Z06 RB

TomcatMF

I've had a few rainy days since I got my Z, and I haven't had any problems. I just go easy on the throttle and drive a bit slower on the highway.

musicmankeb

He's young and still enjoys prank phone calls.... what do you expect?

Andydp

To be honest I've been trying to avoid driving in the rain for my own reasons not dealing with control. My "baby" is a 2006 ZO6 bought in 2010 with 276 miles on it. So far its been in about four rainstorms. I still manage to put over 5K fantastic miles a year on it.

I was on my way to Maine last Summer, when I ran into a heavy thunderstorm. I slowed down to 55 or so and had absolutely NO PROBLEM with the OEM Goodyears. when the storm ended I had to stop and remove the bra (from the car).

Like the others say, take it easy, drive appropriately for the conditions you'll be fine. Living here in the Albany NY area, we have lots of 4WD cars (including Mercedes and BMW). I often see a 4WD on the side of the road during and after a major snow/ice storm.

NO S8NT

KM1959

If he's not comfortable driving in those conditions you definitely won't be comfortable riding in his passenger seat. I'd propose to drive if it rains.

06-Z0SICK

i was a bit nervous as well, but i drove 4 hours in the rain with bald stock goodyears worn to the wear bars and it was fine. Just look out for big puddles or pooling

40YRW8

If your description is accurate, I think that there is something going on with this guy and the Z isn't the problem, only the focus of his personal problem. No criticism intended but his feelings are irrational.
Gary

Bill Dearborn

The Supercar tires on my 03Z would hydroplane in the water that built up in the little swales/irregularities that cause puddling on a freshly paved highway. It wasn't bad in the day light when I could see them but at night I did have to slow down some. The EMT Supercar tires on my Z seem to be much better. Have driven them at 70 mph in driving rain with lots of water build up on the road with no problems. Big thing about hydroplaning is keeping from making sudden moves with the steering, throttle (on or off) and pretty much staying away from the brake pedal unless there is a stop sign, traffic light or something blocking your way. Other than that keep the foot off the brake pedal. When the tires hydroplane they are floating on top of the water and you suddenly switch from driving a car to driving a boat. The only thing is you don't have a keel and the rudder is the edges of the tire tread so everything has to be finessed and the brakes just don't finesse in that kind of situation.

Bill

Paul Schmidt

This is me a few years ago in my Z in the rain. Living in Seattle you see your share of rain.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63USLppGyX8

kverges

Man there are a lot of walls at that track. Very smooth in the wet

LeftLane Z06

I'd be scared to drive in the rain with the oem goodyears. My buddy flipped his c6 in the rain doing 40 mph in the rain. The car just wiped out went off the road on flipped on its top.

tran03

It all depends on his driving style. If he needs to slow down to a 20mph crawl so be it.

Personally, I've driven my Z with stock GY runflats with 20,000 miles on them, near bald, without issues in the rain. Just don't be an idiot.

Now, with Michelin Super Sports, I'm a lot more confident in the rain but still very cautious. Like others have mentioned, use common sense; rain = slow down.

At the end of the day, all the tires and electronics in the world amount to nothing when common sense isn't applied

tim414

Is this a record for the amount of miles driven on a set of GY EMT's??

I took mine off when they had around 6-7k miles. There is approx 30-40% tread left on rears and 40-50% left on fronts...maybe I got a crappy set.

goatts

Like any other car. If your tires are worn out then it's like driving on ice.

Mu$cle

Be sure to wear your kevlar underwear so when the Z06 melts from the rain you don't skin your a$$ on the pavement.

2000FRCZ19

I drove 6 hours in heavy rain on I75 with no problems at all. I did see an f-250 do a 360 into a guard rail in my rear view mirror on the trip. I was driving the speed limit or slightly under at times. car handled just fine on invos.

Jorday

Best response of this thread.

i_york

I agree... drive with a light touch on the throttle and keep a watchful eye for areas of standing water.

Why is it that whenever the conditions are bad, some idiot in a Honda Civic / Mitsubishi Evo / whatever wants to goad you into a race?

PS. I was driving my DD crappy old Volvo the other day in the wet and came to a roundabout (traffic circle) with what I can only assume was a diesel spill on it. The car did a nice 4-wheel drift as I was going around, then the rear stepped-out and I had to dial-in quite a bit of opposite lock (and the car is FWD!) I remember thinking I was very glad I wasn't driving the Z06 at the time.

dmuellenberg

I got 24+k out of the first set of GY's on my 06.