Yep the beat up one with shitty compression that Chris didn't take care of worth a damn.

That one

 

i teach physics and ive had my students work this out too no matter which car/convertible you're in, they can all "outrun" the rain , albeit at different speeds...

 

i wholeheartedly agree. i freak out in the rain too and drive ~50mph on the freeways haha... and i refuse to drive the s2k when there're puddles

everyone else on the other hand (i live in LA...) ends up crashing their cars its all the horrible drivers in their SUVs and such...

 

I drove top down in the rain a couple of times in the LA area. People in LA freak out because of so much stop and go traffic!

The last time I did it I stopped under an overpass on the 210 freeway to raise the top and proceeded to hit a huge back-up less than a mile ahead. It was pouring down when I stopped to top-up! Cool experience though.

 

I don't think Honda could sell a car that couldn't drive the speed limit in the rain. I wouldn't be redlining it around circular onramps, but going fast in a straight line with RWD is not that different.

 

I was just thinking about this same type of topic this weekend.
I put about 300 miles on the car while in the rain both directions over the mountain passes here and:

A) had the top down most of the time until it turned to a total downpour and got stuck behind some slow cars so I put it up. I get spit on from the side windows and/or a-pillar where the water tracks off the windshield though.

B) while not behind the cars, I was driving 60-70mph most of the way on TOTALLY DEAD Direzza Star Specs on curvy mountain roads and had no real issue with "my car just spun out!". One small instance of hydroplaning due to me braking a little too hard/fast before a corner but that was my own fault. In other words...if you drive carefully (fast or otherwise), you will be fine.

By all the stories, you would think something was wrong with my car because it didn't immediately spin a 540 in the middle of the road when it got a bit damp.

 

When it rains, the water creeps up on the corner of the windshield and comes in. If the windows are up, then it goes across the windows like halfway, and go over the top and come in still.

My AP1 never did that. Weird. I know I know....don't say it!!

 

^^

I've found that if it is creeping in, dropping the side windows about 2" will create enough turbulence that the water wont spit in, but cant reach the glass to track up either.

You get to deal with more wind though...

 

Hmm! I'll have to try that. Hehe

 

You must have got a good one. All other S's either blow up or put their drivers in the ditch at the first sign of rain... hehe

I actually think it's the fact MOST people don't drive RWD anymore. It's not the S that's at fault, it's that RWD requires an understanding of what the throttle does. FWD cars are very forgiving to bad drivers.

Re California drivers - hate to harp on my fellow Californians but they are pretty bad, between rain and driving slow in the fast lane I cannot figure out how some got their license.

Many are good though. Unfortunately they're lost in the sea of bad drivers.