Do you keep your cars out of the sun? On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, WILTON via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote:
> 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- 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 >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
