I'm cautious in the rain, and I try not to "overdo" anything. I give myself plenty of room. Easy on the throttle and brakes. No quick, sudden starts, stops, or turns. I also routinely check my tires' condition and inflation.

Never had a problem.

 

i try to avoid the rain... but only because i dont feel like washing the car again after i get water spots...

driving is not that bad... just be a little more cautious and take it easy... always worked for me

 

I've had a nasty spin in the rain on the N

 

That describes my accident exactly.

 

As far as snow is concerned, the best advice is don't! Even if traction issues are solved by winter tires, there is still the ground clearance issue ---- if you have a snowfall worthy of the name.

As for driving on rain, mine was really scary, especially as the OEM SO2's wore. When they died, I replaced them with Falkin FK 451's (making sure to go to 245's on the stock rears). Now, the car is as "rainworthy" as any rear wheel drive car that lacks any sort of stability control system. All that is needed is a little common sense in reducing speed on corners, avoiding hard acceleration, and increasing the following distance from the car ahead.

Thanks,
Richard

 

 

I have only driven my car in the rain once. I try not to, but got caught in a rain storm just south of Tacoma while returning from my parents house in California. The only thing that bugged me about driving in the rain was listening to the "tick" the windsheild wiper relay makes and having to put the top up.

 

What 'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis? Who says you HAD to put the top up?

 

Richard, before some of the other local guys from around my area post here to flame you, I'll interject. (And I ask them not to post with a flame, please.)
Many of us in the snow belt drive the S2000 year round and in winter, a good set of dedicated winter tires make this car drive quite well. Ground clearance is only an issue if the roads are rutted and the high points are too high (then I ride on top of the ruts). Plowing through unhardened snow is not a big deal. I have driven in and out of parking lots with between 12" to 18" of snow no problem. Just as we can breathe through snow when we fall into the deep stuff (like in an avalanche), so can this car even when the whole grill opening is crammed full of snow. I typically, in an average winter, plow down the streets with over 8" of fresh snow. The path I make is generally the "deepest cut".
This car is not different than driving a little Honda Civic in terms of ground clearance and they're all over the place around here in winter. In fact, I can out-drag any FWD car with all season radials across a snow/ice covered intersection. The most dramatic was when I out-dragged an AWD Audi with all season performance tires.
This car is well balanced, great weight transfer to the driving wheels in the snow and is much easier to control when the drive wheels are overpowered - much more so than a FWD or AWD for that matter (I've had both). Driving in snow with this car takes skill and some getting used to. If you don't have the skill or the desire to get good at it, then it will seem like an impossible task. What do you suppose taxicab companies and police forces do with their Crown Vics all winter? They sure don't stay home.
Sorry to take this thread off topic. After all, it's about RAIN.

 

Well, above 60 MPH you stay pretty dry, but once I hit Tacoma I couldn't maintain 40 MPH. I hit Tacoma round 4:00 PM on a weekday. Enough said.