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Every time I see the thread title and the spelling of tyres, I come across all Colonel Blimp and very British, Peter. But since I know you arent a septic, I guess it one of these irritating spell checker apps that has done the evil deed. Yes, the spell checker accepts tires and tyres and my dyslexia means i simply don't notice... so consider me to be, linguistically, to be floating somewhere over the Atlantic!
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Every time I see the thread title and the spelling of tyres, I come across all Colonel Blimp and very British, Peter. But since I know you arent a septic, I guess it one of these irritating spell checker apps that has done the evil deed. Yes, the spell checker accepts tires and tyres and my dyslexia means i simply don't notice... so consider me to be, linguistically, to be floating somewhere over the Atlantic! Septic ? Sceptic tut tut
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Every time I see the thread title and the spelling of tyres, I come across all Colonel Blimp and very British, Peter. But since I know you arent a septic, I guess it one of these irritating spell checker apps that has done the evil deed. Yes, the spell checker accepts tires and tyres and my dyslexia means i simply don't notice... so consider me to be, linguistically, to be floating somewhere over the Atlantic! ? Sceptic tut tut - don't assume too much; maybe he needs antibiotics......  James
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Every time I see the thread title and the spelling of tyres, I come across all Colonel Blimp and very British, Peter. But since I know you arent a septic, I guess it one of these irritating spell checker apps that has done the evil deed. Tyres, tires, septic, sceptic, arent, aren't, it, it's? 
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I'm a big fan of the Sprint Classics, I think they are pretty much perfect for a 4/4.
I have something like 165bhp in my tuned 4/4 and the stock 165 section tyres are absolutely fine in wet or dry conditions. I will keep on buying them as long as they keep making them.
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Every time I see the thread title and the spelling of tyres, I come across all Colonel Blimp and very British, Peter. But since I know you arent a septic, I guess it one of these irritating spell checker apps that has done the evil deed. Yes, the spell checker accepts tires and tyres and my dyslexia means i simply don't notice... so consider me to be, linguistically, to be floating somewhere over the Atlantic! Don't worry you'll have more time to check the spelling when you retyre 
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Point of Order, chairman Septic isn't an alternate spelling of sceptic, it's Cockney rhyming slang for Americans "Septic Tank" = Yank. I've only ever heard it used by Jeremy Clarkson, and then subsequently by people on Pistonheads, who presumably find it amusing and don't realise that Clarkson is satirising them.
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Concerning the Vredestein sprint classic, I would mention three positive points all regarding the 165/80/15:
lightweight, just 7,6 Kg, very good looking and in the meantime not too expensive (note the dot number because this tyre is around for many years now, in Germany you can get it from 100€ to 150€).
But...After reading yesterday some offerings in the net I am really confused!!
Regarding the Sprint Classic, all EU tyre labeling has been deleted and I‘m very sure I could find it two years ago. I remember a very poor wet rating.
Now and this is my point, things may have changed: The EU labeling is gone and...if we would be legally correct, all tyre dealers and the Vredestein homepage claim, that the Sprint Classic IS ALLOWED ONLY! ON CARS OLDER THAN 1990.
I guess, this strategy allows Vredestein not having to claim any longer how poor it performs in the wet, but it is mandatory for all tyres being used on new cars (or younger than 1990) to show this EU labeling at least in Germany.
In addition Vredestein canceled the T-Trac-2 regarding classic dimensions like 165/80/15 because this tyre may have cannibalized the sell of the Sprint classic. The T-Trac-2 has had the best wet labeling of all 165/80/15 tyres and it was a very good tyre I have since 2.5 years.
The new Dunlop classic will be my next choice but the tread does not look really classic and the tyre weights 9 Kg which is 1,5 Kg more at the outer circle of the wheel and therefore this weight figure is not to underestimate.
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Good info, thanks Heinz
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Concerning the Vredestein sprint classic, I would mention three positive points all regarding the 165/80/15:
lightweight, just 7,6 Kg, very good looking and in the meantime not too expensive (note the dot number because this tyre is around for many years now, in Germany you can get it from 100€ to 150€).
But...After reading yesterday some offerings in the net I am really confused!!
Regarding the Sprint Classic, all EU tyre labeling has been deleted and I‘m very sure I could find it two years ago. I remember a very poor wet rating.
Now and this is my point, things may have changed: The EU labeling is gone and...if we would be legally correct, all tyre dealers and the Vredestein homepage claim, that the Sprint Classic IS ALLOWED ONLY! ON CARS OLDER THAN 1990.
I guess, this strategy allows Vredestein not having to claim any longer how poor it performs in the wet, but it is mandatory for all tyres being used on new cars (or younger than 1990) to show this EU labeling at least in Germany.
In addition Vredestein canceled the T-Trac-2 regarding classic dimensions like 165/80/15 because this tyre may have cannibalized the sell of the Sprint classic. The T-Trac-2 has had the best wet labeling of all 165/80/15 tyres and it was a very good tyre I have since 2.5 years.
The new Dunlop classic will be my next choice but the tread does not look really classic and the tyre weights 9 Kg which is 1,5 Kg more at the outer circle of the wheel and therefore this weight figure is not to underestimate. Just curiosity Heinz, but would anyone in Germany actually check what tyres you had on your car? I doubt it would happen here unless you really upset a policeman, when tyres would be the least of your problems.
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