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Oct 19, 2004 | 12:43 PM

Heavy Dan

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hydroplaning all day...

I have four cars at my place, and my WRX is, hands down, the hardest to drive in this rainy weather. What's up with that!? 2/3 of the other cars are RWD!

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:44 PM

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Hm... complete opposite with me. My WRX is handling great in the rain! I actually had some fun in the empty parking lot at CSM. hahaha

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:46 PM

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my treads have 10k left on them... not tooooo bad.

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:47 PM

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yeah that they should hold... it also depends what kind of tires you have on, etc.

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:50 PM

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RE92 = hydroplane, I'm on top of water all day too and spun out already...

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:51 PM

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I'm on the stockers.

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:52 PM

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hah same here. driving to school this morning was interesting. The s-03's i have on right now acted the same as my old azenis did when going through standing water. Every patch i hit i would slide all over the place. These tires are alot better on wet roads though were there aren't any puddles.

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:53 PM

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I was in my friend's Mustang GT in the rain. He deliberately spun his tires in the rain during a launch. We actually tapped the opposite lane.

It kept swinging left and right, left and right. Was fun though haha Luckily we did it with no traffic. (DON'T BE STUPID!)

Oct 19, 2004 | 12:53 PM

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Dude, the ventus k104's im runing treat water like its there *****. I seriously have yet to hydro or lose traction ^_^

Oct 19, 2004 | 01:14 PM

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i've had no trouble driving in the rain with re92, es100, s-03, and T1-s tires (been through different wheels

).

how fast are you guys going?

Oct 19, 2004 | 01:19 PM

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Depends on wherever you're driving. On 880 there are some deep pockets of water that are 50 years long, and that's pretty bad if your tires don't break through 'em.

Oct 19, 2004 | 01:23 PM

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This worries me...I haven't hydroplaned yet, but can someone remind me what the right way to stop a hydroplane is? I'm on stock RE92s and I don't want to slide on the freeway...

Oct 19, 2004 | 01:26 PM

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I'm running on 225 Dunlop FM901s. They are similar to what Davon described of the SO3s, as long as there is no standing water they work great. But as soon as I hit any standing water my car is all over the place.

-Chris