Ross,
Your wife agrees to get out of the car and paddle in muddy water for you, just to test the depth..?? You want to hang on to that one mate..!!
Cheers
R
I sort of did that when trying to find Bruntingthorpe, my SatNav took me in what was a dead end yard full of great potholes, not good at 50mph when you are in a hurry, another guy did exactly the same as me though and we had a laugh about it..!!
I once drove HGV class 1 in between careers, being lost I asked for directions, turn left just after the shell garage... In to a queue of trucks, so far so good... Turns out to be a municipal tip, 2 feet of red mud and I've got a 50ft trailer, my worst driving experience. Doing a 50 point u turn in mud, then getting stuck in the wheel wash.
There I feel better for sharing
He got the car out and it didn't look to suffer massively.
i suspect pride played a part there. A mate egging him on could easily have ended up a bit over committed. I think I'd have give up when the central verge was wiping the GSs nose!