[QSJ Ed]

I'm about to leave work to take my tC out in the wet stuff; it's been raining hard here on and off all afternoon - hopefully I won't have any encounters with the ABS. I'm also interested to see how the Bridgestone Potenzas perform in the rain. I'll post results later tonight when I'm back home. I love my car!

 

[wolo]

That would be good to know how it does in the rain.

Gets pretty wet in Sacramento during the winter...

 

[TCrazy]

I have had the chance to drive an extensive amount in the rain (unfortunatly) since I got my tC. So far I have been very impressed with the performance of the RE92's. Of course, when the road is wet my mind automatically pushes me to "conservative" mode on the street so I cant say I have had any ABS experiences yet but im sure you will be impressed!

 

[PwCTax]

I'm excited to finally get my car this weekend. Despite living in Seattle, I haven't seen rain for two months. It was a record 102 degrees over the weekend and it's been a constant 85 degrees through the week. I'm glad you brought the topic up though cause I am very curious as to how the car handles in the rain.

 

[TCrazy]

keep in mind that the car is a portly 3000 lbs......you wont get thrown all over the place when you hit a puddle like you would in a little econo-box

 

[wolo]

Good to know TCrazy.

Keep the impressions coming!

 

[redwine]

Seemed rock solid in the rain today on my 25 min. commute.

 

[QSJ Ed]

Well I DID get the opportunity to drive quite a bit in the rain this evening - and by all means the car is very solid. Aside from excellent handling and braking during torrential downpours, I also was able to evaluate the wipers - also excellent. Once in my town (very rural) and on a smooth road, I tossed it around a bit, with and without brakes, and I didn't get it to break from the pavement. I was not pushing it too hard, but based on initial observations, the tC impresses in the rain.

 

[Plissken]

thanks for the "testing" and info QSJ.

 

[124AM]

Great in the rain IMHO. I had to hit the brakes pretty hard last night when this "idiot" stopped in the middle of the highway....luckily it was only the 2 of us on the road and I was only doing about 40 (slowed down earlier cause I thought I saw a cop).....

 

[Glm1082]

Coming home last night around midnight it was down pouring but the car handled beautifully...i was very impressed

 

[ycart1201]

Originally posted by TCrazy@Jul 27 2004, 02:21 PM
keep in mind that the car is a portly 3000 lbs......you wont get thrown all over the place when you hit a puddle like you would in a little econo-box

thats good to know.

Nathan
ycart1201

 

[littled238]

I live in NC and i just got my car on Sat! YAY!! i went from the dealer to the base and then from the base to raleigh, and it rained about 7 different times there and another 5 on the way back.. I would just like to say that this car is awesome in the rain! the wipers are perfect and get every single drop of water on the windshield.. I love it!

 

[Jenn]

Congrats on your new car littled238. Don't you just love NC weather? When I first drove my tC in the rain I hadn't had the car for very long and was driving like I would have when I had my focus and was very impressed. Places where I would normally lose traction with the focus the tC was very solid. My only problem was it was night and I was having trouble figuring out the intermittent wipers but I have since figured those out.

 

[FrostbytetC]

I'm spoiled because I came from a car with Falkin summer tires and AWD. But the tC seems to handle quite well in the rain... at least at moderate speeds...