I was very happy with them until this happened. I think the problem was not with the tire, but with age and my alignment was a little off causing some premature wear on the inside edge. The longest wearing tires (with the best performance) I have had were the Michelins I had on the car previously. If I can find a decent deal on Michelins when I replace these, I will get them.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 2:56 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tire Warning Thats a cheap tire brand from what I know. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Mine? Or Randy's? > > Mine was a Sumitomo. Supposedly a premium touring tire. > > Don Snook > > -----Original Message----- > From: arche...@embarqmail.com [mailto:arche...@embarqmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 11:44 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tire Warning > > Brand? > Gerry > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:55:05 -0500 > Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Sometimes the vibration is the result of tread separation too. We had >> a scenario a number of years ago that was similar. We had driven from >> Winnipeg to Vancouver and noted some vibration at certain speeds. My >> thought was to get the tires re-balanced when we got back home. On >> the way back, we blew a tire at about 75 mph. Good that it was a rear >> tire as my wife was driving and she kept the car under control. Went >> to the tire shop when we got home and learned that they thought the >> tread was separating on a couple of the other tires on the car too. >> Replaced all >> 4 of them. >> >> RB >> >> >>> On 01/08/2017 10:47 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: >>> This is a heads up on tires. This group already knows this. But, it is a >>> good warning. >>> >>> Check your tires! In the last two months I have driven out of state >>> several times and drove almost 4,000 miles. I had a light shimmy on the >>> highway that came on every time at 55 MPH. I figured the tires needed to >>> be balanced. So, I brought it to a shop I trust down the street from my >>> office. When the shop took off the first tire, they found the problem. The >>> left front tire had a significant gash and the steel belts were poking >>> through. It was ready to pop at any time! This picture doesn't show how bad >>> it really is. The steel belts were coming through. I can't imagine how bad >>> this could have been at 85 mph! >>> >>> Don Snook >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.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