Anyone try this? VREDESTEIN SPORTRAC 5

[dsphil]

VREDESTEIN SPORTRAC 5. Tirerack is selling them cheap and it has 195/65-14 with 300 UTQG

[itsonlygeorge]

Also interested if anyone has any experience with these.

Note: Tires exposed to temperatures of 20 degrees F (-7 degrees C) or lower must be permitted to gradually return to temperatures of at least 40 degrees F (5 degrees C) for at least 24 hours before they are flexed in any manner, such as by adjusting inflation pressures, mounting them on wheels, or using them to support, roll or drive a vehicle.

Flexing of the specialized rubber compounds used in High Performance Summer tires during cold-weather use can result in irreversible compound cracking. While compound cracking is not a warrantable condition because it occurs as the result of improper use or storage, tires exhibiting compound cracking must be replaced.

Does that mean anything below 40F is going to destroy these tires?

[drewrf]

Flexing of the specialized rubber compounds used in High Performance Summer tires during cold-weather use can result in irreversible compound cracking. While compound cracking is not a warrantable condition because it occurs as the result of improper use or storage, tires exhibiting compound cracking must be replaced.

It would certainly seem so.