Quick One - Vantage Tyres

[shunt]

I'm no whipersnapper any more but I'm running vredestein ultrac sessantas on the rear of mine and will swap the fronts to the same when the Bridgestones are dead.

IME a much better allround tyre, wet weather grip is far better and dry is excellent. I had them on my old Z4M Coupe; which had a hard life. I rated them better than the MPS or the Conti sports I'd had on it previously, hence I had no hesitation in fitting them on the V8V.

Plus they're a bargain from Camskills.

[v8woollie]

I just looked at the Vredenstein website and they don't list 235/40 19 as a size option. What will you choose for the front?

[shunt]

I hadn't noticed that, maybe either drop to 35 profile or swap to Vorti's which they do supply in 40's.

[MrOrange]

Murph7355 said:

I was getting 25k miles out of my rear Bridgestones and 40k-50k out of the fronts.

Yikes. My rears are pretty much dead at 12k miles and the fronts are really not far behind. Might need a rolled-up sock under the loud pedal

[Murph7355]

BingoBob said:

Not sure where this longevity issue is coming from. On my 2 ton Audi my PS2 lasted 30000 miles and I always change them at 3mm. Granted the PSS is not exactly the same tyre, but it's pretty close.

/EDIT: I meant 30000km (20000 miles).

I'm not sure it's that close. The rubber compound on the PSS is very soft. Like a track day tyre. Hence I'm reserving absolute judgement until I see how long they last - as pommehogster notes, there *must* be a trade off and judging by the feel of the tyres, it will be in longevity.

My guess (and it is only that at this stage) is that I'll get 15k out of them.

mikey k said:

Are they the same size exactly as the RE050's?
Are you running them at the same pressures as the RE050's?

Same and same (give or take). The difference noticed is not down to size or pressure.

MrOrange said:

Yikes. My rears are pretty much dead at 12k miles and the fronts are really not far behind. Might need a rolled-up sock under the loud pedal

No misplaced socks. The loud pedal gets pressed with vim regularly

I should have mentioned in my original note that whilst I believe they are definitely quieter, tyre noise is never a problem with a Tubi back box and 7,300 revs !

[yeti]

Reckon I'd have been on course for 5k miles on my rear Pirellis 2 sets a year, ouchie.

Michelin for me next for me I think.