Mk1 = Puddle Master!

Driving home through some serious puddles this evening (1 was almost a mile long), I passed a Mk5 R32, a brand new 5-series, a couple of Mercs, and a few other cheaper cars all pulled up after they'd conked out driving through deep water.

But my Mk1 kept on going, even when I could hear the water lapping at the floorpan!!!

I felt rather smug I have to say  

Rich

it was that you were floating across the water because the mk1 weighs nothing

Haha, good work

Excellent! Less wizardry = less to go wrong! Either that or they just couldn't drive! :wink:

went throught some slight surface water the other day and my golf just started aquaplaning all over the place  8O

That happened to me too that day

My tyres aren't any good at all. I think Continentals are supposed to be very good in the wet, although the Toyos I've got on my daily (pug) are very good in the wet too…

Rich

mcscrew said

That happened to me too that day

My tyres aren't any good at all. I think Continentals are supposed to be very good in the wet, although the Toyos I've got on my daily (pug) are very good in the wet too…

Rich

If you want to avoid a tyre in the wet don't buy P6000, they are rubbish.

Tian

Tian said

mcscrew said

That happened to me too that day

My tyres aren't any good at all. I think Continentals are supposed to be very good in the wet, although the Toyos I've got on my daily (pug) are very good in the wet too…

Rich

If you want to avoid a tyre in the wet don't buy P6000, they are rubbish.

Tian

Yup, P6000's are properly poo in the wet.

Last time I went out in a car with p6k's in the wet, the front end was all over the place. Not so fun 8O (well, slightly anyway :wink: )

the good old cab went swiming the other day we had a flash flood and had to crawl through about a 2 foot of water had a bit of water come in the door shuts but the engine just kept going

saw a 16v ibiza aqau plane on the dual carridge way then end up in the central reservation what a muppet he saw me and must of thought he had somthing to prove lol    

agree about the p6000, rubish in the wet
ive got avon zv3s on the front and theyre good in the wet, but tend to slip a bit on manhole covers, nice and sticky in the dry too.
cant remember whats on the back

mk1john said

went throught some slight surface water the other day and my golf just started aquaplaning all over the place  8O

Me too.  Had been going at 85mph towards Amsterdam in March through fierce rain.  It got suddenly worse so I slowed to 60mph but the weight of all the stuff in the back, and the bike on the rack on the back of the car must've lifted the front a little - so scary!  I was moving the wheel without the car turning :O

mcscrew said

That happened to me too that day

My tyres aren't any good at all. I think Continentals are supposed to be very good in the wet, although the Toyos I've got on my daily (pug) are very good in the wet too…

Rich

mine are toyos, they are alright on wet roads, but when there is a slight depth they just like to slide

drochesaunders said

mk1john said

went throught some slight surface water the other day and my golf just started aquaplaning all over the place  8O

Me too.  Had been going at 85mph towards Amsterdam in March through fierce rain.  It got suddenly worse so I slowed to 60mph but the weight of all the stuff in the back, and the bike on the rack on the back of the car must've lifted the front a little - so scary!  I was moving the wheel without the car turning :O

i was turning the wheel trying to straighten up and it just carried on doing what it wanted

My brother has worked for Merc and BMW dealers and whenever there is heavy rain they are inundated with idiots who have killed their cars (often electrics or water in the engine) driving through deep water . One owner even claimed that he only doing what he had seen in a BMW promo pic