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05-16-2024, 08:05 PM
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      Drives: '17 Camaro 2SS & '99 Camaro Z28 Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Austin, TX
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Had me some hydroplaning fun
Okay.. ..maybe you shouldn't drive your SS like this in the rain... ...still.. ..I enjoyed it...
In seriousness I thought I was a little more clear after I escaped the large puddle near the barrier and decided to accelerate a bit more than I should have. I canceled out the slide by shifting into neutral and gently correcting. |
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05-16-2024, 08:38 PM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS 1LE 6MT Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: Vancouver Island
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While I am stunned at the amount of grip the G/Y Supercar tires have in wet the few times I've driven in the rain, it has also been much less water then that. Have never had the water spraying up like that in the Camaro, lol. I probably would have been driving like a granny if I was stuck in that, and avoiding all puddles =P
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05-16-2024, 09:43 PM
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Drives: '17 Camaro 2SS & '99 Camaro Z28 Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Austin, TX
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It's still better than it was stock in the rain though. If it were stock I would have just stayed behind the SUV 
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05-16-2024, 10:30 PM
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Drives: People crazy with my sexiness Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: Northeast Ohio
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Call me a wuss but I’ve yet to attempt to gun my throttle even a hair when it’s so much as slightly damp in the road. I switch into old gramps mode in his ‘87 Town Car.
When it’s wet I’m granny shiftin, not double clutchin like I should…. Wait have I heard that before lol?
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05-16-2024, 11:22 PM
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Drives: LT1 Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Florida
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lol nice catch
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05-16-2024, 11:53 PM
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2020 Shadow Gray 2SS
Drives: 2020 2SS - A10, NPP, MRC, CAI Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: SoCal
Posts: 3,089
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What's rain???
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2020 SGM 2SS - A10, NPP, MRC, Red Calipers, Black Fender Badge, Footwell Lighting
After delivery: - GMP CAI, GMP Black Strut Tower Brace, MRR017 1LE Wheels, SS Armrest, Black Fuel Door, Stainless Pedals, SS Wheel Caps, Black Lugs/Locks, GM Splash Guards, DD Smoked LED Markers, Smoked Rear Reflectors, Mishimoto Catch Can, Xpel PPF - Full Front, SunTek 35% Tint, CeramicPro coating, RST Stainless Brake Lines, Castrol SRF, MSD Super Conductor Wires Left: My "fun" ride. Right: My "work" ride: a Gulfstream G600. One's top speed is 180 Mph, the other, 620 Mph... BOTH are a lot of fun to operate...  |
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05-17-2024, 12:55 AM
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 Drives: 2022 Wild Cherry ZL1 1LE Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Fremont, CA
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Ballsier than I am
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05-17-2024, 05:31 AM
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Probably doesn't like you
Drives: 2022 WCT ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Boston-ish
Posts: 1,296
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I did some hydroplaning back when I had my 17 50th 2SS and I think my *ss is still puckered from it.
It rained here the other day and, yep, +1 I drove the Z home like a grandpa.
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I hope the 6th gen Camaro has a melodious horn trumpet. I'll tootel it at the ladies, yelling out "Hi hi." - RenegadeXR
كافر ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ железобетонное очко Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur. There is an unequal amount of good and bad in most things, the trick is to work out the ratio and act accordingly. Last edited by Curr; 05-17-2024 at 03:45 PM. |
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05-17-2024, 10:38 AM
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 Drives: 2023 Camaro 1SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Cold land
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Yeah, I had a moment a few weeks ago hydroplaning and it was extremely scary.
Swapped out the Goodyear 1LE tires for General all-seasons because it suited my normal use case better. Even with those I almost hydro-planned into oncoming traffic on a 2 lane 90 km/h road (I was going just under 60 km/h when it happened). It was one of those days where it started sunny and then I drove into huge downpours where my wipers couldn't keep up. Our roads are pretty crappy here, and a lot of roads get tire grooves (maybe from trucks in the thaw period? not 100% sure what causes these) in them that push/pull your car even in the dry, but in the wet they fill with water (about 4-6"). After that I was rolling at about 40 km/h. |
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05-17-2024, 11:05 AM
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Drives: 2024 Riverside Blue 2SS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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I was caught in a torrential downpour on the way back home after doing a track day. You feel every slip and slide in the seat. Good news was the car got a good bath.
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05-17-2024, 12:57 PM
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Drives: LT1 Join Date: Mar 2022
Location: Florida
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My first drive home from the dealer took me through about 3 hours of pouring rain on back roads. I quickly realized the best way to drive was offset to those tire grooves so you aren't in the wet channel. Another tactic was to drive close enough to the car ahead so that their tires clear a path in the puddles for you. Again, this was a back road and we were doing 30-40mph so I didn't need to be super close to the car ahead, about 1.5-2s behind at low speeds was fine.
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05-17-2024, 10:30 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro ZL1 Coupe Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 5,822
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You are one lucky SOB Need 4 that you didn’t wreck out! No way I would ever drive my ZL1 in the rain like that but that’s just me.
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05-18-2024, 07:45 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Virginia
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05-18-2024, 08:08 AM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro ZL1 Coupe Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
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ZL1 Coupe, PDR, Exposed carbon fiber hood insert, My Link with Nav, M6 6 speed and Silver Ice Metallic. Mods done: ceramic window tint, GM Accessories Camaro floor mats and Roto-Fab CAI.
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