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RWD with good tires or FWD with drag radials in the rain?

chrsmi1

chrsmi1

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So long story short this week has been a little rainy here. I've been working about an hour and a half from home and not getting back there until well after dark. Monday and Tuesday I took my Camaro with new (less than 2k miles) tires on it. In heavy rain and very wet roads I ended up getting loose a few times both days on the ride home. Not quite enough to scare me big time, but enough to make me pucker up down south.

Today, I took the GP with nitto 555r's on the front and brand new all seasons out back. Less than 6 months on both, about 4k miles. Surprisingly, it was actually worse in the rain. Today was also the hardest rain of the three days, but still, anything over 50 on the interstate and it was trouble. Got the traction control to even come on 3 times in about 5 minutes. Felt worse than the Camaro, but to be honest, neither felt good in the rain.

So my question to everyone is which would you take in probable heavy rain and why? 02 Camaro Z28 with new rims and tires or 04 GTP with drag radials out front and new all seasons out back?


OR take my wife's slow as hell dodge journey?
 


Go for something with good tread, Drag radials aren't designed to shed water like all seasons. All season tires Would be my vote, youre going to hydroplane with drags.


Eidt: Take the jouney, your less likely to Wreck one of your cars.
 
FWD with rain tires does so good it's freaky. Anything with drag tires probably sucks in rain. Journey or FWD.
 
I have driven rear wheel drive vehicles on solid ice with less problems than you are having.

Problem: Equipment and Driver.

Solution: Tires appropriate for the climate where you live and having your wife to drive you around.
 


I would take the Journey or the Camaro. I've never driven on drag radials, but I imagine they are horrible in any condition other than what they were designed for.
 
Explicit_Spade said:
I have driven rear wheel drive vehicles on solid ice with less problems than you are having.

Problem: Equipment and Driver.

Solution: Tires appropriate for the climate where you live and having your wife to drive you around.
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Actually the issue is the 2 inch per hour downpours that I've been in the last few days. The gp does ok with normal rain at normal speeds but on the interstate with heavy rain is different.

Standing water on the road is tricky with both, douche bag, nothing to do with my driving skill. This post being evidence that I made it home ok without incidence.

Today is forecast the same. Took the camaro. Wife left too early today to get her car.
 
I've never had these kinds of issues in the rain in any FWD or RWD vehicle I've owned. At the end of the day, as already mentioned, just have good tires and drive for the conditions. Heavy rain like you describe means slow down. Even the best rain tire has its limits. When I put new Falken ZE512's on my Super Coupe, they were one of the best tires I've used in the rain.....

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Out of your choices of rides, I'd leave the GP at home and drive anything else.
 
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