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Furies

01-03-2002, 12:46 AM

i live in the state of washington where rain is plenty.....i was drivin to the airport at seattle and the rain was medium......i was only going 55 on the freeway where the spd limit is 60.!!!! and my car musta skid trying to spin out 4 times !!....i couldn't understand why the bad traction?....the skids even occured on straight road....no turns.....Does anyone else have this problem?.........*i have a 2000 GT with 7000 miles on it...so the tires arent worn out.....:confused:

CelicaShocker

01-03-2002, 12:57 AM

hmm, strange, we've been getting a lot of rain lately here in sacramento, but I go like 75 and i'm fine.

CloNeGTS

01-03-2002, 06:51 AM

Check you tires. When my stock tires were almost shot, I experienced some serious hydroplaning as well.

LaW

01-03-2002, 07:28 AM

7000 miles is a lot for the stock tires unfortunately.... mine were totally worn out at 11000...

Dealer Xing

01-03-2002, 07:41 AM

Stock tires suck in rain.

It doesn't matter what car you drive, the tires are very important.

Get Dunlop SP 9000

Elik

01-03-2002, 07:50 AM

i noticed it too
but i do not spin my tires, but i guess as u say they worn out
i have 18000 on mine

Omni

01-03-2002, 01:36 PM

worn out after 11000? man i have 9000 on mine and have atleast half an inch of tread front and back

mickey513

01-03-2002, 02:48 PM

I have the same problem! When it rains, the car or (tires) skid sometimes on the freeway, even when I am driving straight. I have 16" GTS rims, and replace the two fronts with Falcon Zeix 502 V-rated tires. THEY SUCK in dry and ESPECIALLY wet weather. I don't drive pass 60 on wet weather with ever since putting the Falcon tires on. Seems like the tires will skid out of control. I have the same problem with the stock Yokohomas, but it wasn't as bad as until I put the 2 Falcon Zeix ons.

Blue Bomber

01-03-2002, 04:58 PM

Man, and I thought I drove my car hard! I had a decent amount of tread at 18k. I don't really peel out, though (I prefer lateral acceleration! :D ). At around 20k, I hydroplaned doing 45 on a straight highway (where normal speeds approach 80) and slammed into the concrete center divider, blowing out my rear driver's side tire and scraping both driver's side rims to hell. No body damage, though (I saved that for two weeks ago :mad: ).