This surprises me, my 240Ds were both excellent in the snow even with just cheap tire store tires. Maybe I'm just an excellent driver ;) -Curt
On Sunday, October 3, 2021, 11:03:12 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I don't know. Both my W116 and W123 are poor in the rain and disasters in the snow. Allan On Sun, Oct 3, 2021, at 11:00 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > So what is a good sticky tire brand? > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 10:45 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> In my experience with a W123 you need somewhat "sticky" tires. If you buy >> the ones on sale at the local tire chain with the good mileage warranty, you >> will be spinning your tires in the rain and going nowhere in the snow. >> >> If you have neither rain nor snow, I guess you are OK with pretty much >> anything. >> >> Allan >> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2021, at 10:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> > Vredenstein - made in Holland! >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 9:14 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Michelin Defenders. >> > > >> > > Sent from my iPhone >> > > >> > > > On Oct 3, 2021, at 2:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Time to put a set of tires on one of my 300D cars. I've located a >> > > > local >> > > > source that can supply Hancock Optimo H724 tires in 185x75xR14. >> > > > Question: >> > > > Is the 185 x 75 tire an OK size for the 300D? >> > > > Any experience with Hancock? >> > > > Thanks in advance. >> > > > _______________________________________ >> > > > 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 >> _______________________________________ 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