Vredestein WinTrac opinions?

[Sean Ford]

--- Bill Elliott <wcelliot at concentric.net> wrote:
> <<I chose the Vredestein WinTrac over the Nokian NRW based on
> treadlife,
> price, and warranty, both are H rated. So far, with about 15 miles on
> them, they seem like good tires; quiet, no squirming, they feel like
> all season tires.>>
> 
> Wow, then they must really be something!  The Nokian NRW-H has the
> best wear of any snow tire I've ever run.  GREAT snow performance...
> and they were better on pavement than the H-rated all-seasons they 
> replaced.  I run them year-round on the wife's SAAB Turbo.

The warranty difference, as explained to me, was 3 years on the
Vredestein's, none on the Nokian's. The price difference was only $10
per tire. The Vredestein's look like an all season tire, the tread
design is an asymetrical arrow, quite unlike the blocky designs I see
for straight snow tires. Go to http://www.vredestein.com to see the
tire. 

> 
> For my UrQ, I decided to try the Hakka Q.  Just got them mounted this
> week. Plenty of time in snow (unplowed, hard packed, slush, wet
> pavement) but very little time yet on dry pavement. Exceptional so
> far
> (much better than the NRW's) but I can tell the sidewalls and tread
> are
> much softer, so I assume I'll like them less on pavement at high
> speed.
> More updates later.

I could've mounted up the Hakka 1's, but I hadn't heard great things
about them in the dry.

> 
> Vredestein has always made great tires, but I haven't run them in a
> few
> years. But if they're cheaper than Hakkas and anywhere near as
> good...
> I look forward to hearing other people's opinions...

Well, I have a week to make up my mind, so I'll keep giving the
opinions. So far, I can't tell that these are snow tires, though they
seemed very capable in yesterday's slippery stuff (here in
MetroBoston).



=====
Sean Ford
audi_92_100CS at yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/seanford.geo
'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd non-q
'00 Triumph Daytona 955i
'89 Suzuki Katana 600

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