SWMBA has her hiyundie-eh? that is used to transport boy #1 to MT for college in August. We got her new rubber when she got back this fall. Four trips and three years did the tires in.
I put some schwab rubber on the E300D. They are pretty much garbage. Excessive hydroplaning and inability to stick to the road even in dry conditions. Not their most expensive, but supposed to be good. I put tires on Gump twice and hit the jackpot both times. No idea why, but Gump would stick to the road like a magnet. I want that same feeling of riding on rails and sticking to the road with the wheels on Froggy. I will not be doing any true winter driving, so a more summer type compound would be my choice. Except the summer wheels turn to rocks at common morning temps on the wet side. Michelin might have a good sticky all weather tire clay On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: >> heating of the rubber compound while driving and cornering with that load. > > Again, Seattle? Hydroplaning is your worst tire issue! :-) > >> I am sure the road on your side gets warmer and might tax the lesser rubber >> compounds used in current 14 inch tires. > > Yes, dry-side summer roads can get a bit warmer, that's for sure. > I lost a truck tire in the heat, fully loaded, it destroyed the > rear quarter panel. Not to be sneered at, the heat! > >> What has been your solution to tires? Have you mounted any recently, > > Last set was whatever SWMBA got at Schwab, some Korean krap. > 15" still wasn't a huge problem last I looked. The Michelins > I put on my 560 were _amazing_, or so I thought, but that was > years ago. They're probably shot now, just by age. (I _really_ > need to resurrect that car, but things are in the way...) > > SWMBA's busy racking up the miles on the X5. My current estimate > is that it'll be in the 30kmi/year range. I doubt that she'll > even do 10% of that on the SL, during toy-car season. The Hakka 7's > I put on the X5 are great, the car has not even slipped once since > they went on. Not huge snow provocation, yet, but plenty of > opportunity already, especially on the ski trips. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
