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4434Morrison Member Since: 02 Mar 2020 Location: Folkestone Posts: 185 |
I use my 2012 4.4 TDV8 to travel regularly across European motorways on trips often exceeding 1,500 miles usually completed within 24 hours with speeds around 80 to 90 mph and up to 130 mph on German motorways.
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26th Aug 2021 6:45am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3256 |
Thanks - what tyres are you running on? |
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26th Aug 2021 6:48am |
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4434Morrison Member Since: 02 Mar 2020 Location: Folkestone Posts: 185 |
I am running n 255/55R20 Pirelli Scorpion Verdes with 30mm spacers on the rear and 25mm spacers on the front.
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26th Aug 2021 7:06am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3256 |
Thanks - I was thinking about 55 profile tyres for a smoother ride already. Do the spacers add anything to the handling or are they just cosmetic? |
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26th Aug 2021 7:14am |
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Ffrr-lover Member Since: 04 May 2021 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 640 |
As with any car, if the bushes are worn and there’s play then there will be more chance of wander or corrections needed when driving. Same goes with tram-lining…
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26th Aug 2021 7:19am |
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4434Morrison Member Since: 02 Mar 2020 Location: Folkestone Posts: 185 |
The difference in handling with spacers in my opinion not notable, but the spacers do improve the cosmetics as the wheel outer edges are in line with the outer edges of the front and rear wheel arches.
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26th Aug 2021 7:57am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3256 |
Looks more 'planted' for sure - Thanks! |
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26th Aug 2021 8:59am |
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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 8284 |
Just a warning about using wheel spacers, the standard set up and wheel offset are designed to maximise the life of the wheel bearing, extending the track puts more leverage on the bearing, bearings are not designed to have this happen...
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26th Aug 2021 1:33pm |
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TDV8_Tommy Member Since: 20 Feb 2019 Location: Pinoso, Valencia Posts: 399 |
The double-glazed front windows also make for a very quiet ride.
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26th Aug 2021 6:55pm |
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Sandyt Member Since: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Wraysbury Windsor Posts: 2266 |
I have done over 200k in mine lots of motorway and lots of hard driving I use 255 55 20 Michelin Pilot Sport for summer and 255 55 19 Goodyear Ultra grip for winter
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26th Aug 2021 8:00pm |
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tezza Member Since: 22 Jul 2021 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 78 |
I used to make regular 500 mile trips from the north east of Scotland to the Midlands and back in an RRS and it always made what was a tiring, dull journey effortless. I don't do those journeys anymore but having spent a bit of time in the last few weeks doing some motorway work in my recently purchased L322 I kind of wish I still did, it's a dream to float down the motorway in, spacious, superbly comfortable and a boatload of grunt when you need to plant the foot.
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30th Aug 2021 8:53pm |
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Huggybearfezzy Member Since: 14 Nov 2019 Location: York Posts: 20 |
I had the Bovee cutting out every 20 mins and I use an Android too. Mine seems to have sorted it out when I went into my Bluetooth setting for the Bovee device and switched off phone calls capability. I think the Land Rover phone and Bovee compete with each other and it drops the Bovee momentarily. By doing switching off the phone call setting in the Bovee my LR phone Bluetooth seems to work perfectly. |
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1st Sep 2021 8:13am |
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Huggybearfezzy Member Since: 14 Nov 2019 Location: York Posts: 20 |
I had the Bovee cutting out every 20 mins and I use an Android too. Mine seems to have sorted it out when I went into my Bluetooth setting for the Bovee device and switched off phone calls capability. I think the Land Rover phone and Bovee compete with each other and it drops the Bovee momentarily. By doing switching off the phone call setting in the Bovee my LR phone Bluetooth seems to work perfectly. |
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1st Sep 2021 8:13am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3256 |
I have a Bovee in my Audi with Android and it works flawlessly and there is no conflict with the car's own bluetooth phone system so this would need fixing but it's not a show stopper. |
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1st Sep 2021 8:23am |
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