'Feeling' the NSX when driving

[MvM]

Yesterday I drove to a friend and while driving it started to snow. By the time I got to his place it was extremely slippery and I could not apply any throttle without starting to slide. I was regretting I hadn't taken my FWD Citroen.
Driving back home under only a bit better circumstances and seeing other people pass me on the highway I was thinking on just how much I can 'feel' the NSX behave at all times.
What I mean is that when I'm driving the NSX, especially under wet & slippery conditions, I am very tuned to any signs of the car braking loose in a corner, the tail starting to slide or tires being close to lock-up under braking. When I'm taking a long turn on the highway I can feel the car 'taking a set' before turning in, like it is shifting weight from one side to the other. Maybe I'm being overanxious, especially in the wet, because I don't want to damage the car but I really feel like I notice every little movement of the car. And it is not that I am not driving relaxed or anything because I am.
Even when driving my other car it feels like I am much more in contact with the car and its behaviour than I used to be before I bought my NSX.
I wonder, do other visitors here have the same experience?

 

[matteni]

I know exactly how you feel. With a center of gravity and a center of moment in the middle of the car - the car tends to turn in very well under dry high performance circumstnaces.

Yet with the stock rubber, stock alignment, and in snow/cold or in the rain with low tread it is damn near the scariest driving experiance you will ever have.

I had planned on making this my "daily driver" including the snow/winter but have since decided to drive my dad's SUV (folks winter in Florida) as I don't think that without serious winter rubber the NSX is a managable solution in the snow.

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Nick M

91' Red/Black with Many Mods
99' Honda Odyssey with Many Kids

 

[MvM]

I'm running 265/35 ZR18 Marshall summer tires in the rear which allso happen to be a bit worn. In the wet I'm really all ears to any sudden movements from the rear.

 

[flaminio]

I won't drive my car in the rain. Snow? Fergettaboutit. I'm not even sure my wipers work -- haven't used them in years.

-Bob ('94 #496)

 

[Option2]

Originally posted by flaminio:
I won't drive my car in the rain. Snow? Fergettaboutit. I'm not even sure my wipers work -- haven't used them in years.

-Bob ('94 #496)

Wipers? I don't even have them on the car

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Jay
'91 Red/Ivory (Sold)
'96 Red/Black

 

[Dr.Honda]

Aquaplaned at 80 mph with stock yoko's about 2 years ago, cured my constipation, though!

 

[Zanardi 50]

Originally posted by JimK:
Aquaplaned at 80 mph with stock yoko's about 2 years ago, cured my constipation, though!

LOL!

BTW JimK, how did Lexol work on soiled NSX leather seat? Never know when something like this might happen to me on wet days 'cause the treads on my Z's front tires are practically gone!

 

[NeoNSX]

Originally posted by JimK:
Aquaplaned at 80 mph with stock yoko's about 2 years ago, cured my constipation, though!

that's why they designed them as "bucket seats"...

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NeoNSX
Trinity: "What do we need?"
NeoNSX : "an NSX... lots of NSX's..."