...in standing water (Just for you Grandpa). Drove to my moms for Mom's day and came home yesterday... Wicked *** thunderstorms today, roads were hella wet, not just "sprinklin" rain, we're talking straightup downpours. (Blue Route / Northeast Ext. for this in Philly area...)

Traction = 1%. Enough to keep me going straight at 50MPH on the ride home. God how unpleasant a drive that was... (coupled with the overturned camper/tow vehicle).

Just wondering if I'm the only one whos had that experience...


[Modified by trooth, 5:27 PM 5/13/2002]

 

I drove with them in the rain, no thunderstorms, but it was raining pretty hard about 2 weeks ago, I had not problems. I have to say though I was not going over the speed limit and I did not go on the freeway, but by looking at the tires they don't seem good for rain.

 

I drove in the rain today no problems here good tire.

 

If it has rained recently, and the roads are still wet, or if it is raining, but not pouring, the traction fron the Azenis is better than what I was getting from the RE730s. Standing water is a different story.

 

Yah.. we'll there were definately little streams of water everywhere. Semi-wet roads aren't a biggie deal.. but changing lanes you felt like you were hitting speed bumps (of water).. if that tells you how hard it was raining. Where are my damn philly people.. Someone else has to know how much of a bizitch the rain was today.. :\

 

as long as you driving accordingly, you should be fine...but yeah...big contact patches aren't good in the rain.

 

they may not be the best in the rain, but you rather pay well over $100 a tire for high performance all season radials? I paid $130 a tire for my Goodyear's, but they kick *** in the rain and give me good launch traction and handling. Living in so cal, I dont get much rain, but when it does I just LOVE driving in it!

 

Happened to me in the rain too....
Almost Lost the R..

Just Drive Slow and pay extra caution when it's raining...
(or get another set of tires just for Rainy day)

 

Im about 1mm away from the wear bars and they suck in the rain. I cant go faster than 60mph.

 

damn, thats shitty... i was thinking about Azenis for my next set of tires cuz they're cheap and high performance, but looks like I'll stick with the more expensive ones with better wet traction.

 

yea, they are pretty bad tires in wet conditions. i would only buy them for the track. get a spare set of rims to put those on.

 

Hey, your in soCal so you dont have to worry about rain that much. Plus its only an issue when you get really low on tread.

 

What are some good tires in really wet weather???

 

mine do fine in the rain! auqa tread

 

If you are going to buy tires just for the track, then you ought to buy real R Compound tires (Yokohama A032R, Kumho V700 Victoracer, Hoosier R3S03, etc), not the Falken Azenis street tires.

 

I drove my azenis today in extremely wet conditions and I have to say they did pretty damn well. Only standing water is a problem, but standing water should be a problem with ANY tire no matter the compound, just think about it. Before The azenis's I would NEVER and I mean NEVER go into VTEC in the wet weather because of traction. But with the Azenis I did my normal out of the toll 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th redline run and never really lost traction, all I got was alittle spin (really little) between shifts. Now with the RE-010's I would have lost traction all the way through 2nd and never shifted to third because I would have hit the rev limiter. Azenis kick *** plain and simple. If you want a RACE tire get what nsxcjr said to get but these are the best tire for the money

 

Toyo Proxes T1-S

 

Yeah, they are not the best in heavy rain or standing water but what is? Just slow it down! They rock in the dry!!!!!!

 

should've gotten kumho 712's, they are the best overall tire i've seen and used on any car. plus they're cheap.

 

How many times does it rain in Socal anyway? The advantages HEAVILY out weight its disadvantages.

 

I've Auto-Xed with them in a nice down poor and I must say

 

My Pirelli P7000's on my hybrid suck in standing water also. I found out this past weekend when they started to hydroplane.

 

I want some Azenis as my next tires, but for the meantime I have my Kumho's which of course are great in all types of rain.

 

are the azenis directional like the OEM bridgestones? just a thought, but maybe the tires were mounted in the wrong direction?

if not, then i'm not sure what the problem would be...sounds scary!

 

Bridgestone Potenza S03's are pretty damn good in the rain