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Subject: [Healeys] Tires Again
From: rjswain at hotmail.com (Rick Swain)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:16:28 +0000
References: <4F9C9DE3.9040202@comcast.net>, <DDAA10BB-5407-4A54-AC86-D30DD2F52883@jcomm.uoregon.edu>
I seem to drive in the rain a fair bit (I live in the Maritimes in Canada) and
haven't noticed any problems with the current Vred Sprint Classics on my BN4,
or the older pattern Vreds that I had before these.
Rick Swainwww.classicmotorart.cafull-colour drawings of your car
>
> Is it the consensus of the list that Vreds are not good in the rain?
> I had the distinct impression I was hydoplaning on a trip through the
> Olympic Peninsula returning from a meet in Vancouver BC last summer.
> This was at speeds of 50-60 mph on 3 year-old Vred 165s during heavy
> rain in the rainforest.  Others in the group didn't seem to have the
> problem.
> Thanks for comments and observations,
> Charlie

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