[W126 Coupe] Help

[Andrew Sporner]

As I went to look I found I was mistaken.  I have Toyos on the car now
(Fuldas for summer--
I think these are actually under the goodyear umbrella).  I know this
because when I bought
the car in 2004 the factory in Philippsburg germany burned and there was a
scarcity to get
the tires.  I literally had to get one here two there and the last in a
totally different place because
no one distributor had enough!

My new C-Class is the one that has the Conti's.  In fact even this was wierd
because when I
looked at the invoice there was two sets (which were identical in size--just
a different part
number).  I asked what the difference was and they guy told me it had to do
with rotation
direction!  I never heard of such a thing!



Andy


On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Axel Wulff <axelwulff at hotmail.com> wrote:


> 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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