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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2816 |
SD4 has a top speed of 118 mph. Tyres should have a greater capability of speed to allow margin of safety.
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14th Jul 2021 9:38 am |
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ozjeff62 Member Since: 28 May 2018 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 494 |
118 mph! Who'd have thought. That's torn it - 190 km/h - that's a T rating tyre. Really cuts down the options. , because I must use a tyre with a speed rating equal to or higher than the max speed of the vehicle - which makes sense.
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16th Jul 2021 6:59 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4907 |
90 vs 140kph you are using twice the fuel & in NT you will not reach the next petrol station.
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16th Jul 2021 8:26 am |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
If it’s not illegal there to use a tyre with a lower rating than the vehicle (sounds stupid to me that legislation) and your sure you will be driving always within the rating, go for it I guess…….it’s your funeral
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16th Jul 2021 9:04 am |
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2816 |
Not illegal no but an insurance company may take a different view in the event of a claim. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948
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16th Jul 2021 1:47 pm |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
Very possibly…..of course before fitting they could always ask. Regards
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17th Jul 2021 5:01 pm |
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ozjeff62 Member Since: 28 May 2018 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 494 |
I must not have written it clearly enough - the tyre must have a speed rating of or above the top speed the vehicle is capable of. That's why I said I must use at least a T rated tyre. The sticker on the B pillar says H rated are fitted. On a passenger car in Australia you must use that as the minimum rating. However Freelanders come under an off-road classification so H is not required, but the top speed of the vehicle determines the rating the tyre must have. Lightwater, what are you smoking? That's got nothing to do with the topic! MY11 SD4 SE Auto |
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18th Jul 2021 3:50 am |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
That’s better, I couldn’t understand why the AusGov would let you get away with that, and they don’t
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18th Jul 2021 5:32 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4907 |
If you have ever been it the outback cars without poodle rims are using LT tyres.
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19th Jul 2021 5:34 am |
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