You took the words out of my mouth...

 

alright so what speed do you drive in the rain?

 

That's why I never drive anywhere.

I also never breathe, because of passive smoking.

Drove mine back from Belgium like that - kept it under 6K. Superb.

Mind you, sometimes in the M25, the Prelude's felt unstable due to the torrents of water gushing across the road surface.

So in fact, it's the wrong question.

It should be; why aren't the UK's roads always reliable at 100mph in the wet?

 

Yer me to nick.

Im not suggesting im driving unsuitable to the road conditions. It was raining but no standing water present. Fortunately for me god gave me eyes to look and a brain to react at the changing conditions on the road.

Muppets on here think i meant i go constantly at this speed.

 

"alright so what speed do you drive in the rain?"

erm, uk speed limit or less if i think the road conditions warrant a more careful approach.

People who want to drive faster and test their limits should do it in a relatively controlled environment (track ?)

I never tire of morons clogging up the roads in the uk because they cant spare the extra 15 mins to drive sensibly and safely.

 

Driving to speed limits is not a safe way to drive. Look at Neil H above!

More the conditions and awareness of the driver and skill. Not suggesting that i have muck skill but i know how to control my car to help avoid accidents.

 

There's a list on here that's eagerly awaiting you...

 

I went down the M1 in the rain last year when I was running my Toda engine in. I had not much tread on the rears and the car was following the lorry tracks bigtime and going light in standing water.

I had to slow down to about 60mph- I would cruise along at over 80mph.
I am sure you could do it but if things go wrong at that speed you are going to be ****ed.

 

Yer know what you mean, dan.

I was in a clster of traffic so used abit of oomph to get me out the way. The speed of the out side lane was about 100mph with the flow of traffic. The surprize to me was that the car did feel settled. i returned to my usual of once i was out of it.

The reason i post is that people on here preach like its going to kill you in the rain.

 

Driving at 100mph in the dry on most UK motorways is a bit silly given the amount of attention your average driver is paying to what he/she is doing, and even moreso with regard to their mirrors.

At 100mph, closing speeds are simply too high for most of these braindeads to cope with, and consequently they are much more likely to pull out in front of you when they see what they deem a large enough gap, little know that said gap is fast closing.

In addition, given the size of the UK, there really isn't much point travelling above 85mph anywhere as the time saved is not that great. If you drive the length of the M1 (200 miles) it'll take you an 2 hours at 100mph, and 2hours 21mins at 85, hardly a big saving.

You're better off avoiding the SatNav recommended routes and going 'the pretty way' and enjoying your sports car...

100mph in the wet on a UK motorway is really silly in pretty much any car...