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Originally Posted by Pharmacist any car can be driven in the rain if one is cautious enough. heck, i drove my z back home from a track day in the

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Old 01-31-2012, 10:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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any car can be driven in the rain if one is cautious enough. heck, i drove my z back home from a track day in the rain on practically slick rear tires after i had burnt off all the tread on the track. with extreme caution, i made it home in one piece without any drama. of course that meant i was the slowest guy on the highway, going 20km/h below the speed limit while everyone else was 10-20 km/h above that limit. that still doesn't make it a safe or smart thing to do, and definitely not on a daily basis.

I have no doubt you can drive an ACR in the rain safely, but you have to give it 100% of your attention. You can't relax and take it for granted the car will stick and just go ahead and power your way out of a turn or pass someone on the highway. I don't even think it has traction control. That's not really what you want in a "road car".
I had roughly no tread on my PZeros before I took them off and generally had no problem with the at or above the speed limit in the rain.

Also, I prefer to give the car 100% of my attention 100% of the time that I am driving. Generally a good idea.

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I had roughly no tread on my PZeros before I took them off and generally had no problem with the at or above the speed limit in the rain.

Also, I prefer to give the car 100% of my attention 100% of the time that I am driving. Generally a good idea.

Traction control... I don't need no stinkin' traction control!
Maybe you had some rudimentary tread left. Even a couple of mm can make a big difference. Mine were pretty much racing slicks by the time i changed them.
The back end would get twitchy and nervous easily over any standing puddles of water. The tires pretty much looked like this (except the steel belts weren't exposed yet)

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