Oh man, you had flooding there, too? Sorry to see it.
When I lived in Downtown Fargo (which would flood about two feet deep if the dikes broke) I thought about putting my car up on blocks so the water wouldn't destroy it.
second one at my city (1st was test drive car), 5th sold in about 100km radius when i bought mine. and i am talking about that amazingly sweet green colour of course.
what can I say? zoom zoom! the best reasonable small car ever that stole my heart straight after first test drive.
e: new mazda 3 looks better but isn't as fun as the smaller brother. concidered switching to it seriously though.
Until recently, a roaring aircooled 24hp beast that looked something like this: . My US friends referred to it as the motorized chair (and a small one at that)