Mark Piercy said:

Only if your braking through the water. Checking your brakes is a good idea or maybe don't go out in the rain. Being honest there are a few models of land-rover that should not go out in the rain.
I think the wider the tyre the more the impact onto the waters surface giving a bigger reaction.

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kermit_rr said:

I know what you mean about fat tyres but the p38 had 255s on and that was just fine in the wet.. you can't tell me that had better handling than a more modern car but the l322 does have a lot more 'toys', you don't need to hit the brake pedal for the various stability control thingy bobs to start doing their thing. Maybe i should turn it off and see how/if it changes anything what could go wrong...

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Grrrrrr said:

Should have kept the P38 ...

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Mark Piercy said:

Only if your braking through the water. Checking your brakes is a good idea or maybe don't go out in the rain. Being honest there are a few models of land-rover that should not go out in the rain.
I think the wider the tyre the more the impact onto the waters surface giving a bigger reaction.

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Mark Piercy said:

Only if your braking through the water. Checking your brakes is a good idea or maybe don't go out in the rain. Being honest there are a few models of land-rover that should not go out in the rain.
I think the wider the tyre the more the impact onto the waters surface giving a bigger reaction.

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kermit_rr said:

I know what you mean about fat tyres but the p38 had 255s on and that was just fine in the wet.. you can't tell me that had better handling than a more modern car but the l322 does have a lot more 'toys', you don't need to hit the brake pedal for the various stability control thingy bobs to start doing their thing. Maybe i should turn it off and see how/if it changes anything what could go wrong...

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Datatek said:

The fashionable wide tyres can certainly be a problem if you hit standing water, I once did a complete 360 spin on the M25 in a Porsche 944 when I hit water a few millimetres deep. Lucky no vehicles near and I missed the barriers, needed clean underpants after.

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Blob said:

The 944 has near perfect weight distribution with the gearbox in the back doesn't it? That must have been a beautifully balanced spin to watch but not experience!

My 911 used to aquaplane a little from time to time too, the wide tyre combo and engine in the back is something that stops you taking silly chances in the wet if you want to actually complete your journey!

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Scotiawhiskers said:

And today went to the 100th birthday do, involving 2 stops in 8 miles to nanocom the EAS for pressure switch not changing state. And shouted at him for that.

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brianp38dse said:

I drove mine for the first time since March, to the mot station after doing a quick change of the dreaded spill pipe from the pump to no1 injector, currently awaiting to go in for the mot

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kermit_rr said:

And wots all this about synthetic dot4 brake fluid? Do i need to avoid it it's it compatible with normal dot4?

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kermit_rr said:

plenty of aquaplaning in all this wet weather... tyres are reported as 'good in the wet' but can't say i've had much fun so far.. doesnt need to be much standing water at all.. can't imagine its the car so must be the tyres

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