Wet roads

[blakey]

OMG, I forgot what a scary car the vee is on wet (flooded) roads. My first proper run in my car in 6-7 months and drove from Cornwall to Portsmouth last night and the roads were making me very nervous. [smilie=icon_eek.gif]

Anyone else lacking in confidence when it rains?

 

[ColinG]

wait..., what you can drive these things in the rain???? :s

 

[Brembov6]

wait..., what you can drive these things in the rain???? :s

+1 :approve:

 

[Ali]

lol @ Colin!

I've never had any issues tbh, however in the wind mine isn't much fun!

 

[Matt]

Lol . Was coming back in the polo last night on the m1 near leads and it was scary in that.... Later heard they'd shut the motorway on that stretch due to rain and crashes. Vee is nice, dry and tucked away.

 

[blakey]

wait..., what you can drive these things in the rain???? :s

Haha, I hear you Colin but needs must. Might need to drive back on thursday night. Hope the weather is better by then [smilie=icon_cry.gif]

 

[Trevsked]

Ive got the Michelins on and been out today and it felt great/enjoyable. Which tyres have you got?

Trevor.

 

[blakey]

Hi Trevor
I have Falken's. brand new, but any tyre would have struggled in last nights conditions. I was going quick for the the amount of water on the road and I think this caused me to be scared shittless

Everyone drives to there own limit, but lets be honest V6's dont like standing water, no matter what tyres you have. :race: [smilie=icon_aaargh.gif]

 

[Trevsked]

Blakey,

My personal feeling is the Michelins are the best tyre for the V6 on the road but don't know about track tyres that are better. As you say, any tyre would struggle with standing water at speed and I don't think it is peculiar to the V6. Went out again this evening to the Ace Cafe and love the cars traction in the wet, in fact I would say it shines in these conditions as you don't feel it could do with a little more power like it feels in the dry. Of course I'm talking about spirited driving and not on the limit stuff.

Trevor.

 

[blakey]

Just having 215 section tyres on the front and not much weight has a definite chance of suffering from aquaplaning, in comparisan to a 182 clio for example, which has more front end weight.

roads were similar to this.

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Just without the crash

 

[Duncan]

I hate going through huge puddles of water on the motorway in any car, let alone the vee.

think ill stick with sunny warm days only!!

agree with Ali that the wind isnt much fun though. especially at higher speed.

 

[blakey]

Wind is bad. I think Ali has the right idea, only get the car out on the nicest days.

 

[Kett]

It absolutely pi$$ed it down with torrential rain after I collected TimV6's iceberg...

My mate (who took me to the rendezvous point) was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe got home approximately 45 minutes before me!

He said, "I thought you said this thing was fast..." :rofl: