that was a good read
a couple of weeks ago i hit apot hole and damaged a wheel and tyre.lucky i have a spare.the tyres was avon zz3,so i put on vredesteins on the rear and have found out the avons zz3 on the front have a softer side wall than the vredsteins even though they are both xload and gives different fill to the car than having all the same make tyres all round.
from wot i have read about vredesteins they are **** hot in wet and dry