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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All good info and advice so far, for which many thanks. It’s worth considering that:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m not at all concerned with the appearance of the tyres as I, for one, have never studied that topic sufficiently to be able to differentiate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I don’t need to pay for a tyre that’s capable of doing things that I won’t require. A set of Michelin XAS will almost certainly last longer than I will. They are very pricey and I expect that one gets what one’s paid for. But they seem a little OTT for my requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Still thinking about the T-tracs,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;font-size:pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Markovich via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 04 November 2026 18:08<br><b>To:</b> Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Vredstein T-trac 2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I too have had good luck with the Sprint Clasdics, which grip decently, at least on dry roads. A more modern tread design would probably improve wet grip for those rarer occasions when we get caught in the rain. The key will be if they kept the vintage sidewall look that helps make the Sprints so appealing …<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.aol.mobile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=yahoo-quoted-begin style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#8473FF'>On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 12:46 PM, Bob Spidell via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id=yiv6593401577><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I have no experience with them, but I've had years with V. Sprint Classics. I'd be interested in a comparison; offhand, the tread looks more modern on the T-Tracs.<o:p></o:p></p><div id=yiv6593401577yqt94347><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/4/2026 6:59 AM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=yiv6593401577yqt84567><p>Sorry to wake this topic up again……..<o:p></o:p></p><p>My 3000’s tyres are 14 yrs old. They aren’t worn and there is no visible cracking but I’m thinking that their time has come.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I’m a pretty placid driver. I live in Devon, SW UK, so the car is more usually to be found pottering around the countryside than thrashing its way up and down the motorways. I do take it to Le Mans every year but that’s not a long drive from here and I seldom take it much over 70 and, normally, I’m at 60 to 65.<o:p></o:p></p><p>So………I’m looking at the Vredstein T-trac 2. It seems to be one of the better middle priced tyres. I do note reviews saying that it’s “a good tyre for smaller cars”. Not quite sure what that’s implying nor what defines a “small” car. Weight, I suppose.<o:p></o:p></p><p>So, what’s the accumulated wisdom on these Vredsteins? Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div id=yqt13002><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rmarkovich@aol.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rmarkovich@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>