S02'S Fine in the Rain
05-31-2003, 08:38 PM
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I have about 50% wear on my S02s and tracked the car with them in the rain...the tire is very good in the rain. Like Xviper said though, there is only so much water ANY tire can displace then it will start to aquaplane...on the street just slow down and you will have no problems.
06-01-2003, 07:43 AM
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I doubt there's any track where you'd hit a puddle of water? Wet traction is not the issue with this tire, it is pretty good. The problem is hydroplaning which is obviously (you can tell by just looking at the tire's tread) something the Rear S02 was not designed to handle (compared to other tires or even the front S02). Combine this with the light weight of the car and you get a very high probabilty of hydroplaning.
The front tires, like speeding said, do clear up some water for the rears but it's a tricky situation. You'd have to be going fast enough so that the rear tire can reach the road surface cleared by the front tires on time, otherwise the water would come back. This would be fine as long as you're driving in a straight line but what are you going to do when you hit a cuve on the highway?
Trying to fish tail the car or to get the rear to come loose in the rain is not a test of a tire's hydroplaning resistence, it is just a test of wet traction.
You can always "slow down" like so many have suggested, the problem with that is, it's not safe to drive slower than the trafic around you, specially in rain. You cannot drive at 40 mph on a 65mph highway when everyone else is doing 60-70 mph in the rain. Even the trafic in slow lanes does not slow down to 40mph (or even 50mph), you'd be run off the road by the trucks in the slower lane cause they don't need to slow down.
The front tires, like speeding said, do clear up some water for the rears but it's a tricky situation. You'd have to be going fast enough so that the rear tire can reach the road surface cleared by the front tires on time, otherwise the water would come back. This would be fine as long as you're driving in a straight line but what are you going to do when you hit a cuve on the highway?
Trying to fish tail the car or to get the rear to come loose in the rain is not a test of a tire's hydroplaning resistence, it is just a test of wet traction.
You can always "slow down" like so many have suggested, the problem with that is, it's not safe to drive slower than the trafic around you, specially in rain. You cannot drive at 40 mph on a 65mph highway when everyone else is doing 60-70 mph in the rain. Even the trafic in slow lanes does not slow down to 40mph (or even 50mph), you'd be run off the road by the trucks in the slower lane cause they don't need to slow down.
06-02-2003, 02:58 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rworne
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As a side note, I have used a tennis raquet as a flyswatter (for midair swats), and contrary to my expectations, the fly always manages to find the string.
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As a side note, I have used a tennis raquet as a flyswatter (for midair swats), and contrary to my expectations, the fly always manages to find the string.
06-02-2003, 03:15 PM
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I doubt there's any track where you'd hit a puddle of water?
I doubt there's any track where you'd hit a puddle of water?
06-02-2003, 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by mas
I doubt there's any track where you'd hit a puddle of water?
I doubt there's any track where you'd hit a puddle of water?
06-02-2003, 11:34 PM
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my car is excellent in the rain... i was honesltly shocked at how good it handled... i have good tread on my tires but it didnt get squirly and it seems to stick even when i try to make it get squirly...