whatever, dude

those who spend money for "GOOD tires" on a sports car puts on ultra high-performance summer tires , not all/season tires.

furthermore i run on eagle f1 gs/d3, which are the most rain-competent for their class (and their a/s equivalent are rated better than the pilot sport a/s)


still, i would take it easy in the rain. its not so much just the tires, but the overall width of the tires. wide tires + fluids on road = not a good idea.

 

For the past couple years, the Ohio S2kI club has participated in the Mid-Ohio Honda 200 IRL race, the highlight of which is a parade lap of s2000's, each with a driver. In 2008, it rained for exactly 4 minutes the entire weekend. A light drizzle started just as the drivers were about to load up. They were all in their firesuits, which wouldn't get along with rain, so the IRL officials bailed on the drivers and just let us do the lap. It wasn't too bad at first, then the heavens opened up. Everyone was stuck out on the track, top down. Here is one of several pics, courtesy of Scottevil:



Although everyone (and everything) got pretty soaked, it certainly was memorable. And of course, the rain stopped just as the last s was pulling off the track.

 

that's a sweet picture...lol

 

those are a very goo tire. and with those i would expect that you would never have any issue with grip, no matter the conditions. however they are considered a max performance summer tire.

the ps a/s is considered an ultra high performance a/s tire.

though they do have near identical stats across the board. it comes down to preferance. i do know that there are several reputable reviews that say that the f1 gs/d3 drys out and becomes useless after about 3 years, which i have not been able to find that sort of negitive with the ps a/s. though for most of us the tires will be luck to make it 2 years. and with very simular pricing along most sizes, they are both amazing tires, and either one does really well most every where.

the only huge differance is that the ps a/s also does very well in the snow as well.

 

its just a car, what do you think your parents did when it rained ? they drove their RWD cars everywhere and they survived. My S is my daily and rain or shine its what I drive unless I have a reason to take my truck like going to HomeDepot after work, I much prefer being in the S when its raining than my truck.

Learn to drive or at the very least if you are going to go about ~50 on the freeways as has been mentioned get the F out of my way. I wont be speeding by but I will be doing the speed limit at the very least. But all I have driven for 34 years is RWD convertibles so maybe I am not normal.

 

^ i agree. the thing that kills people is not that the car is light and rwd, its that they grew up driving fwd, and with that you can go WOT any time any where and be fine. so when they go to rwd they have a hard time understanding why it is that they keep spinning in a wet corner when they try to go WOT through it.

any one who says that the s is tail happy has never driven a car with a v8...

 

^^^ OH NOOOS... its raining today and I went out to my car... I sneezed next to it and it just spun, right there in the parking spot... it wasn't moving nor even running.. it hit me in the leg and now my leg is broken and it damaged the 2 cars next to it... This car is sooo tail happy it should never even be looked at in the rain.

 

 

I'll have to try that next time too.

The first time I heard about top down in the rain, I was so excited about trying it. But then I got wet from the side window. It wasn't not much compared to the rain, but after a few minutes it added up.

I don't get how some people can say "completely dry" and then say oh you do get some water coming in from the side.

 

Ive done it several times. Never gotten wet unless I slowed down under 45.