Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Clarksburg MD
Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms?
Hey all,
Trying to make a final decision whether to run DR's fulltime or not. Anyone have any experience running DR's in wet conditions?
I really don't drive except on nice days, but it's impossible to avoid sudden thunderstorms 100% of the time, so I'd like to know more about this.
Glenn
:cheers:
Trying to make a final decision whether to run DR's fulltime or not. Anyone have any experience running DR's in wet conditions?
I really don't drive except on nice days, but it's impossible to avoid sudden thunderstorms 100% of the time, so I'd like to know more about this.
Glenn
:cheers:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 6,269
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (gmf)
DRLs make the vehicle more visible. It stands to reason that on cloudy days, rainy days, twilight, and at dawn if one's headlights or fog lights aren't on that DRLs would be of benefit.
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
Melting Slicks
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From: Tacoma WA your Junk Yard Dogg
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (wwashing)
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DRLs make the vehicle more visible. It stands to reason that on cloudy days, rainy days, twilight, and at dawn if one's headlights or fog lights aren't on that DRLs would be of benefit.
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,202
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From: Clarksburg MD
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (wwashing)
DRLs make the vehicle more visible. It stands to reason that on cloudy days, rainy days, twilight, and at dawn if one's headlights or fog lights aren't on that DRLs would be of benefit.
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
What mores is there to say.
If your DRLs are off and you wish to increase the car's visibility , you need to turn on some other lights. :leaving:
I am talking about Drag Radials.
:eek:
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 4,411
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (gmf)
Hey all,
Trying to make a final decision whether to run DR's fulltime or not. Anyone have any experience running DR's in wet conditions?
I really don't drive except on nice days, but it's impossible to avoid sudden thunderstorms 100% of the time, so I'd like to know more about this.
Glenn
:cheers:
Trying to make a final decision whether to run DR's fulltime or not. Anyone have any experience running DR's in wet conditions?
I really don't drive except on nice days, but it's impossible to avoid sudden thunderstorms 100% of the time, so I'd like to know more about this.
Glenn
:cheers:
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 5,294
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From: Suffolk, Long Island NY
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (Richin Chicago)
Nitto drag radials aren't bad in the rain as long as they aren't down to the wear indicators yet. BFG's are not recommended for the rain at all.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 2,075
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From: Central NJ
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (Face)
My DRs were on the car all the time until I started using ET streets, driving in the snow was a little tricky but the rain wasn't bad at all. I was on 315-35-17 BFGs. :cheers:
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Le Mans Master
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (MANNY)
..I am talking about Drag Radials.
:eek:
If you light them up, they smell and generate smoke, then they certainly increase visibility. :D
:eek:
If you light them up, they smell and generate smoke, then they certainly increase visibility. :D
Le Mans Master
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From: Greenville SC
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (gmf)
Trying to make a final decision whether to run DR's fulltime or not. Anyone have any experience running DR's in wet conditions?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2002
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From: Jasper GA
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (lost)
I was thinking about DRs as everday tires until last Saturday, when I took the car for its maiden blast through the North Georgia mountain twisties. Too much fun pulling lateral Gs to go to soft semi slicks. There was a lot of wheelspin exiting corners, but controllable with some throttle restraint.
Life is a symphony of compromises.
Life is a symphony of compromises.
Burning Brakes
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From: N.E. Phila. PA
Re: Full-time DR's? what about sudden rainstorms? (marco383)
Yea Marco, you're smart forgetting about drag radials with the way you
drive.
But, for everyone else, if you just use your head, and slow down in the
rain, it's no big deal. :cheers:
drive.
But, for everyone else, if you just use your head, and slow down in the
rain, it's no big deal. :cheers: