MT's on new shape RR

S> Why? S> It's not like your going to build up owl to the same extent as Piglet. S> S

Erm.....well, we're off to the Belgium Nationals in him tomorrow....and being me, I do intend to make Owl look nothing like all thise "bling" new shape RR's on the road....he is going to be used properly. Some things Owl simply doesn't need (like the tru-tracs), and other things are not available yet, so I guess this is where I get to become an innovator again ;-)

Be careful. Your road stopping distance will be vastly increased by those tyres at normal road speeds in an emergency stop. If you want real street cred then put a few dents in it like mine has. It matters not if your wife puts them there while parking ;-(

Huw

Hello, Huw!

Yeah, I am aware of running on muds - that's what the Disco has...I have to radio the engine room before we brake :-)

Quite impressed with the MT's tho ... the MT/R is quite grippy and was the only tyre that Piglet would pull up straight with when towing on an emergency stop! Will report back on how different the traction is in the slippy stuff....having tried to traverse Langley Farm on road tyres and not being happy about the sideways movement :-)

I've had various mud tyres on the 110 used for work for many years but I would not even consider putting them on the new RR for the very rare occasion when they could provide a decisive advantage. If you have been on the LR Driving Experience then you will have seen standard shod Range Rover complete a difficult course, although in slightly even more demanding conditions then MT's would, of course, be advantageous. It is just a matter of degrees.

Huw

I think Neil is a bit further on from the Landrover experience, he likes his mud and he's not afriad to put Land rovers through their paces. Something I wish I had the balls to do with the more Shinney models in our fleet. Rangies with all the anti lock Gizmos should still cope well under heavy braking even with MT's on so I think it would be a totally different kettle of fish to say driving a 110 with no such gizmos. I put Bronco Terminators on my previous V8 Rangie and apart from the tyre tune (hum) never had any issues with them. They are presently sat on Percy and the only time they have squealed is the odd occasion Percy was parked for a few weeks, I'd junp in and forget just how good the brakes were as my nose cleared the condensation from the widscreen at the first junction :0)

I often read 101 owners moaning about bar slicks as they are called. I've never once had my bar slicks give on me in Morph and I wouldn't like to be strapped in to him doing any stunts that would generate such poor tyre character traits. I would guess the GS is again a different beast to the Ambi though.

People like Neil are a constant reminder to me that I could actually just have a Volvo 4x4 for what I need from a 4x4 and should stop kidding myself. I remain the romantic believing I'm living "One life" and await the next natural diaster to come along so I can say "Told you so!" IYSWIM (Not wishing any natural disasters on anyone or belittleing natures forces.).

I'll get me coat.......

Lee D

I am a bit further on still because I have little urge to 'test' the vehicle in mud. In fact, unless it is completely blocking my way, I avoid deep mud and water like the plague.

It is surprising how long the stopping distance is on a slippery surface even with road tyres. The abs chatters away while the RR just keeps on going.

I put Bronco Terminators

Ground clearance and towing ability would rule that one out for me. Although if I was honest, I could easily compromise as I have plenty of vehicles to choose from.

Yes ISWYM. You may have to wait a long time. In fact I hope you will. But you will have fun waiting.

Huw

On or around Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:11:17 +0100, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

not entirely. ABS doesn't compensate for the lack of grip that such tyres may afford in wet-road conditions - ABS is there to give you a better chance of retaining control. If there's no grip, it'll not stop any faster and under some specialised conditions it won't stop as well.

Indeed - it seems to be forgotten that by definition if your ABS kicks in then you have already "lost control" - at least one wheel is not keeping up with the others.

Richard

Amen to that, i twatted my own wall in some very slippy ice years ago. The abs was not going to stop at all, so the wall stopped us!

Nige

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