Did a little hydro planing today

[Ferzerp]

The driver can certainly over-correct, but I've never found it to be a serious challenge. Though correcting a skid is something I practiced and learned to do by reflex because I had a RWD sedan in a snowy/icy area.

It is one of those things that ends up automatic, isn't it? Sadly, the only way to develop that reflex is to lose control of your car (even if it's just a little bit)

 

[JCH13]

It is one of those things that ends up automatic, isn't it? Fantastically, the only way to develop that reflex is to lose control of your car (even if it's just a little bit)

FTFY 😀

In driver's ed the teacher pulled the e-brake on me on a snowy road, for just that reason. Luckily, my Dad had taken me to a dirt parking lot, and a snowy one, to practice skid correction. Great excuse to go have some fun with your car. If you can't find a dirty/snow/ice covered parking lot, go to an autox school, same idea.

 

[Ferzerp]

The idea of a bunch of 16 year old kids practicing skid correction scares me 😉 That's why I said unfortunately. I do it now and then myself, but I have the understanding to not do it when other cars are around, or when there isn't enough room in case I do mess up.

 

[RearAdmiral]

rain + wrx + decent tires = keep on truckin

Totally. + rain x too and it obscures my vision more to actually use my wipers.

 

[Bacstar]

back to Hydroplaining though: on the highways around Portland ( i dunno if they are the same now) the roads would get HUGE ruts, i guess you could call them ruts, in the lanes. You could let go of the wheel and you car could bounce back and forth between haha. looked like this --v---v-- Whenever it rained super hard you had to avoid the ruts otherwise your car would wig out and swing like crazy as it tried to swim - pretty scary the first time as a new driver.

Got these crazy ruts up here too. When it rains and doesn't have to be a lot either, these ruts would fill up and make the driving a little scary. I blame them on the cars that drive with the studded snow tires. When people don't change over to regular tires after winter, you can really hear the difference as they roll down the road.

 

[Railgun]

I don't think it was even asked....

OP, you mention the width of your tires, but more importantly, what were they?

If you're running Toyo R888s, that's one thing, Eagle F1 Asymmetric all season, that's another.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

I don't think it was even asked....

OP, you mention the width of your tires, but more importantly, what were they?

If you're running Toyo R888s, that's one thing, Eagle F1 Asymmetric all season, that's another.

Eagle F1 Asymmetric are high performance summer tyres...

 

[Railgun]

Eagle F1 Asymmetric are high performance summer tyres...

I said all season, not the summer versions.

http://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/eagle-f1-asymmetric-all-season?pc=10454535700000

 

[DaTT]

I don't think it was even asked....

OP, you mention the width of your tires, but more importantly, what were they?

If you're running Toyo R888s, that's one thing, Eagle F1 Asymmetric all season, that's another.

Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar with plenty of tread left.

 

[hanoverphist]

True enough about visibility. However, when the rain is coming down so hard you could get out and swim in it, pretty sure the rain is a huge factor.

thats when i follow big rigs, they displace a ton of water with their tires. makes my little tires stick much better.

i recently drove from az to upper michigan, and just south of chicago was in the middle of that huge storm that wiped out power and stuff. i followed a semi the whole time doing 60-65 and had no issues. you could see the wake he was leaving with his tires, the water was so deep.