[expazl]

Believe it or not, but if you manage to damage your engine by driving through deep water that snot under warrenty either, unless you own an ambitious vehicle. There is this incredibly odd and incridibly forced mentality in drivers of "Well I was on the road and I need to get from point A to point B, so nomatter the conditions I can't be faulted for driving through them". But if you drive through deep water and damage your car that's very much your own wrong doing and your own bill at the end of the day. And if it happens that there is no way from point A to point B that doesn't have the potential of damaging your car then you need to just not go at all.

[heavyset_go]

Even Tesla said it wasn't the drivers fault and there's no evidence that the drivers drove through "deep water":

> “After finally getting to speak to a manager, he told me [the battery] had water in it due to the fact the weather in Scotland has been so bad. That was the issue. They said it’s not necessarily my fault but it’s not Tesla’s to pay under warranty. He reminded me there was a yellow weather warning in some parts of Scotland,” one of the owners told Edinburgh Live.

Besides, Tesla's CEO disagrees that "deep water" is a problem[2]:

> A Tesla works as a boat for short periods of time, as an electric car has no air intake or exhaust to block & battery/motor/electronics are water-sealed. Submarines are just underwater EVs.

[2] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1221176639339425792

[stetrain]

That doesn't actually say that the owner didn't drive it through deep water. The articles I have seen on this incident seem to very carefully tiptoe around what actually happened to the car.

[gustavus]

"Now you listen here mister insurance man, I'd been out drinking and had to get to work in 20 minutes, the car should've been able to handle that."

"There was an overturned oil tanker and the road was on fire and it was a blizzard sir."

"While no one said the car couldn't not do that. In fact I seen it before once on the Dukes o' Hazards show and so if you don't cover it that's false advertisin'."

"...."

[throw310822]

Seems the distinction is basically "water coming from above" vs "water flooding from below". "Damage due to heavy rain" makes one think of the former, while the latter case can be more nuanced (did you drive into a very deep puddle?)

[crookedview]

I've never once taken my car's ambition into account. Now I feel bad

[mozman]

If you drive your ICE in a puddle and hydro lock the motor it’s classified as an accident. Insurance will pay.