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Wolfie:

--- Quote from: Bigbluemaverick on January 22, 2008, 23:14:02 ---What i'm having difficulty with is why would you want an off road car to go fast,
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This perhaps?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yaeliPUTVdE
All on ATs

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: Bigbluemaverick on January 22, 2008, 23:14:02 ---What i'm having difficulty with is why would you want an off road car to go fast, is not tho point to amble about slowly? After all you may break something if you go fast.
 
Or in other words wider is better, knobely is best!

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Because it's an indication of how much rolling resistance he is experiencing, though I suspect that the subtle change in gearing from new, bigger tyres also plays a part.

muddyjames:

--- Quote from: Bigbluemaverick on January 22, 2008, 23:14:02 ---What i'm having difficulty with is why would you want an off road car to go fast, is not tho point to amble about slowly? After all you may break something if you go fast.
 
Or in other words wider is better, knobely is best!

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My disco is an off road one. Ok not a serious off roader with trimmed wheel arches and lifts etc, but I do take it to pay and play days etc. For those days I put on my set grizzly claw tyres.

However, most ofthe off roading I do is down tow paths, muddy festival field, on and off campsites with a caravan. So most of my driving is up and down motorways and hi speed obviously. Although the grizzlies would be fab once I get to adestination they are a real hindress gettingto places as the max speed I dare do on them is 60mph. they melt whilst towing long distance or higher speeds, mpg is reduced, road noise is like a jet engine following me! So for the long distance stuff I have bfg at's. Same size as the grizzlies 235, 75 r16. Standard disco size.

So anyone with an off roader who travels alot on motorways wil want high speed tyres. If it is on theback of a trailer and taken to sites then, I can see your point, why would you want high speed tyres.

Al comes down to the distance you need to travel in the end I think.

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