a Citroen SM.
The other one is a Simca indeed

[astranaut]

[MkX]

Jul 18, 2016 11:32:12 GMT astranaut said:

That's never going to start, the engine's flooded.

(OK, I'll get my coat )

[PHUQ]

Jul 16, 2016 16:19:20 GMT accord83 said:

Wow, are they using a Latil to drag those out of Sedgemoor Drain?

Close, it's a Unipower.

[nisfan]

Why have the french seemingly dumped a lot of cars in rivers etc? Or is it a case they have dredged rivers and found the cars there and here in the uk they havent been as many rivers dredged? I find this topic strangely interesting

[skinnylew]

I think its two the reverse actually. I think we dredged our canals loads (pre internet days) and ours are generally shallower and narrower and further from roads. Also scale, France is huge and therefore lots of places to dump stolen cars without being anywhere near population. Not really like that on our small island so much. I too found it intriguing hence all my photos are French stuff. Maybe I should search for British stuff next not that I'm running out of French tin yet lol

[skinnylew]

Have a brace of French small hatchbacks then something more exotic
Renault 5's


Various 106's, 205's, 306's, Clio's etc


Non frenchies
Astra (Kadett)

Fiesta and Escort

Micra and Lada (Fiat??)



Belgian golf

[Ryannn]

It's a shame they all seem to land roof first, probably wipes out any chance of them surviving

[skinnylew]

Something more exotic

Mercedes e class cabrio


Porsche 356's





Porsche 914



Mercedes e class



And a few from the river Avon at Bristol a couple of years ago,





Morris minor Traveller, Cortina and a 306

[skinnylew]

Jul 19, 2016 16:08:08 GMT Ryannn said:

It's a shame they all seem to land roof first, probably wipes out any chance of them surviving

that and decades spent underwater

[Ryannn]

Jul 19, 2016 16:12:48 GMT skinnylew said:

Jul 19, 2016 16:08:08 GMT Ryannn said:

It's a shame they all seem to land roof first, probably wipes out any chance of them surviving

that and decades spent underwater

Well yeah, but it's only freshwater! #optimism lol

[highvoltage]

The 914 makes me sad,doesn't look as though it had been submerged as long as the others.
Wasn't there a Bugatti pulled out of the water in France fairly recently?

[DrSebWilkes]

Considering they have been in water, they haven't rusted too bad. The chemist in me thinks that's because there is less oxygen availability down there?

[Porsche]

What about Top Gears Lotus submarine?