Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta Reviews - Page 8

Given 96% while driving a BMW 525d e60 m sport (245/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 12,000 spirited miles
Just replaced my dunlop sport run flats with these and what a difference. So much grip in the wet and dry. Cant praise these tires enough, great price so much better than any other tire I have used. I will never go back to run flats for my car.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on November 17, 2012
Given 96% while driving a BMW 525d e60 m sport (245/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 12,000 spirited miles
Just replaced my dunlop sport run flats with these and what a difference. So much grip in the wet and dry. Cant praise these tires enough, great price so much better than any other tire I have used. I will never go back to run flats for my car.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on November 17, 2012
Given 99% while driving a Aston Martin V12 GT (265/35 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 5,000 spirited miles
Fitted these to my Aston Martin (Rear).

Having had the SO2 and ZZ3's these tires are bay far the best yet!

They even work well in the Snow which I think is down to the tread pattern having some nice wide sections.

Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on November 15, 2012
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Given 90% while driving a Audi A8 (245/40 R19) on a combination of roads for 12,000 spirited miles
Got a brand new car feeling when changing from the original Pirelli tires to Vredestein Sesanta. I was not impressed of the handling and comfort of my A8 when i bougt it 6 months ago. I was leaning to think that something was worn on the cars front suspension. But after changing to the Vredesteins, i got the car that i imagined it would be!
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on November 5, 2012
Given 71% while driving a BMW E39 M5 (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 10,000 spirited miles
i have been buying Ultrac Sessantas for 3 or 4 yers. I run an M5 and the out perform the Original Michelin Pilots in most respects. In the wet they are astonishingly good. Difficult to break traction. In the dry , good, although slightly soft on the limit.
The only major Drawback is wear rate. hard pushed in normal driving to get more than 12K out of the rears.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on October 17, 2012
Given 91% while driving a Vauxhall Astra VXR (235/35 R19) on a combination of roads for 22,000 average miles
Have just had my second set of Sessanta's put on the front of my Astra vxr (19's). Went for these tires again as i found them really good tires, brilliant in the dry and good in the wet (a little less grip as they wore down to about < 3mm, but what tire doesnt loose abit of its performance as it wears)

These tires have never let me down and the last set i got nearlt 22000 our of them! although thats mainly motorway miles during the week and country roads and fun at the weekend
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on October 11, 2012
Given 98% while driving a Honda Accord (225/45 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 2,000 average miles
Excellent tire. Superb grip wet or dry, pretty quiet and a confidence-inspiring feel (I have them all round). They coped admirably in the recent monsoon conditions.

It's too soon to comment on wear, but after 2000 miles, they still have their mould pimples, especially the rears. The only negative comment is roll resistance, they've knocked maybe 3 mpg off my average.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on October 4, 2012
Given 96% while driving a BMW Z4 (255/45 R18) on a combination of roads for 4,000 spirited miles
Excellent tire in every way, looks, grip, price, comfort. I have them on my BMW Z4, have coped easily with any driving conditions, give great grip even round very fast corners, very reliable. Too soon to tell about wear but these are a top tire I won't be buying anything else. For the quality and the price you won't do better!!
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on September 29, 2012
Given 97% while driving a BMW 525d (275/30 R19 W) on a combination of roads for 19,000 average miles
These tires are outstanding! The grip on these in both dry and wet has been the best ive ever experianced. I bought these tires after reading reviews about them, i wasnt too keen on the tread pattern but thought id give them a try because of the good reviews they had, im glad i did, these tires grip and grip and grip. Even when taking them to the limit they perfomed when they needed to. Regardless of weather conditions or speed, i always felt confident with these tires and knew they will perform, and they did! I would recommend these to anyone!
I recommemded these tires to a friend who was a fan of yokohama, i have been thanked numerous times by her, she said these made a massive difference on her car
In terms of wear, my car is a rear wheel drive, ive had these on for atleast 19,000 miles, the rears are now just on legal limit whereas the fronts still have half their tread. I will be replacing the rears with these again.
I was again assured that these tires are excellent when i pulled up next to a lambo which had them on there.
These tires are outstanding!
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on September 29, 2012
Given 77% while driving a BMW 330 Ci Sport (225/40 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 3,000 average miles
Bought these after reading other reviews and my desire to strike a balance between cost (circa £120) and performance. They replaced 1 conti and 1 Michelin which created quite noticable tramlining, making the car feel quite nervous at times. These Vreds are great, much less tramlining, an altogether more confidence boosting experience. Good grip once scrubbed in both wet and dry. I think they look good as well (As good as any tire can look..!!). Dont drive on the limit so cant comment ther but so far have never felt they were about to let go, but like I say my limit is somewhat lower than the cars. Would recommend to other BMW drivers and will probably put on the back when the time comes. For me it was the correct choice for my car.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on September 19, 2012
Given 77% while driving a Vauxhall Omega (235/45 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
Along with the (no longer available) Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3, these are probably one of the best sets of tires I've ever had fitted to my car. Whilst they do have a few very minor points against them, in terms of pure grip and safety (even when pushed hard) these Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta tires do a great job of holding the road.

Grip in the dry is awesome for both acceleration/braking and cornering, better than the old Goodyear Eagle F1s they replaced.
Despite their somewhat unique tread pattern, wet grip is equally impressive although I feel/suspect that the newer Eagle F1s would be fractionally better. In terms of handling, it would be hard to fault these tires.

Progressiveness and feedback are good and you do get a sense of when the tires are reaching their limit of adhesion, again better than the old F1 GSD3 tires they replaced (which although very grippy would just snap away when the limit was reached), but I still think they could be just a little better in this area (if that's how you wish to drive around).

Comfort is good for this type of higher performance tire and it doesn't give a 'solid' ride, but leads me on to the minor irritations. Road feedback, whilst still good is not as good as some other great tires, and the Ultrac Sessanta just doesn't give you as good a sense of being connected. I suspect that is more down to the tire being a bit softer than others. Depending on what you want you may see this as a good or bad thing.

The real areas I can fault them on are:
Wear is not a great aspect of these tires, but there's no reason you wouldn't see maybe 10000 miles out of a set even with slightly spirited driving.

Also road noise. Inside the car there is no issue, but if you have your windows open you can definitely hear them at speed. Also, and this may be down to my particular tire size, at certain speeds they can make a particularly irritating noise (again, on the outside, not inside the car). On the plus side though, as they have worn down, they haven't really gotten worse.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on September 6, 2012
Given 24% while driving a Mercedes Benz S320 (275/35 R19 W) on mostly motorways for 5,000 easy going miles
VERY poor wear - I had these fitted to my S Class Mercedes and they were assessed on my MOT 5,000 miles later as just legal tread depth so an advisory was issued!!! I complained to the supplier ‘Mytires’ and Vredestein the manufacturer that there must be a problem with the compound. They pointed out that excessive wheel spinning, not checking of tires pressure and hard driving was probably the cause. I pointed out that I am 61 years of age and do not drive 'hard’ and as engineering consultant I regularly check my tire pressures and my wheel spinning days are long gone. The car also does mostly motorway miles. They declined my complaint and made no attempt to provide good customer care. I would avoid these German tires like the plague. Two Vredestein tires cost me well over £400 and they lasted only 5,000 miles - so make your own mind up. The original tire fitters (who only fitted them) were also concerned that the tires looked odd when fitted and thought they should be supplied as axle pairs to be symmetrical but there are not so are asymmetrical when fitted. As a stop gap measure I have had some low cost tires (Nankang) fitted and they are so far proving to be far superior in every respect including cost. I have already notched up well in excess of 5,000 miles with little sign of wear and the grip and ride are good too.
Helpful 8 - tire reviewed on August 27, 2012