Lotus Exige S 240 pwned

[Pete]

Had to drive the Elise in pouring rain yesterday and roundabouts with standing water certainly focused the mind! Even on the motorway you could occasionally get a twitch from the rear at 70mph as a wheel lifted on top of the water and began to spin. For those not used to it it would have been easy to have a stupid accident even at fairly low speeds.

No one's clucked disapprovingly at driving 70mph in the rain? Let me be the first. Cluck.

 

[Thorburn]

No one's clucked disapprovingly at driving 70mph in the rain? Let me be the first. Cluck.

Speed limit is 70mph on the motorway here, other traffic was travelling at 70-80mph.

I was in the outside lane as I was being overtaken by most the traffic, I'd probably have been better off if I was in the middle or inside lane as water pools in the grooves from the lorries in the outside lane.

 

[Pete]

I wasn't clucking at your speed relative to the limit, as ~70mph is common in the USA even when the limit is 55. I was clucking at doing that speed on a wet road (especially if it's still raining). It just doesn't seem smart. I'd imagine the margin for error in those conditions is virtually nil.

Then again, I don't know how ESP and other technology (even rain tires, as opposed to the long-life ones I'm used to) changes that, and I don't know the road or the exact conditions. It could've been straight with light traffic, which I guess makes going the speed limit in the rain slightly less irresponsible-sounding. Again, just my ill-informed, knee-jerk opinion.

 

[Sxotty]

I have gone much much faster in the rain than that. It all depends on the road surface though I suppose. Pooling water is a problem for sure, but if it is getting off road than it is safer.

 

[ShaidarHaran]

I've even done faster in the snow AWD FTW!

 

[Sonic]

I've done close to 150 in the rain, but it was a California rain where it is more of a light drizzle. Still, quite fun at those speeds and highly dangerous. This was not on a highway but a closed track that has ample room if I spin out.

Never did more than 80 in the snow, and that was when a friend was driving a rally Evo car.