Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Streffie wrote:
euangibson wrote:
The Discovery is the most prone to this of any car I've had,of any type.....
I put it down to the very short frontal overhang
Btw,I'm still not sure what the little 'fins' ahead of the front wheel arches are for.....I assumed they were to reduced splash over the bonnet to the windscreen,but having not refitted them (post-RLD sump plate) I haven't noticed any difference
The fins are there to allow air flow from front, for cooling and so on,
The width of the tyres combined with the highs of the, lowest part causes the water to be allowed to go forward, then the car catches up with the wave, resulting in windscreen getting covered.
I have removed the fins on both D4's and RRS when fitting sump guard, no difference noticed at all.
Had wondered if videoed you could adapt some spray suppression flaps used on HGV's to reduce this effectD4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
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Now demoted to a VW
15th Dec 2014 12:58 pm
Gilpin
Member Since: 17 Dec 2014
Location: Cumbria - the Lake District
Posts: 9
D1, D2, D3 and D4 have all done the bonnet/windscreen wash trick - they wouldn't be the same without this facility and I would miss it on any future incarnation of the Discovery!
3rd Jan 2015 11:59 am
johnnychainsaw
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1222
My son wanted to film the car going through a puddle using slow mo camera on new iPhone. He did get a bit wet, looks good though
3rd Jan 2015 12:07 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20795
Maybe next time, we can teach him how to hold his phone properly when taking pictures/videos My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 24 Nov 2009
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1222
Hmm agree. Didn't have the heart to make him do it again
3rd Jan 2015 1:36 pm
Knotty
Member Since: 21 Jan 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 9
Definitely a ' feature'..... Just been through a puddle in the new D4 and I can report that L322 wasn't as bad by some marginD4 HSE
L322 gone
3rd Jan 2015 2:10 pm
Knotty
Member Since: 21 Jan 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 9
Definitely a ' feature'..... Just been through a puddle in the new D4 and I can report that L322 wasn't as bad by some marginD4 HSE
L322 gone
3rd Jan 2015 2:10 pm
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
Posts: 2407
Great video and nice to see the "problem" in action, even if a child was harmed in the making!Andy
3rd Jan 2015 3:11 pm
promitheus
Member Since: 04 Jul 2009
Location: Afidnes, Greece
Posts: 572
Having read this thread, I tried going through a paddle at around 60kph, but I didn't get the windscreen splashed. Will try again when I get a chance.
BTW, great video and iPhone feature there Johny...
3rd Jan 2015 10:43 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
big tyres...big splash
3rd Jan 2015 10:46 pm
mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2049
Stingray wrote:
Going back to the Range Rover video, did anyone notice how it swaps from LHD to RHD and back several times?
Yeh tried to look at no plates to see, maybe if he kept his gob shut and concentrated on driving he would do better
3rd Jan 2015 11:00 pm
Ian Donkin
Member Since: 29 Nov 2014
Location: A Yorkshireman in Surrey
Posts: 46
We went puddle hopping on some Hampshire lanes today (as you do); you don't need to be going very fast to cover the front screen with water if the puddles are deep enough!
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