almost 3 years, thousands of times in the rain (street and highway), car drives normal... I don't know why people think its so dangerous driving a S in the rain. Previous cars are 240sx's, one heavy suspenion modded, other was engine modded... I do stay to one lane and keep it below 80 (above 75 thou), I've been to tracks days and all that jazz, no way near a pro driver, just a driver with more commonsense than the norm. Don't drive like a dick and you'll be fine.

 

Fact: Wide, high performance tires are more prone to hydroplaning than conventional all season tires. If your rear tires have adequate tread, you will have no trouble driving non-aggressively in the rain. If your rear tires are marginal, and you find yourself encountering standing water, you run the risk of hydroplaning. The symptom before something really disastrous happens is that the rear begins to feel a bit loose, and the speedometer suddenly is reading several mph high.

Did that happen to me personally on my S2000? Yes, and appropriate release of the accelerator allowed me to coast back to an in-control situation. Purchase of a pair of rear tires followed very soon afterward.

 

The gas pedal can do more than just off and WOT.

 

temperature is probably what did it. below 40 the stock tires are hard.

 

Mine must be broken, then... because the car begs me to go big or go home.

Would love to shoot a video comparison between a TC'd S2000 and stocker in the rain. Maybe the next auto-X will be slick and cold....

 

Ha! Try driv'n a '69 Camaro big block with a stick through a new england winter. The 'S in the rain is a piece of cake in comparison. Just use a little control with the gas, and be aware of the conditions and your rate of speed in the corners.

The only times I've ever fishtailed the rear end out in the 'S is when I intentionally give the gas that extra little goose to push it to it's limits or if I'm flat out trying to go sideways. Of course I've not driven it on bald tires yet either, as I understand it that may make things a bit more unpredictable.

 

Coming from lightly modded 240sx's it's pretty easy to drive an S in the rain..

I have a lot of fun with it actually.. Drifting through turns.. although I will say it was more predictable in the 240..

If you have that much trouble driving in the rain.. especially with TC and going straight on a highway then you should turn in your man card and go take a driving course..

 

Driving in the S is pretty much like my Integra. I just have to take it easy, and be a little extra careful since it's RWD.

It was just a little thrilling to be in the rain for the first time with the S. I never drove a RWD before the S, so I was a little paranoid. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. You just gotta be careful.

I'm definitely stashing the S in the garage when winter season comes and temperatures drop. No way I'm driving it in the snow.

 

Why are you taking my post so personal? It was in reference to people like the OP who drive stock S2000s and have this crazy idea that the Honda S2000 is next to impossible to drive in the rain without trashing it.

No I'm not FI (yet) - regardless, you reply as if we're trying to set lap times in my nearly stock S2000 on a rainy day on the way to work. I read the post after that where you were hoping it was cold on the next autoX day so you could see a comparison from a car with traction control and one without. Of course the car with traction is going to "win" as the computer is going to cut you off at the limit, whereas the other is reliant on the driver to know when to pull back. The point with my post is that you should be NO WHERE NEAR that limit on a public road on a daily comute because its limits arent that low and its really not that difficult, as others are trying to show with a big block muscle car or in my case a 270rwhp 2400lbs 1971 bucket of bolts.

My 2005 Honda performs great in any conditions. I don't drive like an asshat nor am I shooting for low times around the next exit ramp on the way to work so in my day to day with the car, in the rain, it seems acceptable as (unlike my FWD Acura Legend beater) I don't even get wheelspin off the line.

And in 32 years (when I'm your age) I'll have a couple cars ideally in multiple drivetrain configurations such as your Audi, S2000, etc.

If I were trying to race my car in less than ideal conditions I would configure my car accordingly to include aftermarket TC, tires, etc.

 

now why dont you try and guess how many people are >300whp in their s2000