New lesson for old dog

[nitroman]

Having ridden across an entire county which had freshly repaved the blacktop aspault road in the last few months (US23 northbound to I-16 in Georgia) I was astounded how the car tracked so true at 100mph in torrential downfall, and delighted how at this speed any "drippage" on me was eliminated! However when I sped up having turned onto the I-16 entrance ramp I noticed my car started "missing" badly, only to realize to my horror that it was the tires hydroplaning on the old road-ruts where water was allowed to puddle.

Having said that I got off 3 exits later at exit #171 to resume my journey on the delightfully resurfaced US23, as at that point it had exited inner-city Macon and was once again a country road.

Later on other roads I noticed how much easier it is to spot standing water on blacktop as compared to concrete surfaces. BTW I checked the tread and it is more that 50% there, so I have mixed feelings about changing to new tires which are just sitting in my storage room, even though they are supposed to be the penultimate water tire without having the word "auqua-tread" as part of their name.

In Florida with the soft limestone substrate an entire road will sink into the gooey wet muck just 2-feet below, so road-ruts are not as noticeable as when your road is laid on solid bedrock; nature's substrate of choice in these parts.

BTW I definitively beat (while not trouncing) the latest-model Camaro Z28 before it started raining today. I did this twice at two lights in a row in either Cochran or Eastman. This was somewhat to my surprise & his too I might add as he followed me without attempting to pass for some 12-miles before blasting by right before pulling off at his exit. Injured pride indeed!

[Fubar1764]

Nice!