I didn't intend to take the Espace swimming, I got caught in a flash flood.

The air intake on a MK2 Espace is just in front of the offside front wheel at low level. In the manual (which I hadn't read before the "accident") it says that you can safely proceed through standing water up to 6", providing your speed doesnot exceed 2mph. I hit 18" of standing water doing around 20mph.
