Blatting along the M62 this afternoon at 80ish ... kph of course officer ...

Heavens opened and torrential rain, hailstones, the works. Within about 3 minutes I was navigating the River M62. In most of my recent cars this would have meant struggling for grip, having the steering wheel almost snatched out of my hands each time one of the front wheels hit a deeper puddle.

Betty just kept on tracking straight and true. I had to slow down only because all the other traffic did so, she would have happily kept sailing along at the same rate of knots.

Blatting along the M62 this afternoon at 80ish ... kph of course officer ...

Heavens opened and torrential rain, hailstones, the works. Within about 3 minutes I was navigating the River M62. In most of my recent cars this would have meant struggling for grip, having the steering wheel almost snatched out of my hands each time one of the front wheels hit a deeper puddle.

Betty just kept on tracking straight and true. I had to slow down only because all the other traffic did so, she would have happily kept sailing along at the same rate of knots.

A good testament to her build quality

That's the Haldex for you however word of caution, if you do loose her e.g. aquaplane then you will get virtually no prior warning she's at the limit unlike with a conventional 2wd; just goes big time

Regards,

TP

I noticed when using winter tyres that when I hit a puddle on one side of the car that it didn't tug to side with the puddle like all my other cars did. Most impressed. Again, probably a mixture of winter tyres and the 4x4.

Mike

That's the Haldex for you however word of caution, if you do loose her e.g. aquaplane then you will get virtually no prior warning she's at the limit unlike with a conventional 2wd; just goes big time

Regards,

TP

Cheers TP, I'll remember that.

That's the Haldex for you however word of caution, if you do loose her e.g. aquaplane then you will get virtually no prior warning she's at the limit unlike with a conventional 2wd; just goes big time

Regards,

TP

I remember Suzy Perry doing something on the gadget show about aquaplaning. I can't remember what the equation was though to work out the aquaplaning speed of the vehicle, but I remember thinking that for most vehicles that it was around the 50mph mark when I looked at the equation. The equation came from somewhere like Nasa if I remember correctly.

Mike

It's 9 x the squareroot of the tyre pressure in PSI.

e.g. tyre pressure 36psi,squareroot is 6,so aquaplaning speed is 6x9 = 54mph.

( The aquaplaning speed of a 747 is around 135mph.)

It's 9 x the squareroot of the tyre pressure in PSI.

e.g. tyre pressure 36psi,squareroot is 6,so aquaplaning speed is 6x9 = 54mph.

( The aquaplaning speed of a 747 is around 135mph.)

Thanks. I knew somebody here would know it

Rain. What's that?

Rain. What's that?

a figment of Bobdog's imagination.... or is it a conspiracy theory....

Rain. What's that?

Come up to Cumbria - you'll soon experience it - they don't call it the Lake District for nothing

Rain. What's that?

Looby, I'm a good owd Norfolk boy, temporarily (I hope) living in exile amongst the savage northern tribes. I didn't appreciate, until I moved up here, quite how wonderfully dry East Anglia is. Right this minute (10.00am Saturday 14th) it's p*ss*ng down in the Pennines. Actually, 'down' is not quite the right word; with the wind it's coming in horizontally! :'(

there is a sying up-north " if you can see the hills it's going to rain, if you can't see the hills it's raining "

Looby, I'm a good owd Norfolk boy, temporarily (I hope) living in exile amongst the savage northern tribes. I didn't appreciate, until I moved up here, quite how wonderfully dry East Anglia is. Right this minute (10.00am Saturday 14th) it's p*ss*ng down in the Pennines. Actually, 'down' is not quite the right word; with the wind it's coming in horizontally!

there is a sying up-north " if you can see the hills it's going to rain, if you can't see the hills it's raining "

That's very true - but in my part of Cumbria delete 'hills' and insert 'Isle of Man.' The other popular one is, "The sun always shines in Cumbria, it's just the clouds get in the way!"

That's very true - but in my part of Cumbria delete 'hills' and insert 'Isle of Man.' The other popular one is, "The sun always shines in Cumbria, it's just the clouds get in the way!"

Whereas the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia describes Norfolk as 'semi-arid'.

Whereas the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia describes Norfolk as 'semi-arid'.

Semi Arid? SEMI ARID!? In the UK? You're aving a larf guv! You'll be telling us next they travel about on camels

Brilliant sunshine here in Lincolnshire :sun: .

(I wish it would rain.I'm fed up with watering my garden.):(

Brilliant sunshine here in Lincolnshire :sun: .

(I wish it would rain.I'm fed up with watering my garden.):(

If only I could send you some of the stuff I'm currently watching come out of the sky as I drink a cuppa!!!

Brilliant sunshine here in Lincolnshire :sun: .

(I wish it would rain.I'm fed up with watering my garden.):(

Chucking it down here, though actually I'm quite grateful. We're not on mains water and depend on a spring fed supply. If we get too long a dry spell (rare up here, but it does happen - virtually no rain through April) our taps dry up.

Semi Arid? SEMI ARID!? In the UK? You're aving a larf guv! You'll be telling us next they travel about on camels

Camel Racing at Fakenham Racecourse, Norfolk..

Edited 14 May, 201115 yr by looby