all washed out

[g6snl]

I normally travel on 2 wheels, but when I was offered a Hyundai Tucson for a bargain price I thought I would try going on 4 wheels for a change. Obviously it's more a hardcore shopping car than overland car. I have however one major issue with it and that is water throwing on screen at every large puddle. Is this normal for 4x4 type cars or just this one? It seems very difficult to stop it unless I slow to 5MPH. If there is a lot of water about it's terrible even just driving on sealed roads. Is there something I can do to reduce this?

[tacr2man]

In a nutshell no , just learn to put the wipers on on the approach

[g6snl]

Yeah getting good at that, I was sure that would be the case but worth asking


regards Tim sent by tapatalk

[moggy 1968]

the physics of it are this:

4x4s require good approach and departure angles so the wheels are, generally, placed towards the ends of the vehicle. They also have a high ground clearance. this means that when you hit a puddle the water is projected forwards by the (usually wide) tyres to the front of the vehicle, shooting up in front of it so that you then drive into it. In a normal car they just hit the underside of the vehicle because it is lower and the wheels are generally further back.

The only thing you can do about it is fit mudflaps in front of the wheels like rally cars of old,
https://kenyafootsteps.files.wordpre.../01/image3.jpg
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...uoxhzvlyzj.png
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...4_1726683c.jpg
or live with it which is what most of us do!