Now that you mention the rolling resistance I seem to remember one of the car magazines doing a test of all the popular tires. Michelin, BF Goodrich, Goodyear, Conti's, Pirelli etc. I think it was on performance tires though and the test vehicle was a BMW M3. I do believe they included rolling resistance in the test as well as wet and dry performance. Harry 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles 72 350SL 108,000 Miles 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion 1999 Mazda Miata -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:55:24 EDT Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tires Again /rolling resistance comment and question
In a message dated 7/10/2006 7:17:21 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I put Conti's on my 280 and I like the way they feel in the wet and they are so quet even when you run them hard. Yep, lots of choices out there, good and bad Harry and all, I tried the Contis as well, and they rolled true and handled well. I noted that the rolling resistance was much higher than the previous set of Yokohamas , probably costing me 1-2 MPG. I had both sets of tires mounted on identical Bundt MB wheels so I did some coast down comparisons and even used a spring scale to move the car on my flat concrete driveway. There was a significant difference, easily noticeable between the sets of tires. There is currently renewed interest in publishing rolling resistance in tire ratings, this is, of course, because of $3 fuel in the US. To my knowledge, no US magazine has dared to add the rolling resistance test and publish the results. Has anyone found this information in a Euro car mag? They have been dealing with high fuel prices for a long time and should be in the fore front of reporting this info. Regards, Jim Friesen Phoenix AZ 79 300SD, 262 K miles 98 ML 320, 142 K miles _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
