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Old 07-18-2009, 07:16 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by spearfish25 View Post
Dude, hydroplaning is a phenomenon of water filling the gap between the TIRE and the road. It's effected by your tread depth and tire design mainly. The car's clearance has nothing to do with it...you'd have to be in a goddamn flood for the car's clearance to be a problem. Then you'd be floating, not hydroplaning.

I've routinely done 80mph on the highway in fairly heavy rain. The car handles beautifully.
your right, after looking it up, gap aparently does not have any thing to do with it, but it doesnt help either.

I have already had it hydroplane in puddles already. some of the roads where i live are 55mph only, when wet they are too dangerous for that.
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