Here comes a pale blue BMW X6—prices for this model start around £75,000. It begins to negotiate the muddied waters of the rural ford well enough and then—fizzle-pop!—it glides to a halt in just over 50 centimetres of water.
And now we have a dark blue Jaguar going for it with relish. It stutters to an ignominious ending, wisps of smoke rising from its bonnet. How about this bright red Vauxhall, a taxi based in nearby Mansfield? Surely he’ll know the lie of the land? But, no, it gurgles to a stop and the driver makes an elegant escape through the window and across the roof.
And there to chronicle these and other humiliations is Ben Gregory, 21, from nearby Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, who has become something of an internet sensation for his social media feeds capturing the untimely and watery demise of so many cars.