I think they are competent in the rain. Modern high performance and 'rain'
tires have at least one--usually two or
more--deep, straight grooves to channel water away from some generally 'slick'
tread, with more typical tread patterns
on the edges. Also, I imagine the compounding is different; i.e. softer for
rain or HP tires. Although I don't think
the Sprint Classic is an 'all season' tire--the Sprint+ claims to be--it has
that kind of tread pattern and no deep
channels for moving water out of the way.
My Mustang came with decent BF Goodrich 'all season' tires. They were a
disaster in the rain--hydroplaned like
crazy--and not very good in the dry. I bought Continental HP tires--with
several deep channels--and the difference is
night and day in wet and dry. Unfortunately, it looks like I'll only get
15-20K miles on them, but it's worth it.
Bob
On 5/2/2012 5:16 AM, Rick Swain wrote:
> I seem to drive in the rain a fair bit (I live in the Maritimes in Canada) and
> haven't noticed any problems with the current Vred Sprint Classics on my BN4,
> or the older pattern Vreds that I had before these.
> Rick Swainwww.classicmotorart.cafull-colour drawings of your car
>> Is it the consensus of the list that Vreds are not good in the rain?
>> I had the distinct impression I was hydoplaning on a trip through the
>> Olympic Peninsula returning from a meet in Vancouver BC last summer.
>> This was at speeds of 50-60 mph on 3 year-old Vred 165s during heavy
>> rain in the rainforest. Others in the group didn't seem to have the
>> problem.
>> Thanks for comments and observations,
>> Charlie
>
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