I have heard that rumor that Michelin, Goodyear, etc make a different version for Sams that is different from the versions tire stores sell. I don't know if its true. But, it does make sense. Some of the appliance companies make a different version of appliances that they sell to Home Depot. They are usually similar but the model numbers sometimes have "HD" in them. Therefore, I suppose it makes sense that the tire manufacturers will make a different version for places like Sams.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: arche...@embarqmail.com [mailto:arche...@embarqmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 3:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tire Warning Agreed. Michelin seems to be the most resistant to catastrophic failure although tread life can be a problem if you buy them from a big box store or tire dealers like Tire Kingdom. I just received 4 Falken Ziex ZE950, so we'll see how these hold up. Falken Tires is a division of Ohtsu/Sumimoto, and is based in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Falkens are OEM tires for Subaru and several other Japanese cars. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Kaleb wrote: > I am usually a Michelin man and have never had a problem with them, but this > last time I did order a set of Hankooks for the 240d and some other cheap > beans for the 01 e320 just to try them out. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 1, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > SWMBO had a jokohama loose all the tread without warning on I-80. It did > > about 2500 damage to the TE. That is why I will bever buy or recommend a > > jokohama tar. > > > > On the Burgundy SDL, about 2005, ALL 4 dunlops slipped belts on a 150 mile > > MBCA event. One was annoyance. When the 4th one let go, it was like > > driving a clown car with 4 bent rims. Not a fun end to the trip! > > > >> Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> August 1, > >> 2017 at 10:55 AM 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > -- 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
