Last set of D/R's

[360Rocket]

Well, as much as I have enjoyed the car hooking up on the street, I came very close to wiping out the RC yesterday. Coming out of a lite shower at 70 mph into a heavy downpour and decelerating, the back end came loose and at a 40 degree angle toward the passenger side and as I corrected ever so slightly it was still and overcorrection and the rear oscillated out to 25 degrees to the drivers side. I calmly added about half of the steering correction I originally put in and the car suddenly snapped straight again.

whew! that was a close call, I never want to come that close again.

After correction and checking for seat stains, I looked to my left only to see two more cars, one of them a Mustang wiped out in the center grass median.

If had either Mickey Thompson ET's or BFG D/R's I would have been on my roof for sure. Also, I drive the car a minimum of 40 miles a day so these Drag radials are only good for about 4 months, and thats if I don't do any burnouts.

So looks like after this pair wear out, I'm back to street rubber for a while. At least till the summer showers are over.

[D ROUSH]

Driving it in the rain??? Oh thats right, its florida I really like the bfg kdw 2's for the water but have never pushed the issue. As wide as these tires are I dont trust any tread in the water. They also have alot more road noise imo but the looks sure make up for that.

Glad you didnt overcorrect bud

[Blkstg2x]

Just because it rains here every other damn day lately..I have been fortunate enough to push the BFG KDW2s pretty hard...I do not recommend it, but I have been on the highway and ran 85-90 mph in the rain (no other cars around) and I would only have had myself to blame for an accident, but the BFGs held just fine. I would never do this anytime other than just the one time that I had done it. At normal hwy speeds the tires do very well in the rain and I have no complaints. This is the second set of these tires that I have had on my S2 and as long as you drive responsibly they stick very well in dry and in wet. Dry performance is superb, but I can only speak for an N/a application, I'm sure you blown guys have reason for some traction issues. Wet traction is much impressive as well...much better than the Toyo Proxes that I ran on the car when I purchased it 3 yrs ago.

[wavgby]

wow, glad you saved it. The afternoon showers always scare me. I have gotten a little squirley but never anything like that thankfully.

[360Rocket]

thee is a huge difference in kdw's and drag radials too.

[03 S3]

Great save wildman,go with kdw 2's they have good grip,but i never push it in the rain.The old kd's in a downpour on the highway had me shating bricks,way to squirrely.Like D said,i dont trust wide tires in rain.

[D ROUSH]

Originally Posted by 360Rocket

thee is a huge difference in kdw's and drag radials too.

I take it you were driving home from the track right? Reckon there was more throttle control than braking huh?

[360Rocket]

Originally Posted by D ROUSH

I take it you were driving home from the track right? Reckon there was more throttle control than braking huh?

no brakes at all....thats how you end up traveling in circles.