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MTR's safe on normal roads?
Your darn tooting they are
Travelling up from the NEC last night up the M6, dark, wet, windy and moving on a bit at motorway speeds I hit quite a few patches of standing water that were not easily spotted.
Quite a few cars squirming and almost aqua-planing as they hit them, but the D3 on MTR's just drove through, no fuss, no water forced up onto the screen, no movement, still planted. Not sure that would be the case on scorpions or wranglers.
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11th Jan 2009 2:45 pm
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That's one of the things I love about them! Not just for off road, but they really do cut through water and makes for a MUCH safe drive.
Queue the line of people who say they never have a problem on STD tyres as they always slow down and drive to the road/weather conditions............ Bodsys Brake Bible
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11th Jan 2009 2:52 pm
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Did 450 miles yesterday when blowing a hoolie! You know it makes sense!
11th Jan 2009 2:59 pm
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Thing is you may not get the chance to slow down, or you could pootle along with Ms Daisy in the back, and drive for the conditions, but 70mph on a quiet stretch of motorway in a D3 on any tyre will give confidence. Standing water is sometimes not that easy to spot.
11th Jan 2009 3:03 pm
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11th Jan 2009 3:36 pm
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only gets "1 star" for wet road though, and only 2 for the dry. Full 5 for off-road Duncan
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11th Jan 2009 3:57 pm
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11th Jan 2009 3:58 pm
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dunc life is tooooo short.enjoy the moment.dont worry be happy
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11th Jan 2009 4:29 pm
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What have you guys done to me on a sunday afternoon.
I've now told the wife that our current tyres are not safe of road and i totally must have a set of them there MTR's!
She's treating to cut off my forum access!
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11th Jan 2009 4:29 pm
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I hit quite a few patches of standing water that were not easily spotted.
