Get out and drive that thing GirlFriend!!

Ive been driving mine every day (DD) and it finally got too dirty.....so saturday around 1:00 we had a 3hour dry spell....I backed out into the driveway and WASHED IT!!! My neigbors are too frightened to give me any crap.....they are sure I am PSYCO.....

 

I don't like driving in the rain, especially when it's cold and you're trying to stay warm but cold rainwater is very slowly dripping onto your arm. That being said, the car has great traction and handles the rain extremely well. There's no difference between wet and dry performance. Or maybe I just drive too slowly for it to matter. Oh, well.

It's my DD, so it's not like I have much choice in the matter. I hate the leaks, but that's really the only difference I notice.

 

Daaaaaaaaave, you're out of control, no matter what the forecast!!!!

 

Hey, that's what happens when I try to take pics and drive around corners at the same time!!!!! Luckily, it didn't happen during THIS run:

 

I have heard the Goodyear GSD3s are good but the best overall tire I had on the Vette, rain or shine, were the Firestone Firehawks. Stuck like glue in the rain. When I went to the 315x35s in the rear I tried the Michelin Pilot Sports and they were not anywhere near as good.

 

The GSD3s were pitted against what is commonly considered as the top two tires - the Michelin Pilot Sports and the Bridgestone S-03s.
Here's some of the article:

"For evaluation on its Vehicle Dynamics Area, flooded to 0.050 inch with water, Goodyear provided three convertible Corvettes equipped with automatic transmissions. One Vette wore Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D3, one wore Michelin Pilot Sport and one Bridgestone Potenza S-03 tires. Though the cars were theoretically identical, they were rentals and could have had some differences.
In a braking test, the numbers indicated the Michelin third, Bridgestone second and Goodyear first, inverse of the order in which we drove them. Interestingly, we didn't feel the ABS pulsing for the last third of the stopping distance with the Goodyear.
On the wet autocross, journalists were firmly instructed to drive in second gear with the Traction Control System on line. The Goodyear worked well and showed a gradual, forgiving nature. The tire was also well matched to the Corvette's TCS, which intervenes very late, and allows the driver to get sideways. The Michelins slid more and sooner than the Goodyears, and the car was a bit tail-happier. The Bridgestones slid the most.
No second round was allowed, so it's possible that increases in speed were due to my learning curve rather than the tires. To do a more meaningful evaluation, I would need a manual transmission, no TCS and a clock. Real-world, daily-driving conditions weren't a part of our experience in San Angelo, so we can't comment on ride or highway noise, but the dynamics of the tire do seem well sorted out."

Now granted, Firestone wasn't considered, but the GSD3s represent a design that is newer than that of the Firestones. At least partially for this reason, Goodyear did not feel that Firestone (although Bridgestone owns them now) was a top contender for wet surface handling.