Thndr

Ive got 700 rwhp and I have no issues driving on the stock tires in the rain....

C6York

Yes to those who mentioned my Camaro was much heavier and slower..

But the Car was bought used from the dealer..certified..on year old..tires look almost new...I lowered the air pressure to 30 with nitrogen today..

I am going to check on the alignment as a thought..

I will switch to another brand...but stay with runflats.

This was a serious rain and if any of you have ever driven in PA our roads suck...big time...

Thanks for all the comments...Yes I drive this car often...I have a work F150 I drive each day with a GPS unit...so when I can I am in the car and enjoying it...took me 58 years to fill one of my last bucket items..

Bill

phileaglesfan

GS on OEM tires in anything above light rain is bad. I lived in Germany for 8 years so I'm used to driving in the rain. No problem with the Super sports though.

Seadawg

No problems here in Florida for me either. We got close to 12 inches of rain in a couple days recently, and I have about 15k on my Bridgestone Potenza RFs, and I rode 70 mph+ with water running on the road, and zero issues of hydroplaning.

I played in the no traffic areas on the interstate first, and the vette actually handled better than my 2007 Caddy DTS on wet roads, especially in the curves.

NOW, with the original Goodyear RFs, a complete different story, even with 50% tread life on the tires. They scared me enough to replace the tires before they were worn out, on my 2008 C6 base couple.

JKbride

As wide as these tires are I would recommend not driving over 60 on the interstate in the rain. These cars have smooth undersides, so there is not any place for water to go if you hit a large puddle.

Expirenced wide tire drivers will slow way down in rain.....if not, you will eventually have an expirence that will slow you down in the rain

ontcanuck

The Goodyears on my GS were downright dangerous. I now have Bridgestones and stick like glue in the rain no more hydroplaning and are much quieter and smoother.

plasboy

What he said, just common sense.

direct007

I agree with the above. I had stock goodyear tires when I first purchased my convertible and had to start braking very early in even light rain when approaching an intersection or stop street. Switched to the Michelin all season tires and it's like driving any "regular" car as far as braking even at higher speeds in a downpour.

SubjectAlpha

My biggest problem in super heavy rain is not being able to see where I'm going. I don't think different tires would help.

TLS_Addict

Base Vette is only 600 lbs less than the SS Camaro.

Mike Campbell

Back in 2008 I got caught in Tropical storm Hannah and had to drive from southern Maine to SE Pa in the worst freaking rain I've ever driven. Plus, I had to cross the Tappan Zee bridge with the crappy roads and ponding all over the place and all the NY traffic...plus it was dark by then as well. I was worried about hydralocking my engine and with the wide runflats I had to slow down to 50 mph while the large trucks didn't. Those guys are high and spewing water all over and I was worried they'd run over me.
If I sped up to 55 I'd hydraplane... It was the worst drive ( and I've driven thru blizzards and ice storms) of my life. When we got home my poor wife who chewed her nails oof asked me "How did I do it?" I told her I had to and poured us each a tall Jack! However, that's why when we moved down here to SW Fla that I got Nitto INVO's just because they're way better in the rain. Those RF's sucked.

AORoads

probably because you know what you're doing.

trading tiger

That's not an apples to apples comparison. Your camaro had tires that were about half as wide as my GS tires. The bigger the footprint of the tire, the more likely you are to hydroplane.

I drove from Greenville to Charleston and back two weekends ago. One way, the trip is about 220 miles and usually takes me about 3 hours. On the way down there, there were a couple spots of light rain, but mostly cloudy and dry. I made the trip just like normal in about 3 hours. On the way back however, it rained heavily the entire time. I had my first scare after just about 20 minutes on the road. I decided to slow down from 65 mph to 55. At 55 mph, there were no real problems. Maybe once or twice got squirrely, but nothing like that first experience. The trip took me almost 5 hours, but I did stop a couple times to let the rain die down some.

Jorday

It rained cats and dogs here all but about 3 days in april, and I drove right through it no problem with the PS2s. With the GY supercars it would have been a different story.

mowe

The factory GY on my 2011 were horrible in the rain....Only got caught twice and was very scared and drove under 50mph on the highway...Would hydroplain any other time..and they were new tires...

ANYTHING ELSE IS BETTER !!!!!!!!!!!!

Gearhead Jim

The issue isn't runflats vs non-runflats, it's in the tire design and rubber compounds.

We wore out 2 1/2 sets of Z51 supercar tires on our C6's, they were ok when new but got noisy and hard after a few thousand miles; and the rain performance went down more than expected also.

OTOH, we have two sets of Michelin runflats:
PS2 ZP for summer
A/S+ ZP for winter

The PS2's actually seem somewhat better in the rain, but both sets are the two best rain tires we've ever driven; including lots of non-runflats on the grocery getters.

C7 BOB

On my Museum Delivery trip home to CA, I ran into heavy rain on I-40 which changed to heavy snow - no hydroplaning or problems.

C6York

everyone..thanks for the comments..I am no means a race driver but I drag raced a 8.20 index dragbike and never felt the way I did Saturday night...i thought it was only me and from all of your comments I can see it has happened to many...

I think the Mich...tires are my next purchase...no reason to put this car into harms way on the GYs