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I have Vreds on my BN7, running with tubes; Never an issue; Falken 660 on one PCar, Kuhmos on another, Generals on wife’s car, Goodyear on another, etc.
<div>I have run Toyo, Nitto, Pirelli, Yokos, Michelin, etc over the years on track, street, snow/ice (this week. :-) ) and find pro/con with all of them. But as I think Simon on this board has said: there are horses for courses. I tend to be particular on my
track car, running 200 compound rubber for grip rather than slicks while </div>
<div>Minimal road noise and price are the basis for selection on my road cars. I have Track X’d the Healey with the Vreds and they performed well but it is a back country road car and they are aging (not wearing) out.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature">
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<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 1, 2026, at 10:43, Bob Spidell via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> List has been a bit moribund lately so I thought maybe I'd try to start some controversy.<br>
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I run Vredestein tires on both my Healeys; the BN2 from relatively recently to having gone through several sets for my BJ8 over the decades. I was somewhat surprised to see Vredestein mentioned favorably with some of the 'biggees,' as I'd always thought of
them as a 'niche' supplier (but I had heard the GM for Vred in the US was a Healey fan and one of their brochures featured a BJ8 on the cover). I've always been happy with their performance and longevity, and they supplied tires in some of the less common
sizes (185/70R-15 for the BJ8; 165s for the BN2).<br>
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The CR article cited is behind a paywall:<br>
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<i>"The very top of the winter-snow table has Bridgestone, Michelin, Nokian, and Vredestein as the most satisfying brands to own, and those latter three brands dominate the summer tires category, too."</i><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jalopnik.com/2085748/tire-brand-with-worst-owner-satisfaction-consumer-reports/">https://www.jalopnik.com/2085748/tire-brand-with-worst-owner-satisfaction-consumer-reports/</a>
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