Vredestein SPORTRAC 5 Tires ARE available in 185/65R15 and 195/65R15

Dude. You are my current hero. I’ll bet I called 20 places when I bought mine in 2015.  

You sir, are the man. 

@Napa Paul

DUDE, you RULE!!! 

You win the MVP award for excellence in dogged research!!! PM sent!!!

Great service. Mine are a bit long in the tooth and I probably need to to replace them.

Napa Paul posted:

After spending several hours and over 30 phone calls to FORMER Vredestein Dealers... only to hit a wall every time and finding NONE OF THEM can access this model tire, I came up with the name of Vred USA's Sales Mgr. He, in turn, introduced me to their only currently authorized wholesale agent and ...well, I'm able to buy either size through him with FedEx shipping from Florida to California in 4-5 weeks - they're coming from Holland.

If any of you other Speedster Whackadoos want, like me, to run the highest rated Dry tire....send me a message. I'm sure the more tires ordered will mean the best price - although they're relatively inexpensive (note I didn't say "cheap"), anyway, @ <$100 each + the FedEx shipping.

Do they have other sizes available?  

Also Vulcan Tire has some for you... go figure I just searched for V Wholesalers. 

In Stock here.   .... Utah address.

IaM-Ray posted:

Napa Paul posted:

After spending several hours and over 30 phone calls to FORMER Vredestein Dealers... only to hit a wall every time and finding NONE OF THEM can access this model tire, I came up with the name of Vred USA's Sales Mgr. He, in turn, introduced me to their only currently authorized wholesale agent and ...well, I'm able to buy either size through him with FedEx shipping from Florida to California in 4-5 weeks - they're coming from Holland.

If any of you other Speedster Whackadoos want, like me, to run the highest rated Dry tire....send me a message. I'm sure the more tires ordered will mean the best price - although they're relatively inexpensive (note I didn't say "cheap"), anyway, @ <$100 each + the FedEx shipping.

Do they have other sizes available?  

I and the Florida wholesaler only talked about 185/65R15's and 195/65R15's. I'm going with the 185's because I'm a firm believer in the old adage: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" That's the size I've been running on my Speedie for 10-1/2 yrs. and I've never had a problem...aka "it ain't broke." The Vred Sales Mgr. just called me and says he's arranged for 12 (3 sets) 185/65R15 tires to be put in the wholesaler's next container leaving the end of the week. 

IaM-Ray posted:

Also Vulcan Tire has some for you... go figure I just searched for V Wholesalers. 

In Stock here.   .... Utah address.

Those are 185/55R15....not 185/65R15.

IaM-Ray posted:

DFW
Performance Tires

541-B Industrial
Grapevine, TX 76051
Office:
817-488-7078
Fax:
817-488-7236
3Csales@dfwperformancetires.com%3E?Subject=Attention:%20DFW%20Performance%20Tires%20Sales%20[DFW%20Performance%20Tires%20Website%20)">EMAIL US    sales@dfwperformancetires.com

Ok I went to this site and I called the sales guy,  and they have those for you as well they are checking the inventory for me and I will post it when they call. 

 

Maybe this guy is closer or will stock them ...

 

Not trying to steel NAPA's thunder I just happened to do a search on it for 16's as well and wanted to keep the info on the grapevine.  

 

None of their Vreds are 185/65/R15, and that's the size I need/want and will buy.

Panhandle Bob posted:

Great service. Mine are a bit long in the tooth and I probably need to to replace them.

If you're serious about a set of 185/65/R15's...let me know. I've got 3 sets going on the ship this week and two of them are spoken for.

I know I'm retired ....but maybe I should talk to Vredestein USA about a job in sales?

Crap! What am I thinking?! Forget I even thought about going back to "w-u...," "w-u-u...," w-u-u-r...," "w-u-u-r-r...," ...damn, I can't even say the word...let alone spell it!

had Vreds on my 65 Tiger, bastard size 205/60/13,,only place that i could find that had them, not a bad tire..

i keep saying it, but the Vredestein Sportrac 5 summer only tires on my speedster are the best tires I've ever had on anything- hands down.

Okay, Guys ...and Gals (for you married types), here's the deal for a set of 4 Vredestein SPORTRAC 5's in 185/65R15. My price is $240 + FedEx delivered to Napa, CA @ $100 = Total $340, ...or only $85/tire. I was told 3 sets will be sent out this week with my est. delivery in 4-5 weeks. Another set has been spoken for by an SOC member in Oregon, and that leaves one more set available. Are there any takers?

If interested, send me a Message! If NOT interested...kiss my 

@Napa Paul  I sent you a PM, interested in the 185/65 but also looking for 205/60 rear. 

I know Vred lists all the sizes we want, but getting them here is the thing.

About 15 years ago, a fellow on Spyderclub arranged a group buy for 5 lb. Halon fire bottles. I think we ended up with ten systems sold, and we all paid individually. Called a particular guy at Safecraft and done deal.

My tires are good, but the sketchiness of availability makes me nervous.

I'm running 195/60R15s on all 4 corners (I've got 6" wheels), which are perfect for me. I'd love the contact information to have on file for when I need another set. 

I offered in my PM to take all 4 remaining 185/65 if I can also get 205/60(or 195/60 if I have to).

Cheers to Paul for his efforts!

Napa Paul posted:

Okay, Guys ...and Gals (for you married types), here's the deal for a set of 4 Vredestein SPORTRAC 5's in 185/65R15. My price is $240 + FedEx delivered to Napa, CA @ $100 = Total $340, ...or only $85/tire. I was told 3 sets will be sent out this week with my est. delivery in 4-5 weeks. Another set has been spoken for by an SOC member in Oregon, and that leaves one more set available. Are there any takers?

If interested, send me a Message! If NOT interested...kiss my 

It looks like the 3 sets of 185/65R15 SPORTRAC 5's are being "gobbled-up" as of this morning, the 25th. That said, if anyone has further interest or questions or requests, I'm dropping out as the "Go-Between" and here's who you need to contact:

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Thank you for that information, Paul.