Hydroplaned and ditched :(

Kramerz500

Wow sorry to hear and glad your okay, today was the first day in the rain with my new Z and it was hard to keep it from slipping on every start.

Amj2020

Glad to see you are ok, its true a car can always be replaced. But damn, look at how well the water is still beading on the paint!

Juruki

my Z was horrible in the rain with the OEM tires

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MacLean

WOW....... That sucks man. I am sorry to hear & see what has happened. I hope you are doing all right. How fast were you going when you hydroplane? I saw several people say "our cars seem to hydroplane a LOT." This I didn't really know. Hope you feel better.

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sfearl1

I totaled my 350 when I hydroplaned into rush hour traffic and got hit by an eighteen wheeler

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tjlazer

I've had some close calls in my Z as well in the rain. VDC needs to stay on when it is wet outside. Even just alittle. Bottom line. Having good tires also is a must, and not letting them get bald. Damn I was really scared the last time I hydroplaned.

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wheee!

Experienced the same thing in the Rocky mountains a couple of years ago. The tires had 80% + tread left too, but the stock tires are NOT safe in heavy rain. I switched to Hankook Ventus V12's this year and feel a little safer. Hydroplaning is a very helpless feeling

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MattP725

That's crazy that the bags went off without impact. Also he might have skated without a ticket since there was no other cars involved or property damage. Also no witnesses.

Cmike2780

I doubt he would have gotten a reckless driving ticket. I would file with insurance if it cost more that $1500 to repair. That's what it's for. There's a chance your rate could go up, but that really depends on your history. I think a lot people just underestimate the amount of traction they really have. That, coupled with a pretty powerful engine and rwd is a recipe for disaster without VDC. Just need to really slow down and give the tires a chance to push the water out. There's always a trade-off when it comes to max dry traction vs wet traction performace.

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gbrettin

He never said the VDC was off. Just throwing that out there.

tjlazer

Don't think we were implying that he (said he) had it off, I was just saying that you need to have it ON in the rain. Bottom line. You are taking a huge risk if you don't. Just sayin.

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Coon-azz

Well, happy to see that your alive and even able to report this. Cars are cars....we drive'em, we build them, and sometimes we wear them out over time...Sorry about your ride. I'm unclear on this. I've driven my new 370z 2012 in some very heavy rain in VA. The kind where you can't even see the end of the car and I had no problems with the traction. I wasn't playing around but I still had the car around 70 mph. Sometimes, spins happen. Sometimes its the driver overdriving the limits of the car (tires etc). Have you spent anytime on a wet track learning to drift and control and moderate spins? Just asking. I had my Z out a few weeks back and found it very easy to control the throttle and gearing on the MT around the wet track. I could drift it all day long with the traction control off....Either way, happy to know you're alive to deal with it. Either way, it sucks when it happens to us. I feel your pain.

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cossie1600

You hydroplaned because you drove too fast for your tires. If you havr bad tires, drive slow. If you have good tires, still be careful. The whole non sense with the vdc is a joke, just drive slower!

TheGreatOne

Glad you are ok, sucks about the damage to the 40th

Driving the Z in the rain is definitely not as fun for me..always feel like i have to be much more cautious...so rainy days are a blah driving day for me

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11Thumper

Insurance will label it your fault for driving too fast in the weather conditions. You could be going 5mph and they'll still blame you. Not getting a police report is a bit shady so you'll get asked about that. Not sure what the law is in your state but a lot of places make you report it to DMV if over a certain $ amount.

Good luck but if they ask you to file a police report for the claim the police may have some questions as to why you didn't wait for an officer to show up. I hope alcohol wasn't involved and if it was, learn from it.