For folks who want to hear another story from PatrickTM (yup, my name is trademarked so you can’t steal my identity, obviously) I got one for you. And to the thread police out here, no, it’s not Tesla related. Yes, I am waiting for my Tesla, see my sig for wait time and EDD updates.
A long time friend from my college days is here visiting us in Massachusetts all week. Just happened to perfectly coincide with a massive weeklong rain storm but whatever, we make shite work around here. I booked us a beach cabin on the South Shore as a cool little getaway, figured we wouldn’t get tondo much but just sit around the fireplace, be cozy and watch the waves and storms outside. Wednesday was rainy and windy at our house (NW outside of Boston) but as we approached the South Shore things looked way worse. We drove around at least one downed power line, about a dozen powerless traffic lights, two roads blocked by downed trees (one with police, one without anyone there…spooky), all driving in pitch black. We kept going because it was barely sprinkling and light wind, but I could tell it rained pretty bad earlier that day.
At this point we had driven about 1.5 hours, and less than a mile away from the cabin driving along the beach was when it got really dicey. Water on the road! I know better than to just drive into water like an idiot, so I got out and walked in the water to check depth. Ankle depth - about 3”. Okay, we proceed. About half a mile away from the cabin, the water level decreased but the road was completely covered by mud from when it was flooded and washed out earlier that day. The Prius wheels simply sank into the fresh mud/sand that washed onto the road. We got stuck, but were able to reverse out of there and that’s when we decided: it’s definitely time to go home and figure out refunds later. Stopped along the away to get some phở to raise our spirits and called it quits while we were ahead.
The next day (Thu) I hosed off all the salt water that touched the underbody of the car the best I could, and came across photos from the town, if anyone interested. I had no idea it was that bad out there, otherwise I wouldn’t have gone out. Probably one of the worst storms of the season. Crazy day!
Photos: South Shore residents, utility crews wading through nor'easter damage
PS: I feel like some people here will really protect their Model Y, and baby them with the PPF and ceramic coating. I appreciate the effort that goes into keeping a car show level detailed, but I will not do that. I will, however, do my best to keep it reasonably clean and try not to drive it through seawater and take it inadvertently mudding. But I absolutely will not stop going on crazy fun adventures!
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