What, exactly, are "seasonally related" tires?

 

I have no problems driving it in the rain. I'm 18.
Like others have said, if you DON'T try to be a douchebag, nothing will happen.
+1 on having GOOD amount of thread on tires. Had a friend of mine total his Z due to bald tires. Poor HR </3

Had a mishap on the freeway a couple weeks back though, hit a pothole that I didn't see and hydrolocked. It was scary, but thankfully nothing horrific happened. It my fault though, was paying attention to the radio instead of the road.

 

You got water in the engine and it locked up? Correct me if I'm wrong but that's my understanding of the word "hydrolock". Also, what does a pothole have to do with driving in the rain?

 

probably ment hydroplane.

 

Woops, good catch! I meant hydroplaned, I don't know why I wrote hydrolock.

 

Anytime your above a certain speed (dependent on pressure) you are hydro planing, tread determines the traction you have while not up on plane

 

I haven't been able to drive my Z the last few days due to the rain here in Cali. DR tires not so good on wet tarmac.

 

 

I don't know what it is about the pavement on I4 and I275 in the Tampa area but that stuff is slicker than ICE when it rains.

A few months back I was driving on the S turn part where it I275 merges with I4 and literally changed one lane going about 40mph and started sliding. Luckily didn't completely lose control and all was fine but I honestly believe it has alot to do with the pavement in our area. I've had some slipping with other vehicles too so be careful around there no matter what you're driving!

 

I live in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY area. I have driving my Z in both rain and snow. It helps that I have Cooper M&S tires on the car. With a little patience it takes me anywhere I want to go.

 

 

How about winter for winter and summer for summer

 

I can say it would be a driver error with not alot of experiance driving a RWD car, or terribly taken care of such as bad tires. I can say I have any experiance with RWD cars because Im on my first Z and its the only RWD I owned, just dont drive fast in the rain, with good tires. No reason why you should slide off if you follow those 2 things.

 

bro do some searching before you go posting everywhere stating things you have no knowledge of.

 

as for driving in the rain, get some good performance tires with some stickiness and you should be good on traction but tires and traction and driving skill only go so far, rain is dangerous in any car, just like this one.

 

You guys act like driving in the rain takes some kind of special skill or a special kind of car. People have been driving in the wet since cars were invented. Until about 1980, we only had rwd cars to drive and they did just fine in rainy conditions. Just drive for conditions and there will be no problems. Don't drive like you think you are on a race track and your Z will do just fine in the wet.

 

^^^ right on

 

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+1

 

I drive mine in the winter, who is bitching about the rain?! Hahahahaha.

 

I learned to drive in upstate NY in the winter with snow on the ground. So driving in any condition, ice, rain, snow or dry road, is not a problem for me. One just takes precautions. Tires have a huge impact on how a car will handle in the wet or on snow. The Z is a relatively heavy car by today's standards at around 3200 lbs. But it also has very wide tires which means the possibility of hydroplaning is there. My Z is running Bridgestone Potenza tires and it does as well as my Accord on the wet. In fact, I am impressed at how well it does hold the road during a rain storm. I figured it would be a lot more prone to skidding and hydroplaning then it actually is. My tires are the stock size. I'd imagine if I ran with fatter tires with less tread, things would be a lot different. As for roads being slick in Florida, you are correct. If it doesn't rain for a couple weeks, which has been common in Central Florida of late, the roads build up this thin film of oil and such. When it finally does rain, this stuff mixed with the rain turns the roads as slick as a northern icy road in winter. Only thing you can do is slow down unless you want to get into a wreck. Personally I find rear wheel drive cars easier to handle in a tight situation then front wheel drive cars. But I have driven mostly rear wheel drive cars all my life.