The I pulled the Michelins off my 140 to balance then again and noticed some small cracking in the sidewall near the rim. Not something i was concerned with really but something I noticed. I will say the 140 as you probably know is very sensitive to wheel balance. After the balance it is much better but I still get a little bit of vibration and shimmy in the steering wheel. I suspected one of the front tires has a flat spot or something. It sort of looked like it on the balancer.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 16, 2016, at 5:45 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > My local tire guy is a former Michelin factory rep. He's never come out and > said it directly, but he often points out issues common to Michelins and has > never recommended them. > > When I got the S430 I noticed the front tires (Michelins) looked dry rotted. > I checked the dates on both and they were only about a year old. I had him > look at them. > > "Yeah, they're dry rotting. They're good for maybe another year." > > He explained that this is a common condition for Michelins in southern > climates. > > I think the big tires on the SL500 are Hankooks. They have worked great and > barely worn in almost 10,000 miles. They were reasonably priced considering > the choices were limited in these sizes but weren't the cheapest. About > $1,000 for the whole car. I don't recall the exact sizes. But they are 18"x8" > and 9". > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 15, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Try the milestar and give us a report in 40k miles. >> >> Hankook: Kooky name for a tire. The name is a turn off. The light truck >> sizes are sometimes good. >> >> Toyo, I had some on the escort (Diesel content) fast wear and slipped belts >> No mo... >> >> Michelin: overpriced, slipped belts, have to throw them out when half worn, >> so they end up costing 4x as much. The rubber in michelins used to be >> noticeably better than other brands as far as lasting years without >> cracking. The truck tires were the best carcass for retreading. Their car >> tars suck. >> >> Have cooper CS4s now on the van, but they are discontinued. We'll see how >> they do. >> >> Was looking at cooper on discount tire direct for the SDL. Saw the cheaper >> house brand, but was going for a name brand. Too bad the contis are so >> expensive now. Every conti I have had was good. Never had a failure. (but >> those were mostly German tires. Then seemed to get more expensive after >> they bought general and are made in USA.) >> >> My #1 son has had good luck with several sets of Coopers >> >> Had some various no name chinee tars. Nothing but trouble. >> >> The Czechoslovakian contis sounded interesting. >> >> >>> Hankook get raves in LA. Just put four on. >>> >>> I'm a toyo fan and they are really cheap on ebay. >>> >>> Michelin on the family car. Guess those baby ads worked. >>> On Feb 15, 2016 4:24 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have 4 vehicles I need to order new tires for. One of which is one of >>>> my 210 cars. I have pretty much decided to always stick with Michelins >>>> only, but on one of my other 210s I just put a set of Pirellis on it which >>>> are higher rated slightly on Tirerack, but cheaper. Now I am seriously >>>> thinking about trying out these Milestars which are a 50K mile tire and are >>>> actually the highest rated tire on discount tire direct, if that means >>>> anything. They are almost half the price than the Michelins and only 10k >>>> mile less warranty. >>>> http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?ra=filterTireProducts.do&fl=&yr=1999&pc=19338&counter=0&ar=55&rd=16&vid=006253&cs=215 >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 > > 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 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
