Rain + NSX... Do you?

[NemesisX]

Re: Rain- yes and no

Also, I have to represent for Seattle- we get 30 inches a year, not that much, and mostly in winter months. No snow, not too cold, not too hot.
It's partly sunny, 60 today- off for a drive...

OK...my turn!
I was born and lived in Seattle for 30 years and let me tell you it does snow, you dont get ALOT of rain and its not too cold and not too hot....BUT its not the rain that gets to you...it the CONSTANT DRIZZLE and gray skies......
Wait until you have one of those years where it only gets above 80 ONCE the WHOLE YEAR!!!! or you dont have a typical summer until late August .....I know, I lived thru enough as a kid!!!
There is a REASON that Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the US....and its not cause of the grunge music!
The saying in Seattle is "you dont tan...YOU RUST"!

 

[nsxtasy]

it does snow

Yes, 11.4 inches per year average.

its not the rain that gets to you...it the CONSTANT DRIZZLE and gray skies......

Annual percent possible sunshine:

Las Vegas: 85
Miami: 70
San Francisco: 66
Dallas: 61
Atlanta: 60
New York: 58
Chicago: 54
Seattle: 47

 

[MarkB]

Rain? Hell yes.

If you note my signature, you will note that, for the period of time I have owned, I have driven an average of approx. 161 miles/day (the car has been in the shop for roughly 45 of those days making the average more like 227 miler/day). So, yes, I drive in the rain.

The only caveat I would offer is that you have good tires if you drive in the rain.

 

[ncdogdoc]

Re: Touche'

Morbid mode - buy an exoticar on Friday, it is raining on Saturday so you sit at home pouting all day 'cuz you can't (no, re-phrase that to you "wont") go for a drive, and you die on Sunday.

Read an interesting story about a older (60+) gentleman who brought his Jaguar XJ220 to VIR for a BMW HPDE. He had never driven the car (only 1200km) on the odo, and had a Testarossa and 360 Modena in his garage, also undriven.

He went through two instructors and a total of 6-7 laps before the BMW folks kindly asked him to take his car back home. Very, Very Sad!!

 

[Vegas Boy]

Uncle...

Ok, christ, I give up- Seattle sucks, rains all the time, tidal wave
alert Man, where do you have the time to come up with all these arcane facts 'n figures I'm not planning on being here more than 3-4 years, so hopefully I can avoid the suicide
statistics....but if it rains that much who knows?

On the Bills/Mariners analogy, the Atlanta comment was toooo funny 'cause I lived there all during the 90's, and yes they
did a great job of "buffalo bill'ing" themselves...Falcons sucked, too. Hawks sucked, hey I detect a pattern. In Vegas, there were no pro teams, however the strip clubs did not suck..if ya know what I mean.

But back to the original question, who really gives a crap if your car gets wet? Its salt/sand/gravel that tears up your car, not just water.

 

[Meeyatch1]

Its rained for the last 3 days and I just got my toy. I'm going through withdrawl symptoms. How many of you drive your car in the rain without guilt?

The day I bought my '94 NSX it rained the whole way home from Chicago.....I drive both NSX's in the rain...I have them to enjoy and really to not care if they get rained on. It just gives me another excuse to wash them.

 

[Meeyatch1]

...now my friend Chris in Indy......he will not drive his if there is a cloud in the sky....HAHA!! You out there, Chris??

(*His car is PERFECT all the time...always showroom looking.)

 

[NemesisX]

Re: Uncle...

Ok, christ, I give up- Seattle sucks, rains all the time, tidal wave
alert Man, where do you have the time to come up with all these arcane facts 'n figures I'm not planning on being here more than 3-4 years, so hopefully I can avoid the suicide
statistics....but if it rains that much who knows?

Sorry Vegas boy......I didnt mean to RAIN on your parade...(bad joke, i know)

Seriously, Seattle IS a great place, I love it up there and the people are awesome! And dont believe the tidal wave prophecy, Earthquakes (just dont be around Alaskan way if they do hit), Plague and Locusts.....but keep an eye on that sleeping giant they call RAINER!!!

P.S. Bring down some SALMON if your visiting SOCAL...(the salmon bites down here!)

 

[nsxtasy]

Seattle IS a great place. Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square... Very nice city.

 

[Vegas Boy]

More rain..

I know this is OT, however it really is true about the Salmon..
I hated it prior to moving to the NW- it truly is very different up here. They tell me its the super cold Alaskan water...
Tastes more like swordfish.

 

[nsxtasy]

That's because there are some kinds of salmon you get that are not very common elsewhere, like king salmon and coho salmon. Very tasty.

 

[Vegas Boy]

Climate

One other thing- I certainly prefer the desert from a personal
climate standpoint, however while living in Vegas and
Scottsdale you still have to wash your car just as much, even tho
no rain. What happens is everything gets super dusty and gritty, you get sand blowing around, etc. I would put my clean car into the garage, and the next morning there would be a fine layer of desert dust on it.

Also, you CANNOT leave your car outside, particularly in the summer for more than 10 minutes if you want your paint, rubber parts and leather to survive.

Living in Atlanta, in the burbs there was much construction, so every time it rained (came down in buckets!) you would get a
mud film on your car-real mess. Where I live in Seattle even after a rain the car does not get that dirty, not much mud around here.

So, getting back to the original thread, you end up detailing your cars no matter what climate... its the salt/sand, etc that
tears the hard parts up, IMHO.

I would be interested in who has the cojones to drive the NSX in the SNOW I would think the light rear + wide tires + power makes for a wild ride.

 

[Vegas Boy]

Ozzy plays "Suicide Solution"

I found some places with higher rates than Seattle:

http://www.aneki.com/suicide.html

Now I feel better.....

 

[nsxtasy]

Re: Climate

I would be interested in who has the cojones to drive the NSX in the SNOW I would think the light rear + wide tires + power makes for a wild ride.

Most people who do so use winter tires. And fairly narrow ones.

What light rear? 64 percent of the NSX weight is on the rear...

 

[Hrant]

Some say bras always help ..... well maybe.

And who said wheel spacers do not also help in the rain .....

How about the aerodynamic flow?

Yes, we even tracked when there was mud on the track .... you woossies with garage queens .....

And we know water will travel everywhere right

And finally how to annondize your oem silver wheels for "dirt" cheap .....

Oh, I forgot the derriere ...... !!!!

And yes I still have the car number from NSXPO 2003 at the same Infineon Raceway ..... with a plug to our sponsor Niello Acura

 

[Hrant]

Just an update. Washed the car with regular Meguiar's gold classic liquid car soap and not a single effect from all the driving in rain, no water spots to mentions ...... the only area that may need a little extra attention and perhaps waxing is the rear spoiler where dust usuallyt sits. The streaking water marks (you can see this in the pic) need buffing . Wheels are back to their oem look; I used 1:3 ratio of degreaser to water and then used the balance of the liquid car soap to clean the wheels. Quick detailer and done.

I think the prep work in cleaning and waxing the car before NSXPO really helped to wash all that dirt, and I used a generous amount of soap. However, I will redo a cleaning and waxing of the door panels and the rear fenders.

Interestingly, my left rear lense is now fogged!

 

[RP-Motorsports]

Does frost count?

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=23821

2nd pic down

 

[nsxtasy]

Does frost count?

You mean, this one...

 

[NSX/MR2]

Somebody needs to warm that NSX up, or else, she might be really mad that you are treating her wrong, and decides to divorce you.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

On the track? No.

Why not?

 

[nsxtasy]

Why not?

Because driving on a wet track means, basically, doing one of two things: (a) drivng your car at the limit, which involves a serious risk of hitting something; or (b) driving your car nowhere near the limit, like you would on a public road. And I don't find either choice to be fun.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

Because driving on a wet track means, basically, doing one of two things: (a) drivng your car at the limit, which involves a serious risk of hitting something; or (b) driving your car nowhere near the limit, like you would on a public road. And I don't find either choice to be fun.

I don't understand. You're talking about trackracing. Do you mean that if it starts raining before you go on track you don't go on track? I think it 's more dangerous driving in the rain on the public road than on the track.

Because driving on a wet track means, basically, driving your car at the limit, which involves a serious risk of hitting something

You're also saying that you drive your car at the limit on a wet track and not on a dry track. Why is that?

I don't think that there is much more risk hitting something on a wet track than on a dry track. You need other skills to drive on a wet track.

My experience is, that in a wet race competitors have more consideration with each other. I see more collisions in the dry than in the wet.

As I recall Spa Franchorchamps. Every year we have a wet race and a dry race (2 races in one weekend). You can ask Mark Johnson about his experience of this weekend. He also competed in both races.
In our NSX Trophy competition we had 40% wet races last year and no damage because of the rain.

The important thing is, that you know yourself and your capabilities. Wet or dry. Don't go beyond your driving limits.

 

[Jin1976]

The day before I washed the NSX myself and when I was just leaving my house it started to rain. I didn't mind because its already getting darker so people might not be able to see it dirty. Mind you that my NSX is black. So the next day early in the morning I send it for a car wash and you know what. As soon as I went out of the carwash it rain. So I drive my car really fast hoping that I could escape it. I arrive at my office and was hoping the shaded car garage is not occupied. I was right that it was not occupied fully but the rest of it was block. So what happen was I have to park it under the pouring rain. Not only that, I caught a cold.

 

[wilsonp]

Re: Re: Climate

Most people who do so use winter tires. And fairly narrow ones.

What light rear? 64 percent of the NSX weight is on the rear...

I use standard sized All Season (Michelin) in the winter - good to go slow when there's snow on the road.