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Originally Posted by Tcoat
I have about 20K miles driven in the rain without a single issue. Guess it is what you are used to. If you are driving to conditions the tires on the car make zero difference.
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You shouldn't have to "drive to conditions" in the event of a mild rain shower. Any respectable summer tyre should feel pretty much like you're driving on dry pavement. I can go pretty much WOT in first gear on my Super Sports with no wheelspin in the rain. With a worn (but with several mm of tread remaining) set of Primacies, driving on a wet road felt like trying to drive summer tyres on snow. I've never felt anything so horrifically slippery. Cars set up for skidpad demos don't feel that slippery. The Primacies are really bad in the rain.
I'm not saying it's an excuse for people to crash (I certainly didn't), but you shouldn't have to drive at or below the speed limit with tiny throttle movements just because a road is wet. No way.