I'm in eastern NC (sort of southern); 'been using Michelins 45 years; no
problem with 'em I've known of. Am I that lucky? Maybe I oughtta play the
lottery.
Wilton
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From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] tires
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
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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
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