Torrential Rain & BMW’s

m3tiko wrote: grahame34m5 wrote: CHANGE THE F'IN TIRES even race car drivers don't do slicks in the rain. Mon ami the tyres are still within government guidelines...whatever that may be? But you're not entirely wrong as the thread line is only about 2mm's i'd say from the indicator.Tyre change is imminent as when the new wheels come on. This however does not change the fact the roads need to be more driver adaptable in events such as heavy rainfall...which our beloved country tends to see

As a Civil Engineer and fellow motorist I wholeheartedly agree with your comments.

However as grahame has quite rightly pointed, our fuel duty, road tax fund etc goes on everything else bar the roads.

Aside from surface water issues, shoddy patch-up work by contractors maintaining existing services has also been the norm for near enough a decade, only now have transportation departments in local government authorities acknowledged the problem.

Back to surface water though and in terms of the money required first of all for research into what materials to use, sustainability issues and as mentioned the tree-hugger enviromentally friendly contingent and your better off just accepting that your going to have to change your tyres at 4mm mate.

Dont expect anything from these clowns that way you dont get dissapointed

m3tiko wrote: the roads need to be more driver adaptable in events such as heavy rainfall...which our beloved country tends to see

Err, no.

"The Driver needs to be more adaptable to the conditions..."

(Bad workman always blames his tools remember)

I heard it was to do with the new gritting techniques on the roads.  The council are "spraying" the roads with something rather than firing grit at your car at ver 60mph.

"There is now Brine added to the grit as it spread. It's still the same grit thats always been used just brine comes out aswell. The brine is supposed to stop the grit "spraying" all over the road. It seemingly makes the grit stick to the road. And it isnt cheaper than whats been used in previous years"

Basically the brine turns to slippy s**t (keeping the Dunkmeister happy :D)

Aqua-planing thread

http://www.strathycruise.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=72961

tip

1.  when it rains drive slower..

2.  2mm of tread if you want to avoid aquaplaning try changing at 4mm.....if you do not want to do that see point no.1

Mon ami the tyres are still within government guidelines...whatever that may be?

Yes but is your right foot within government guidelines  Wide tyres and lowish tread is always gonna have trouble with aquaplaining. Saying that my rears are about the same at the moment but I don't seem to get as much jip,weird.

This however does not change the fact the roads need to be more driver adaptable in events such as heavy rainfall...which our beloved country tends to see

Sadly road tax, fuel duty and all other forms of revenue raised from the motorist is spent on anything but the roads. It goes staight to the tree huggers to spend on what ever method of making the motorists life a greater pain in the ass.