jibber951

And this is probably what makes the difference. Once you know the car and how to react in certain situations, the S2000 is a very well balanced car with no "surprises", even in the rain.

Conedodger

Autocrossing in the rain on race rubber with little to no tread is a blast! You just need to be aware of the feedback the car is giving you and read the road surface ahead as others have said.

J2Tec3

I drift on wet roads for fun hittin vtec! lol...

JLUDE

I knew that RWD plus wet roads = bad things before I bought my S2000.

When I got it, I went out to a huge parking lot in the dry and in the wet to test the handling limits of the car under pavement conditions and see where it broke loose and how to keep it under control. This helped me immensely.

takeshi

^ This. I know it's popular to blame the toys but it's ultimately the driver that's responsible. I'm also not saying that this has never happened to me (or others here) but wet roads aren't to blame.

If you want to play around, by all means do so. Just don't experiment on the road.

Reckon

Good thing you weren't hurt and that the S is fixable.

It happens...sometimes we just don't take into account our surroundings and sometimes we get a little overeager in what we are doing.

Hitting a puddle in any car can be an issue.

Not sure why folks are flaming on you so bad...but glad everything is ok.

jibber951

I wasn't trying to flame him. Mistakes happen to all of us, some bad luck might have been involved aswell in this case.

If my posts came accross as flaming then i'm sorry, wasn't meant to sound like that.

RedCelica

yeah duh....I drive like a grandma in wet weather, most of my accidents have involved wet roads.

captain_pants

Glad to hear it was relatively minor damage to your car. We all make mistakes, very few learn from them.

One tip to anyone worrying about driving an S2000 in the rain: It's easier to drive in the rain than a Viper is on dry pavement. Most people don't encounter high power RWD cars often, once they do it's a pretty harsh learning curve. You can either fear it and try to avoid getting to the car's limits ever, or you can learn what to do when you get to (and cross over) a car's limits.

Find some driving schools, autocross, track days, etc. They're all wickedly fun ways to expand your skills. The best part is that those skills transfer to any vehicle you'll ever own in the future.
Video 1:[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkLlgfTk3o [/media] (how not to do it, skip to 39 seconds when I enter a corner too hot)
Video 2:[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA4z60v2vyQ [/media]

I've been through 10 years of autocross, 3 years of ice racing, and I still learn something at every event and regularly take driving schools.

Matt15

well if you couldn't see that puddle coming, i don't think the visibility was good enough to warrant flooring the pedal. i have no sympathy for you on this one.

as far as going into VTEC in the rain, i also agree that it shouldn't be a big deal as long as your know the car and once again, are not flooring it. a lot of the time VTEC is necessary to get onto a freeway.