That what is nice about the Vreds Ultrac SUV Sessanta. It is an SUV tire so it has a stiffer sidewall (is that the same as XL?). You can get Vreds that are not SUV tires, but I believe the 275/40/20 VRED is only available in SUV. I noticed an Internet price of $184 ea. Vreds are sortof soft with a 280 tread wear rating...what is the Nitto rating? Bud.. How many miles did you get on your Vreds? The NT05 is "W" rated... so it is 168 mph limited.
I found an interesting site for "AFS Wheels". The Canoga Park facility that brought the Vredestein Ultrac Sessenta tire to us in the beginning. It has some really good info ion the Vreds. Including wear tst against some competitors tires. http://www.afswheels.com/Vredestein_Test_Results.html ..
OK....so I put 200 miles on the NT05's today. Unfortunately it was in a "sorta" business setting in the mountains so I couldn't really test them out and "seem" professional. I did do a little spirited driving and the NT05's performed brilliantly. Dave, I had them at 31 psi (cold). When I got back to work the car sat for 5 hours and I went to the base garage and set them to 33 psi. "I" liked them at that pressure on the drive home from work...in traffic albeit. I plan on getting up tomorrow and testing them out at the Proving Grounds (the true baseline). However, I do agree with you that they transition rather smoothly, confidently, and predictable. I FUCKING LOVE.....having stiff sidewalls back. the Toyo Proxes 4 are complete junk for "REALLY" spirited driving. Those that are an RPM or MPH from a fun drift need something better. The NT05's and Vredesteins are the "better".
So I guess it wouldn't be worth checking to see if you scrubbed them anywhere down towards the diamonds?
I didn't get anywhere near the diamonds...but I'll check! That's why I won't give a full review yet. LOL EDIT....I got up on the diamonds a little!
I think when comparing track (road racing) temps to spirited driving (mountain twisties) running them at 33-34 psi makes sense. With road course racing and starting them at 28-30 psi makes sense. You'll quickly get them in the high 30's in no time. With spirited driving you do a couple "semi intense" twisties and then drive a bit. I check my pressures (TPMS) after fairly spirited 15 minute run and they were around 35 psi. I'll keep tinkering with them and see what "I" feel good with.
