Have you ever seen a 3" hose under pressure? They don't bend, it has to be a gentle curve. Think very oversized garden hose made of layers ending with sandpaper (rough canvas) on the outer layer. If you kink the hose, no water. If you kink the hose and then release it rapidly you get a water hammer. You have then, most likely, damaged the hydrant.
You can't say "more" when you don't have a comparison of what it would look like without going through the windows here.
For all we know, that's fewer kinks than would have been present by bending the hose around or over the car. I kinda doubt it, but we don't know because there isn't a video of them doing that to this vehicle.
There is zero scenario where draping the hose on top of this car and allowing it to find its own path between the hydrant and the engine results in more kinks than forcing it through the small rigid openings of two car windows.
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u/rbartlejr Jul 10 '24
Have you ever seen a 3" hose under pressure? They don't bend, it has to be a gentle curve. Think very oversized garden hose made of layers ending with sandpaper (rough canvas) on the outer layer. If you kink the hose, no water. If you kink the hose and then release it rapidly you get a water hammer. You have then, most likely, damaged the hydrant.