Wet roads are our enemies
#21
Originally Posted by bronxbomber252,Sep 21 2010, 05:00 AM
DISCLAIMER: I do a lot of autox, as often as 2-4 times a month, and have done a lot of rainy weather autox too.
#22
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.
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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.
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.
#25
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Originally Posted by CKit,Sep 21 2010, 03:44 AM
A puddle didn't just "happen to be there." You failed to scan the road and continued with your plan on auto-pilot.
If you want to play around, by all means do so. Just don't experiment on the road.
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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.
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.
#27
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.
If my posts came accross as flaming then i'm sorry, wasn't meant to sound like that.
#28
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Originally Posted by trancerz,Sep 20 2010, 10:47 PM
TIP: DON'T DRIVE AT HIGHER RPMS IN WET ROADS.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.