[W126 Coupe] Michelin Pilot Sport PS2

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560 SEC rides best with 225/60 x 16 Michelin MXV4 Primacy. Great traction, smooth ride and quiet. 
Ånything less than a 60 series give a harsh ride, to me anyway. I care about cruisin at 80 mph not hairpin or S curves 
Jay H 

My experience is the same as Jay's.



Frank Pecarich

Ventura, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Hirsch <J.Hirsch at mac.com>
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 5:09 pm
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Michelin Pilot Sport PS2



560 SEC rides best with 225/60 x 16 Michelin MXV4 Primacy. Great traction, smooth ride and quiet. 
Ånything less than a 60 series give a harsh ride, to me anyway. I care about cruisin at 80 mph not hairpin or S curves 
Jay H 
On Aug 14, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Axel Wulff wrote: 
 

> Just switched tires on my car. 

> 

> I've run a set of Kumhos Ecsta Supra 712s for the past 25K miles > and was looking for an excuse to ditch them. They've always been > terrible in the rain and are quite noisy. 

> 

> I had 245/45s on my front 17" 3-piece AMG rims 8.5" wide, and ran > 275/40s on the rear 10" rims. 

> 

> I decided to drop down a size with the Michelins and am now running > 235/45 on the front and 265/40 at the rear. Finally got rid of some > slight rubbing. 

> 

> I've only run these tires for a week, but so far I'm quite > impressed. We've had a series of rainstorms so I've had plenty of > 

opportunity to test their capabilites in the wet and they've been > excellent. The tires are also blessedly quiet and the round > shoulders is a plus with the steering geometry of our cars. 

> 

> Can't say anything about thread life or how they'll perform after a > few thousand miles, but so far I'm happy with my choice. 

> 

> Regards, 

> Axel J. Wulff 

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> 

> 

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