madwi Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Anyone use the vredestein sessanta tyres? They seem to have a cult following over here among the corvette owners. They are a european tyre I believe and I was just curious as to the popularity over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I have actually only heard very good things about them! had a couple of sets on my 206 (not really comparable to the zed) and they were very good! Also pretty cheap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 They're certainly not one of the premier brands over here but I've not heard anything bad about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Me neither, but then I've not actually heard of them at all so that could account for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotuscc Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I have used these in the past. I liked them. Do not last as long as Bridgestones. EVO test 2007 1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 3) Continental Contisport Contact 3 4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A 5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 6) Pirelli PZero Nero 7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31 8) Dunlop Sport Maxx 9) Yokohama S.Drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I had vredstein Ultrac's on my bmw - was very impressed with them, and my mate has recently got them on his Impretza STI Spec C - and he's very pleased with them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I have used these in the past. I liked them. Do not last as long as Bridgestones. EVO test 2007 1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 3) Continental Contisport Contact 3 4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A 5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 6) Pirelli PZero Nero 7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31 8) Dunlop Sport Maxx 9) Yokohama S.Drive Any idea what issue that was in? Be good to have a read up on all that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekman Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I have used these in the past. I liked them. Do not last as long as Bridgestones. EVO test 2007 1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 3) Continental Contisport Contact 3 4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A 5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 6) Pirelli PZero Nero 7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31 8) Dunlop Sport Maxx 9) Yokohama S.Drive Asymetrics and Dunlops unavailable for 18s...neither 45 nor 40 prof....unless you wanna mix em up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I think Lexx runs these and swears by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwi Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'll be ordering a set of these in the spring. I just had some blizzaks put on and threw out the stockers...of course on the way to the tire shop I had to roach off a decent amount of rubber so i wouldnt feel too wasteful The price is a big plus. I was quoted $600 for a set. $150 a piece is golden in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?d ... 110&Achse= they look quite interesting, never really heard of them, but are comaparable in price to the toyo's can only find them on mytyres, black circles don't seem to stock them. and mytyres are always more expensive. just wondered where the cheapest place to find them is. does anyone else use them. i might be tempted to try them out when mine need replacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 saying that the standard ultratacs are nice looking tyres too and remind me of the mps. http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?d ... 110&Achse= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Doug S and Cara have these. Not sure on their opinions as they were on when the car was purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 see i don't mind the bridgestones i got used to them on the MR2, yes they have their moments when the grip diappears but i always found them progressive, you could feel it and control it. have always been a loyal toyo fan. had them on all my cars. but found on the MR2, when first fitted for the first 300 miles they were aweful. once they were properly scrubbed then they were excellent (initially it felt like driving on jelly, even pulled over on way home after fitting to check to see if something had blown.) never liked the eagle F1's had them on the 306 GTI6, had a very soft tyre wall, Car performed better on pirelli p6000. have been contemplating toyo's again or the falken 452's but these verdestans look interesting. not sure out of the 2 above which ones i would go for; the standards or the sessanta's? do you recon camskills would order them in at a good price? or if they would beable to give any positive feed back. am impressed how well evo rated them. in the top 3 so maybe they are worth ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwi Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 never liked the eagle F1's had them on the 306 GTI6, had a very soft tyre wall, Car performed better on pirelli p6000. I hear the vreds have a very nice stiff sidewall. (info taken from a couple of forums so take it for what its worth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I have used these in the past. I liked them. Do not last as long as Bridgestones. EVO test 2007 1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 3) Continental Contisport Contact 3 4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A 5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 6) Pirelli PZero Nero 7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31 8) Dunlop Sport Maxx 9) Yokohama S.Drive its amazing how toyo and falken don't even get into the list i would have chosen them over some of the tyres in there. and the vredesteins work out cheaper than the toyos on mytyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I have used these in the past. I liked them. Do not last as long as Bridgestones. EVO test 2007 1) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 3) Continental Contisport Contact 3 4) Bridgestone Potenza RE050-A 5) Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 6) Pirelli PZero Nero 7) Kumho Ecsta STP KU31 8) Dunlop Sport Maxx 9) Yokohama S.Drive its amazing how toyo and falken don't even get into the list i would have chosen them over some of the tyres in there. and the vredesteins work out cheaper than the toyos on mytyres This is a very subjective test imo. How anyone can state that Potenzas are better than MPS beats me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotuscc Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 EVO test was September 2007. This autoexpress test also tested them (came out as best of the cheaper tyres), results: Dry Handling: Pirelli P Zero, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, BF Goodrich G-force Profiler Wet Handling: Pirelli P Zero, Continental Conti Sport Contact 3, Goodyear Egle A1 Aysmmetric Dry Braking: Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, Pirelli P Zero, BF Goodrich G-force Profiler Wet Braking: Goodyear Egle A1 Aysmmetric, Vredestein Ultrac-Sessanta Aquaplaning - Straight: Uniroyal Rainsport 2,Vredestein Ultrac-Sessanta, Pirelli P Zero Aquaplaning - curved: Pirelli P Zero, Continental Conti Sport Contact, Vredestein Ultrac-Sessanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 they seem to get good ratings in here as well. most of their tyres are in the top 20 http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Grid/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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