would you have driven this Nissan Patrol or an Essex Police Landrover across the swollen river?

This Nissan Patrol driver tested the water, but didn't take long to decide to put his all-terrain vehicle into reverse.

The Chelmer and Blackwater Canal burst its banks at Papermill Lock, Little Baddow, Essex, after the heavy rains of January 2011, something it does quite regularly.

An Essex Police Marine Unit's Landrover also turned back from the main flooding, but was able to tackle the water that covered the approach from Little Baddow.

Would you be brave or foolhardy enough to have driven on regardless, and if you would, which amphibious vehicle would you choose?

Could a Nissan Patrol, a four-wheel drive vehicle manufactured by Nissan in Japan since 1951, got to the other side?

The Patrol in known as a Safari in Japan, but what's good about a name when it cannot tackle an English flood!

These vehicles are still on sale is available in Australasia, Central and South America, South Africa, parts of Southeast Asia and Western Europe as well as Iran and the Middle East.

In 2010 it became available in the United States and Canada as the upscale 2011 Infiniti QX56, which had shared the same platform as the US-built Nissan Armada from 2004 to 2010.

The Patrol has been available as either a short-wheelbase (SWB) three-door or a long-wheelbase (LWB) five-door chassis.

The LWB version has also been offered in utility and cab chassis variants alongside the wagon.

Between 1988 and 1994, Ford Australia marketed the Patrol as the Ford Maverick.

The Maverick was available alongside the Nissan-branded Patrol. Also, in some European countries the Patrol was, for a short while marketed as Ebro Patrol.

The Patrol was always regarded as a tough 4X4 in Australia, Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean.

Its stronghold is the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other European Countries.

Its major competitors are Toyota Land Cruiser, Land Rover Discovery and Mitsubishi Pajero.

The second generation Y60 (GQ) platform is still manufactured as a military vehicle in the countries of Asia and the Middle East, and various versions of the Patrol are widely used by United Nations agencies. These Y60 models are produced alongside the current Y61.

Nissan Patrols, fourth and fifth generation, are the main troop transport vehicles used by the Irish Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Patrol

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[ChelmsfordStuff]

thanks mate for that tip top tip

[HD2512DK]

Just have a snokle on the enigne and it's not a problem