the S IS my rainy day car, I ride a motorcycle if the weather is nice and the S if its raining. The S is fine in the rain.

Then again, I learned to drive 35 years ago when all the cars were rear wheel drive so to me the S is stuck to the road like glue in the rain. I went a whole year with my S being my daily as I was trying to go without a bike after soccer mom ran a stop but I eventually got back on 2 wheels and now my S is my bad weather car, its fine, drive it and love it.

 

I grew up with a 1962 Corvette (365hp, lots of torque, solid rear axle, '60s suspension, '60s wide bias ply tires). Believe me, any S2k is no where near as squirrely as that car. Even so, I drove it through the edge of a hurricane for over 200 miles (as well as LOTS of other situations) and had no problems. I DO NOT attribute that to my expert driving, rather my caution. One more contributing factor, everyone at the time was familiar with RWD cars because that was the norm. If you launched the car, you had to be ready for corrective steering - into the drift. FWD cars were to be feared because if you got off them in a tight curve, you would soon see your arse leading you around the curve.

Car, driver, weather: it's all about experience. Learn your car by stretching limits, not by breaking limits before you're ready.

Oh, and stay out of unknown puddles. We've nearly lost several cars because my wife thought "it was just a shallow puddle" and ended up to the door sills in water. But that's a different rain problem.

 

You guys with the later model cars with TC and VSA are comparing a different car. The early models without and with early S02's take more care in slippery conditions.

 

It's unfortunate that people think it's this car. I wonder how many of these folks loosing it in the rain have ever driven in snow?

It's almost unbelievable that so many people are biting it. It's not the car people.

 

You have the benefit that most west coasters don't though. You know how to drive in snow. You'd laugh if you came out to califorina and saw what it was like in the rain.

Remember that freak snow storm in toronto in 2003, where there was over 1000 accidents one morning? It's like that here, but when it rains.

 

For the love of god stay off the roads if it ever snows on the west coast

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^^
That video is crazy

what does sort of make me laugh abut the rain comments is this car (s2000) is driven in the winter elsewhere without issue.

 

There is no driving in the ice and snow "without issue".

 

I have a 01 and it's fine in the rain. Whenever the rear swings out it's always intentional.

Just make sure you have good rain tires.

 

LMAO wow. Were they driving on ice or something?! Definitely looked like it. The cars just kept moving sideways for almost no reason at all!

Btw in 2003, I was in grade 8. I might remember it, but sort of not really .