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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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Sell the Z and buy a Zamboni. They do great on ice so rain should be a breeze.
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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Does it take this many replies to express the fact that when it's raining your not going to be able to handle your car the same way as when it's dry?

Reality Check: Water on driving surfaces decreases traction dramatically.

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Sell the Z and buy a Zamboni. They do great on ice so rain should be a breeze.
My other car is a Zamboni!!
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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Maybe he means HE is wet..not the road or the tires. I recommend drying off before getting into your Z. Itll decrease the slippage in your seats.
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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u need VDC,, It is wonderful feature!!!!
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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hey man all u need is to be soft on the gas pedal dnt floor it hard do it smoothly+ shift gears early at like 5000 r.p.m since at high r.p.ms u will get max hp on ur wheels which will upset the car in wet conditions therefore it will be harder to control and take off vdc
p.s if u want to drive hard in wet conditions u have to install wet tires only

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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by z33marv
ok first off i have an 06 base model z i love the damn thing but it seems that every time it rains and i drive the z i loose tracktion, and a dont mean when i take a hard turn. example: im driving down a STRAIGHT STREET and i whant to accelerate for whatever reason(passing a toyota prius or some slow car)the rear of the car starts to loose traction or fishtale some times even if i dont down shift ...i gess to make a long story short my question is how can i solve this? if i buy an LSD like the cusco will this help ...does any ones z does this?
p.s its not my tires... it did it when i had new tires and it does it now that i have some 285 sizes rears thanks in advance
mine does it too...only on certain roads. if its a real porous concrete they dont, but there are certain streets that are smooth where mine does it too. i'm installing a Cusco RS 1.5 way soon, ill let you know how that affects it
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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OMG, I lose traction in the rain too!
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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I guess I'm missing something on this one. The Z has enough power to spin them up under hard acceleration even on dry pavement (depending on the surface) once it really gets into the torque band. That just becomes easier when the same pavement is wet.

Wet=less traction. Solution - smoother and/or less throttle input.
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