Tow Of Shame Tuesday: A Range Rover Drowns, A Tesla Goes For A Swim, And A Truck Discovers The Boat Ramp Works Both WaysWelcome back to Tow of Shame Tuesday, our weekly roundup of the vehicles that ended the week somewhere their owners really, really did not plan on. No villains here, just physics doing its undefeated thing and a few drivers learning expensive lessons in front of a phone camera. Everyone walked away, which is exactly why we're allowed to smile about it.Also read: Race Weekend Recap: Russell Pounces in Austria, SVG Bullies Sonoma, and Endurance Mayhem at The Glen (June 25–28, 2026)The £120k Range Rover That Tried To Be A Hero And Got Swallowed By The SeaOur headliner comes from Scarborough, England, where a Ford Transit van got stuck in the soft sand on a Friday night while trying to retrieve a couple of jet skis. The fix seemed obvious: call in a friend's 567-hp Range Rover SVR, hook up a strap, and yank it free. Soft sand, it turns out, does not read spec sheets. The SVR promptly buried itself too, and now there were two stuck vehicles instead of one.AdvertisementAdvertisementYou need to know: Here's What Actually Separates A Hypercar From A Supercar In 2026Then came the part nobody can out-muscle: the tide. As the water rose, bystanders reportedly grabbed plastic shovels to help, and per witnesses quoted by Metro and Carscoops, some local advice about using the jet skis to drag the vehicles out was politely declined. By around 10:30 p.m. both the van and the Range Rover were nearly underwater, with only bits poking above the waves. Recovery crews had to wait for low tide before bringing in heavy equipment to drag the pair back out. Both may be total losses. A boatload of horsepower, fancy terrain modes, and genuinely good intentions, all undone by the most predictable opponent on Earth.The Tesla That Confused The Parking Lot For The Deep EndOver in New Canaan, Connecticut, a driver pulled up to the Steve Benko Pool at Waveny Park and apparently asked his Tesla for the brake while it heard accelerator. The car plowed through a fence and some trees and plunged straight into the community pool, coming to rest in the water like a very confused pool toy. An on-duty lifeguard, expecting to spend the day watching swimmers, instead jumped in to help the driver out. The man was fine, the lifeguard got hailed as a hero, and the pool reopened a few days later once the Tesla had been fished out. Recovery here meant a tow operator gently lifting an EV out of the shallow end, which is not a scenario covered in most owner's manuals.The Truck That Learned The Boat Ramp Works In Both DirectionsFinally, a quick one from Lewes, Delaware, where a truck took the boat ramp at the end of Pilottown Road a little too literally and ended up in the water itself on a Wednesday afternoon. Delaware Natural Resources Police responded and the truck was pulled back out. It's the classic boat-ramp blooper that every coastal town sees at least once a season: the trailer is supposed to get wet, not the tow vehicle. A solid reminder to set that parking brake before you walk back to the boat.This Week's Tow Of Shame LessonsThree different vehicles, three different bodies of water, and one shared moral: gravity, tides, and parking brakes are undefeated, and no amount of horsepower or terrain modes changes that. The good news is that every driver this week walked away unharmed, which is the only reason we can give these recoveries the gentle ribbing they deserve. Hook 'em up, drag 'em out, and we'll see you next Tuesday.SourcesRange Rover / Transit van, Scarborough — Carscoops: https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/160k-range-rover-svr-ends-up-in-the-sea-while-trying-to-save-van/AdvertisementAdvertisementTesla into the New Canaan community pool — The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk and News 12 Connecticut / WFLX coverageTruck pulled from water at Lewes boat ramp — WDEL: https://www.wdel.com/news/truck-pulled-from-water-at-lewes-boat-ramp/article_a2278a47-0b16-572e-a9bc-0df624a1a37e.html
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