Driving a car into water - stunt assistance needed!

[ian - 100goals]

Hi there everyone. I am looking for a group of divers to help me with an exciting challenge - I want to drive a car off a jetty into water, and then escape from it when it has sunk!! Please allow me to explain....

My name is Ian Usher, and I am originally from the north-east of England. In 2008 I received quite alot of international publicity when I put my life in Perth, Western Australia, up for sale on eBay. I appeared on TV shows in Australia, England and America, and on radio shows and in newspapers all over the world. See the link below for more info:
Alife4sale.com - Ian Usher is selling his life: car, bike, jetski... as well as his house and everything inside. Buy it and he will walk away with only the clothes on his back

Since then I have moved onto a new project, which is to achieve 100 of my lifetime list of goals in 100 weeks. I am currently 87 weeks into my 100 week journey, and to date I have achieved 82 goals of my 100 targeted goals. My journey so far has taken me right around the world twice, and over the last year and a half I have experienced some incredible things. Again I have appeared on TV, on radio shows and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. See here for press coverage on my 100 goals journey:
100Goals100Weeks.com - Ian Usher has sold his life, what is he doing next?

I am currently under contract to Walt Disney Pictures, who may make a movie about my adventures, and Goal Number 100 is to secure a book deal about the whole journey.

Okay, so one of the goals is to drive a car off a jetty into water, let it sink to the bottom, allow it to fill with water, then escape, just like in the movies. That would be pretty exciting.

And this is where I need help. Here is what I reckon I need:-

1). A suitable site. Maybe a quarry pit dive site, or something like that. When I dived with Preston Sub-Aqua Club in the 80s there was a quarry where stolen vehicles were regularly dumped in the water. They made great dive sites. I can't remember the name of the quarry though.
Any suggestions for a possible location?

2). A car - this is the easy part, I imagine. Any old wrecker will do, as long as it has manual, as opposed to electric, windows, and can drive well enough to get into the water!

3). Divers! This is where I hope you come in. If I can find a suitable site, then I would like to invite the local dive club to be a part of the adventure. Obviously I would like some safety cover - maybe an air tank in the car just in case, and divers on hand with a hammer and knife just in case needed to get out of the car.
Also I would like to get photos and hopefully video of the event too. There is a TV producer in the States interested in possibly putting together some sort of documentary about the whole adventure.

Potential dates:-
I am currently in Kathmandu, and have just finished the trek to Everest Base camp. Next I pass briefly through India to see the Taj Mahal, and then fly to the UK, arriving 28th April. I reckon the best day to try this might be May Day Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd May. Or possibly any evening that following week?

Anyone out there interested in a bit of an adventure?

You can contact me via email through the Contact page of my website:
100Goals100Weeks.com - Ian Usher has sold his life, what is he doing next?

Many thanks,

Ian Usher

[ray]

Hi and welcome.

You might not get past 83, your nuts.

Still saying that there are a lot on here that are nuts as well....

[Morag]

Welcome to YD.

I seem to have nothing to do on May 3rd except housework.

I'll dive it for you, but i cn't help with anything else, i'm afraid.

(yup - i'm bonkers )

[frosty the snowman]

Hi and welcome. I don't think people have enough adventures so if I can possibly help, I will.

[bridgey]

ask stoneycove if you can drive it in there, they could do with a new "attraction"!!!!

[Woz]

Stoney don't really have a pier to drive off.

Swithland. That's where you want to do it. There's a Jag down there already that needs some company. Mind you it's 50m straight down so I wouldn't rate your chances.
Oooooo how about Hodge? I had a jack and a can of oil out of the Escort in there. Mind you there is a teeny-tiny cliff to fall off first.
Wraysbury? You wouldn't get past the sludge.
Chepstow? Now that would be a impressive. Off the cliff in the car park straight into the deep end.

Ah. Got it. Capernwray. Nice jetty to fly off, not too deep.

[witchieblackcat]

1). A suitable site. Maybe a quarry pit dive site, or something like that. When I dived with Preston Sub-Aqua Club in the 80s there was a quarry where stolen vehicles were regularly dumped in the water. They made great dive sites. I can't remember the name of the quarry though.
Any suggestions for a possible location?

I think you are thinking of Capernwray Quarry or Eccleston Delph. They have both done similar things in the past for TV. I suggest that you contact them direct.

2). A car - this is the easy part, I imagine. Any old wrecker will do, as long as it has manual, as opposed to electric, windows, and can drive well enough to get into the water!

I think Digger might have a suitable car...

3). Divers! This is where I hope you come in. If I can find a suitable site, then I would like to invite the local dive club to be a part of the adventure. Obviously I would like some safety cover - maybe an air tank in the car just in case, and divers on hand with a hammer and knife just in case needed to get out of the car.
Also I would like to get photos and hopefully video of the event too. There is a TV producer in the States interested in possibly putting together some sort of documentary about the whole adventure.

I have a camera and would take photos if you get it arranged.

Potential dates:-
I am currently in Kathmandu, and have just finished the trek to Everest Base camp. Next I pass briefly through India to see the Taj Mahal, and then fly to the UK, arriving 28th April. I reckon the best day to try this might be May Day Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd May. Or possibly any evening that following week?

You're cutting it a bit fine.

[PeeBee]

Sounds like an interesting challenge but I wouldn't have thought that a regular dive site or sensible water park would want all the oil and petrol leaking out into the water with it's environmental impact so it would need to be cleaned and maybe freewheeled down a hill and off a ramp.

[Fart Mersho]

Hi there everyone. I am looking for a group of divers to help me with an exciting challenge - I want to drive a car off a jetty into water, and then escape from it when it has sunk!! Please allow me to explain....

My name is Ian Usher, and I am originally from the north-east of England. In 2008 I received quite alot of international publicity when I put my life in Perth, Western Australia, up for sale on eBay. I appeared on TV shows in Australia, England and America, and on radio shows and in newspapers all over the world. See the link below for more info:
Alife4sale.com - Ian Usher is selling his life: car, bike, jetski... as well as his house and everything inside. Buy it and he will walk away with only the clothes on his back

Since then I have moved onto a new project, which is to achieve 100 of my lifetime list of goals in 100 weeks. I am currently 87 weeks into my 100 week journey, and to date I have achieved 82 goals of my 100 targeted goals. My journey so far has taken me right around the world twice, and over the last year and a half I have experienced some incredible things. Again I have appeared on TV, on radio shows and in newspapers and magazines all over the world. See here for press coverage on my 100 goals journey:
100Goals100Weeks.com - Ian Usher has sold his life, what is he doing next?

I am currently under contract to Walt Disney Pictures, who may make a movie about my adventures, and Goal Number 100 is to secure a book deal about the whole journey.

Okay, so one of the goals is to drive a car off a jetty into water, let it sink to the bottom, allow it to fill with water, then escape, just like in the movies. That would be pretty exciting.

And this is where I need help. Here is what I reckon I need:-

1). A suitable site. Maybe a quarry pit dive site, or something like that. When I dived with Preston Sub-Aqua Club in the 80s there was a quarry where stolen vehicles were regularly dumped in the water. They made great dive sites. I can't remember the name of the quarry though.
Any suggestions for a possible location?

2). A car - this is the easy part, I imagine. Any old wrecker will do, as long as it has manual, as opposed to electric, windows, and can drive well enough to get into the water!

3). Divers! This is where I hope you come in. If I can find a suitable site, then I would like to invite the local dive club to be a part of the adventure. Obviously I would like some safety cover - maybe an air tank in the car just in case, and divers on hand with a hammer and knife just in case needed to get out of the car.
Also I would like to get photos and hopefully video of the event too. There is a TV producer in the States interested in possibly putting together some sort of documentary about the whole adventure.

Potential dates:-
I am currently in Kathmandu, and have just finished the trek to Everest Base camp. Next I pass briefly through India to see the Taj Mahal, and then fly to the UK, arriving 28th April. I reckon the best day to try this might be May Day Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd May. Or possibly any evening that following week?

Anyone out there interested in a bit of an adventure?

You can contact me via email through the Contact page of my website:
100Goals100Weeks.com - Ian Usher has sold his life, what is he doing next?

Many thanks,

Ian Usher

Hi, This sounds like a laugh....

I'd put money on your mates from preston talking about Dorothea... Flooded quarry in north wales. It's not an official dive site, so could be done on the sly, but if the press are involved it'd be best not to do it there.

if stoney would let you drive the car off the slip ramp, it might work... and you'd only be in 3 - 6m of water.

anyway, count me in.

[machiavelli]

I'd put money on your mates from preston talking about Dorothea... Flooded quarry in north wales. It's not an official dive site, so could be done on the sly, but if the press are involved it'd be best not to do it there.

Isn't Dorothea an SSSI? What would the Great Crested Newt think? And what's the current state of the ramp and platform at the bottom?

And you certainly need an air source (and to know how to use it - not clear if you are a diver) in the vehicle in case it takes longer than you expect to extract you!