[W126 Coupe] Help

[Axel Wulff]

I agree.

If you need snow tires, get snow tires. Four season tires won't help you in the snow and aren't any good on dry asphalt.

For rough weather you really want a tire one size less that standard, and for the summer your car handles better with tires a size larger than standard.

My performance tires are 17x275/40 at the rear and 17x245/45 up front.

My snow tires are a set of Bridgestone Blizzak Revo 1 in 15x195/65 on a set of MB OEM rims.

My 2 cents.

Cheers,
Axel

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Sporner <asporner at googlemail.com>
Sent: 12/3/2008 9:46:28 AM
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Help


I know the point that the original poster made was that he wanted to have
no winter tires.

However I swear by them.  I have continentals for winter and Fulda for summer
and this works very well.  (I have still the original 14" rims).  I
would never do
it any other way.  The all-season tires are really a compromise in
both situations.

I am not sure if there is a difference between what in Europe is called winter
tires and those in the USA.  I remember as a child we had this and the road
noise was terrible.  These here you would no really no difference, except that
in rain and snow the winter tires do better (softer rubber).

Cheers



Andy
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