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I wondered too, til I took mine out in the wet...almost lost the rear end twice...might have been because of the combination of mid 30s and rain though.

 

Cause I have an 88 civic that gets 30 mpg to drive to work in this area that we get rain about 200 days in the year!!!

 

Bridgestone S02 is my answer to your question.

 

Because it's a roadster!

- It's meant to be driven with the top down and the visibility really sucks with the top up.
- The rear window is already poor, when it and the side windows are streaked with rain it's hard to see anything at all.
- The stock S-02s are really poor rain tires.
- A little too much throttle at the wrong time on a wet road is a guaranteed loose end.
- It gets dirty!

It doesn't rain here very often, but I hate driving it on days that it does.

 

no refrain here, drive it to work everyday

..........rains a lot here too..........

 

Rain was no problem in N. Texas last summer; it didn't rain for over ninety days, but it's made up for it since September. The Stook does just fine in the rain as long as you don't push it too hard either in town (spin outs) or on the highway (hydroplaning).

 

What a poor set of excuses and what a bunch of wimps you guys are!!

All vehicles handle worse in the rain - it's no excuse to park the Stook (if you want some real excitement try riding a motorcycle in the rain in a Melbourne (Australia) winter with our famous tram (streetcar) tracks down every main street. Now that's a real recipe for limited traction - and I'm talking front as well as rear letting go.

I won't sidetrack you too much but I have had a number of very hairy experiences including a particularly famous one, 25+ years ago, on a Honda (750-4) hitting the anchors at 75mph, late at night with little traffic, in the rain (I'm talking suburban streets here) and then attempting to cross the tram line for a right hand turn. Both wheels let go and I slid down the road followed by my bike rolling and tumbling, and threatening to pulverise me, for at least 100 yards.

Anyway guys, the point of all this is that, by comparison, driving the Stook in the rain is child's play. Let's face it - you slow down in any vehicle - and rest assured the S02s are some of the best rain tyres I have come across in almost 30 years of driving.

Just as an aside, it's late Spring here at the moment and we have had 90+ temperatures for the last few days. Well I had the top down and tonneau cover on (as I do for 360 out of 365 days a year) and all of a sudden the "cool change" arrived. So what did I do - I stopped at the lights and put the tonneau in the trunk (insurance, so that I could put the roof up quickly just in case). Needless to say it started to pour 5 minutes from my home - but you know what guys, stuff putting the roof up - I just drove that little bit faster and the raindrops went right over the top.

 

Here in Belgium it rains a lot, and I like to drive my S2K in the rain. It is even more fun if you master the sliding.



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It will get dirty