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i love the rain!!!
but yestersday i was coming back from werk at 2:40 am on the 10 freeway, and it was pouring. my car kept shakin and jerkin to the sides. it was pretty fun at first then it started to scare me. i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy. so i just got off cuz my car wouldnt speed up anymore. everytime it would just super accelerate to 120 or so. i think i need new tires. it wasnt really hrdroplaning i guess but it was similar to it... i think the only thing that kept my car pointin forward was the fact that my rear tires had alot more tread suited for rain than the front...
but yestersday i was coming back from werk at 2:40 am on the 10 freeway, and it was pouring. my car kept shakin and jerkin to the sides. it was pretty fun at first then it started to scare me. i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy. so i just got off cuz my car wouldnt speed up anymore. everytime it would just super accelerate to 120 or so. i think i need new tires. it wasnt really hrdroplaning i guess but it was similar to it... i think the only thing that kept my car pointin forward was the fact that my rear tires had alot more tread suited for rain than the front...
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Originally Posted by trance4mer
i love the rain!!!
i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy.
i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy.
Regardless of the fact you are fwd/rwd/awd/unicylce we alllll have to be super carefull and aware of whats going on in the rain.
be safe out there guys.
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Originally Posted by trance4mer
i love the rain!!!
but yestersday i was coming back from werk at 2:40 am on the 10 freeway, and it was pouring. my car kept shakin and jerkin to the sides. it was pretty fun at first then it started to scare me. i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy. so i just got off cuz my car wouldnt speed up anymore. everytime it would just super accelerate to 120 or so. i think i need new tires. it wasnt really hrdroplaning i guess but it was similar to it... i think the only thing that kept my car pointin forward was the fact that my rear tires had alot more tread suited for rain than the front...
but yestersday i was coming back from werk at 2:40 am on the 10 freeway, and it was pouring. my car kept shakin and jerkin to the sides. it was pretty fun at first then it started to scare me. i felt the tires loose traction ALOT. i was in fifth and if i pressed on the gas pedal my tires would spin to show my MPH at 135. and i was moving no faster than 65. it was crazy. so i just got off cuz my car wouldnt speed up anymore. everytime it would just super accelerate to 120 or so. i think i need new tires. it wasnt really hrdroplaning i guess but it was similar to it... i think the only thing that kept my car pointin forward was the fact that my rear tires had alot more tread suited for rain than the front...
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What makes you think stock tires will be any better? I don't remember them being any better in the rain. You could always just try getting in the slow lane and going slower when it rains hard.
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stock tires sucks hardcore dealing with water. I had so much problems with it that I invested in better tires.
got better all season high performance tires (Potenza RE950) rides fairly well on wet road. of course it wont be like on dry pavement but during light rain or wetness there's little difference between dry and wet performance.
everyone should throw away their stock firestones after its threads goes away.
stock tires sucks hardcore dealing with water. I had so much problems with it that I invested in better tires.
got better all season high performance tires (Potenza RE950) rides fairly well on wet road. of course it wont be like on dry pavement but during light rain or wetness there's little difference between dry and wet performance.
everyone should throw away their stock firestones after its threads goes away.
i have goodyear regatta 2's i only slip when i floor it from a stop
its funn playing around like that.
i hydroplaned once on a small puddle i felt the car just slide to the side cuz iwas changing lanes when it happened
its funn playing around like that.
i hydroplaned once on a small puddle i felt the car just slide to the side cuz iwas changing lanes when it happened
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Originally Posted by CapYoda
everyone should throw away their stock firestones after its threads goes away.
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Originally Posted by dru106
Thats not true.....only dumb coupes come with firestone lol. But sedans have dunlop tires....which is alot better
cuz I know for sure the 01 to at least 02 has firestone, even on the sedans.
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Originally Posted by CapYoda
what the. they do? since when? 04+ ?
cuz I know for sure the 01 to at least 02 has firestone, even on the sedans.
cuz I know for sure the 01 to at least 02 has firestone, even on the sedans.
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there's no reason why honda would do that. its listed on the site as all firestone too..
and i've seen 04s with firestones.. so..
either way i guess u got better ones. heh. although it really depends on which dunlop but yeah.
there's no reason why honda would do that. its listed on the site as all firestone too..
and i've seen 04s with firestones.. so..
either way i guess u got better ones. heh. although it really depends on which dunlop but yeah.
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Originally Posted by dalaw
I have 14 inch Dunlop came stock from the factory. Think its called SP20. Are my tires really better than Firestones?
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Rep Power: 0 i was on the 91 heading west and i got caught in a shower.... i literally went like 50 mph because the back of my car was losing traction everytime i went over that...
lowered cars and low profile tires don't really work too well on puddle on the 91 freeway... scary..
lowered cars and low profile tires don't really work too well on puddle on the 91 freeway... scary..
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Rep Power: 0 i have low profile in the rear. but had stock 14" with a better when dry than wet tire on the front... i tried moving into the slow lane but i couldnt accelerate. so i just coasted to the off ramp.....
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