Across 60 owner ratings the Vredestein Sportrac 3 averages 82%. Owners rate Wet Grip highest at 9.1 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 7.6. 22 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 92% of owners score it 70% or better.
Its a bit too early to tell with regards to wear, but they have far better grip than the 2 Avon v5 on the front and Bridestones on the rear.
Its nice to know you can seemingly get a half decent tire without being ripped off.
Ive always bought Continental Tires and now after buying these Vredestien Tires, i realise Continental Tires are superior and better. I will defintely buy Continental again.BMW being a rear wheel drive, the Vredestien slip when moving off quickly. Fell scary on bends, as i am not used to soft tires. It seems you will topple over. Rated too high, although i dont feel they deserve it.Made no difference to MPG. In brief not sporty gripping tires at all whatsoever. :-(
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Rover
215/55 R16 V
10,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
Great grip in wet and dry but on ice they are terrible, no grip at all.
But as it is only icy a few days a year where I live, it isn't a big problem.
I would recommend these tires .
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Phenominal bit of rubber. The wifes corsa came with cheap rubber, very cheap, and with her being a new driver I was panicing about how easy it went even at low speeds on wet roundabouts. Replaced with the above and it's just amazing, like a go kart. I've tried to throw it out in the wet - it just won't go. Buy them if you drive in town and country on wet winding roads especially.
Had these fitted sept after some good reviews, got to say the only time these things dnt grip is in the snow, and luckily the traction control caters for that, but these are some awesome tires. Only thing i've noticed is the noise... they are quite a bit noisy in comparison to the old continentals cs3.
Recommeded!
Completely transformed the car! Excellent grip in the dry and amazingly competent in wet conditions. Steering feel increased dramatically and there is a feeling of "sportiness" that was previously missing from the car.
The only downside is that their life span is quite limited. After 7000 miles I need 2 new front ones.
Overall though its a superb and highly recommended tire for medium to high performance vehicles
Early days for these tires as only just fitted. Very impressed with the look and feel.
They are also very quiet. Thought I had gone deaf. 2 fitted to front currently and will fit 2 to the rear soon and assess again.
Too early for wear report.
I am now having to change the rears after nearly 2 years (fitted Nov 2007)and ~30K.
I can not rave about these tires enough! The grip and wear rate is fantastic considering i drive fairly hard on all types of road.
Driving characteristics are good and they inspire plenty of confidence in heavy rain/standing water. When they do let go you get plenty of warning and any slide is nice and progressive and easy to recover.
Whats even more impressive with these is that i have also used these on track days with no issues and in this winters snow and ice they were awesome.
Only downside is that in the last couple of thousand miles they have got noisy (i.e. i thought i had a wheel bearing on the way out,) but apart from that there are no downsides with these tires at all.
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Saab Automobile
205/60 R15 V
5,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
I purchased 4 of these on the strengths of the reviews by autoexpress and the German website ADAC (recommended reading).
Very good tires in the dry but their strength is in the wet, slicing through standing water without a hint of aqua-plaining.
They even managed the deep snow admirably for a summer tire but that could have been down to the car they were fitted to!
I've only had them for 5 months so I can't really comment on wear.
Highly recommended, would certainly buy again.
Can honestly say that the Sportrac 3s are by far the best tire i have ever come across,have purchased my second pair yesterday!Maximum grip comes after a couple of hundred miles and seems to stay very good throughout the life of the tire right down to the wearbars.Not the cheapest tire out there but you certainly get what you pay for and you won't regret purchasing these.Very good in the wet,have driven many miles over a combination of surfaces and they have been excellent in every area.A top confidence inspiring tire for ALL conditions!
Only just switched to these, so can give no info currently on wear or whether I would buy again. Have had P6000's on this car ever since I bought it. Always had vibration, even on new P6000s, grip was never anything to get excited about.
HUGE difference with these Vredesteins. NO vibration finally! Huge grip in dry and wet. Steering seems a lot more responsive - I have had to lessen my steering input even at slow town speeds as to start with I was lurching the car about. Comfortable and quiet.
We will see what the life is like - had 27k miles out of my front P6000s and 47k miles out of the rears.
So far very impressed, and if they give reasonable life, would easily rate above the P6000s
