[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mouthman
I am curious to see if this has happened to some s-2000 owners or if it is a freak occurrence.
Months ago I noticed that my s-2000 rear tires were looking bald prematurely ( only 12,000 miles) and I don't burn rubber (I know, I should be driving a volvo), anyways, I started to notice that the car seemed to slip sideways on rainy days, until one day the car spun out of control even though I was going under the 45 mph speed limit.

 

A little Dostoevskian grin overcomes me when someone thinks a performance tire should last longer than 5000 miles.

If you want good wet performance, there are plenty of all season rain / mud / snow tires that should provide adequate protection of unintentional wet-weather oversteer. There's also a lot of FWD cars out there that protect the driver from such an event occuring.

So if you keep your S and want to drive it fearlessly you can either shove a sock into the intake and spoon on some 60K mile rental car tires or you can go out to a big parking lot and practice intentionally losing the rear. Who says physics lessons can't be fun?

(And btw, the only time I unintentionally spun my S2000 was in a torrential downpour on a racetrack on summer tires while lapping FWD and AWD Volvos on all-season tires.)

 

Had an accident last fall
Rainy day, bald OEM tires, 60 miles/h and quick line change = lost control
I have experience with rear traction and have experience with this car but i'm still amase how fast this car end snap ! So be very gentle with it guys ... if you have bald tires and you are on a wet ground !

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2kvancouver
my opinion...

 

A 16" tire will fit on on 16" rim as long as the width is simular.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mouthman
I am curious to see if this has happened to some s-2000 owners or if it is a freak occurrence.
Months ago I noticed that my s-2000 rear tires were looking bald prematurely ( only 12,000 miles) and I don't burn rubber (I know, I should be driving a volvo), anyways, I started to notice that the car seemed to slip sideways on rainy days, until one day the car spun out of control even though I was going under the 45 mph speed limit.

 

 

The '04 RE050 tires are interesting in the rain. They are very, very good on damp pavement, even cold damp pavement. They are better than most "all weather" tires I've tried. Moreover slips are progressive and the car doesn't go crazy.

In standing water, they become much less impressive. They're actually still better than some garbage tires I've used (i.e. the RE92s in my stock FWD Prelude SH which had LESS wet weather traction than my S2000) so generally I feel confident enough to drive in downpours. However, I do drive very, very slowly when I start to see standing water.

 

i don't know why i read these threads because it all boils down to the driver in my opinion. they should all start with "Driver Looses Control - " because that is what happens. pushing your car into a bad situation will cause bad things to happen, and it happens too much especially in southern california where drivers think they can do the same things in the rain/wet conditions that they do when it is dry and sunny.

you know what... YOU CAN'T.

if you want to drive fast, aggressive, and to the maximum limit... you have to accept that sometimes you will loose it. so what is the big surprise? i've seen people complain about bald tires, about speeding in the rain. what do you think is gonna happen if you push it, especially in not optimum conditions?

s2k owners may not necessarily like SUVs but there is a reason a two or three ton vehicle doesn't spin out while a 2,800 lb car will.



thanks for letting me vent... i will go out now and drive my s2k with the top down