boxster in the wet?

[BoxsterSbob]

Hi, I've had two long trips in heavy rain on different sets of tires. Once from Fla to NY, straight, with the rain ranging from a drizzle to a get the "Arc ready" down pour. The car performed outstandingly. That was on Yokohama AVS sports. The other trip was just this past week. NY to Bangor on Michelins Pilot Sport's. Again, I felt the car performed well. I'm not sure if the group agrees, but the Boxster takes rain out of the driving equation. Of course, you should drive more carefully, or defensively, in the rain. Not everyone's driving a Boxster out there.


bob

[Mike_Yi]

I've got Goodyear F1 Asymmetrics and they are great dry or rain. I'm actually very surprised how much traction the Boxster has in the wet and snow (with winter tires of course).

I've never had any hydroplaning. I can get the back end to break loose on the wet, but it regains traction quickly - even when keeping the power on after it breaks loose. I don't think I could spin the car in the wet. I've driven the car in light rain, heavy rain, and drying conditions on the track. I've had the back end break loose in those conditions, but again, it was very easy to recover. In heavy rain I was passing Carrera 4s, and caught a Lancer Evo. My car is a 99 non-S, so it only has 200 hp.