Tires Plus, a national tire retailer, has a shop nearby that use on occasion. They actually have a spreader bar for doing Mercedes alignments, to give you an idea of their skill set. I also take advantage of their in house credit card, as they’ll often give you 6 or 12 months same as cash. Better to let someone else be the bank and pay them before they charge you interest.
Right now they have a really good promotion on Firestone tires, with $100 spiff if you use their in house account. They have a very limited choice of Firestone tires, so I did my due diligence and found one (Firestone “Weathergrip”) that is an all season but highly rated in snow. So I make an appointment to get the tires installed and the alignment checked on the 24th, the day after my in house account closes (gain a month on them, too!) The next day (Saturday) I get an email for their scheduling system saying my appointment has been cancelled and I need to call the store to find out why. So I call and talk to “Ghee”, a guy that’s been a service writer for them for some years. “So Ghee, why did they cancel my appointment?” “We don’t do snow tires.” “They aren’t snow tires. Please tell me where in the description it says “snow tires””. “Well, we’ve never sold these before and there aren’t any in a 100 mile radius.” “What about the warehouse?” “They’re closed on the weekend. I’ll call them Monday, but I don’t think I can get them.” “Then why do you advertise them on the web site?” <silence> Anyway, I’ll wait to hear from Ghee tomorrow about my “snow tires”. Understand that this will be a summer car, and the likelihood that it will ever be driven in snow is astronomically small. However, if I can get an AS tire that’s good in snow, I’ll go that route to cover my bottom. -D > On Oct 18, 2020, at 6:21 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I've had very good luck with just the cheapest tire store snow tires. My > 240Ds were the finest snow cars I've ever had when properly equipped. I > suspect a 617 turbo car would be a little less drivable due to the extra > power but should still do well. > "All Season" tires can be okay, my 2015 Jetta has Falken branded ones that do > pretty well but nothing beats dedicated snows. > Interestingly the General Grabber AT2 I put on the 2010 Dodge RAM 1500 are > also excellent in the snow but they carry the snow mountain symbol. Two of > the four are now worn out and I was disappointed to find they've been > discontinued. I hope the Grabber 3s are as good. > -Curt > > On Monday, October 12, 2020, 8:57:18 PM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I've tried sandbags in the trunk. It helps, but only a little. I think >> the tires have been my downfall. > > In all probability. I swear by Hakkapeliittaa studded snow tires, the > difference is truly amazing and they last forever. (I get 7-10 years > out of a set.) > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > 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
