"Dad, I think I got it wrong again"
Discussion
Monkeylegend said:
Think he rear ended a Porsche.
No mention of any other vehicle.https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/19809528.po...
NMNeil said:
Monkeylegend said:
Think he rear ended a Porsche.
No mention of any other vehicle.https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/19809528.po...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Smoothound said:
Probably 30 or 40 each VW/Audi/Merc/Ford/* binned round the country on the same night I guess! 
BCH Road Policing Unit said:
The roads are very wet, with lots of standing water
While I decry any schadenfreude and consider it entirely out of place on a car enthusiasts' forum, I think it's worth noting that light weight and wide tyres are a recipe for (a) incredible grip in the dry but also (b) aquaplaning at lower speeds in heavy wet conditions.It's thus perhaps worth a mention, as a potential constructive outcome from this somewhat useless thread, that those of us lucky enough to have high performance sports/super cars may wish to bear in mind that we can't necessarily follow the diesel Ford Focus ahead of us through standing water at the same motorway speeds without having a distressingly different result. More discussion here.
MOD500 said:
Very glad 720 driver was uninjured. Looking at pic car is wearing summer tyres, if we fit winter tyres does increase safety and dynamic capabilities massively in cooler ambients and especially in wet.
Doesnt help a jot with aquaplaning.Winter tyres are made of softer rubber because the cold makes summer tyres too hard to deform around road imperfections.
That isnt the problem with aqualplaning.
Light cars on wide tyres are s
t in snow too. It just underscores how important it is to fit season appropriate tyres ... but I may be making a dangerous assumption in this.
I have tracked MPSCup2 and MPS4S tyres side by side and you would not believe the benefit of the 4S in the wet and cool ...
Even so, the 4S is acceptably good in the dry ... 1.25g acceptably good ...
I have tracked MPSCup2 and MPS4S tyres side by side and you would not believe the benefit of the 4S in the wet and cool ...
Even so, the 4S is acceptably good in the dry ... 1.25g acceptably good ...
samoht said:
While I decry any schadenfreude and consider it entirely out of place on a car enthusiasts' forum, I think it's worth noting that light weight and wide tyres are a recipe for (a) incredible grip in the dry but also (b) aquaplaning at lower speeds in heavy wet conditions.
It's thus perhaps worth a mention, as a potential constructive outcome from this somewhat useless thread, that those of us lucky enough to have high performance sports/super cars may wish to bear in mind that we can't necessarily follow the diesel Ford Focus ahead of us through standing water at the same motorway speeds without having a distressingly different result. More discussion here.
Yeah the point of standing water and big fat tyres on a light car is a fair point too of course! It's thus perhaps worth a mention, as a potential constructive outcome from this somewhat useless thread, that those of us lucky enough to have high performance sports/super cars may wish to bear in mind that we can't necessarily follow the diesel Ford Focus ahead of us through standing water at the same motorway speeds without having a distressingly different result. More discussion here.
Outright saying someone is completely wrong, when they are correct is being a dick. You wouldnt speak like that to my face so dont be a wee wideo just because you are safe behind a keyboard. It wouldnt hurt you to be polite. Winter tyre certification is based on compound. Tread pattern is incidental but tyre sellers like to generalise in their marketing. You cant take it as fact.
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