So what would be your favorite tire brand if you were a blindfolded passenger, and tried out several different brands with someone else driving your vehicle?
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm a big fan of Vredestein. > > Biggest thing for me is they make summer tires that have a shorter life in > 195/70r14. I hate the idea of putting tires that last 80k miles on a car > I'm going to put 5k a year on. By the time they start to dry rot, I want > them to be worn out too. > > Jaime > > > On Monday, January 26, 2015, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > What tires do you like now days? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jan 26, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > > [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > >> On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:42:20 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes > > >> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > >>> [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > I thought that was an old wives tale that had been disproven and > > >>> > rotating between sides was okay now. > > >>> > > >>> If there has been a change in the last ten years, than maybe so. > > >>> Otherwise, all my friends who didn't believe it, do now due to > > >>> separation events after they rotated tires across sides. > > >> > > >> We have Nokian WRG2s on our '95 E320 that have been on both sides of > the > > >> car (and on the 'E420 that Kaleb now has) and have no tread > separation. > > >> > > >> Craig > > > > > > I have always marked tires when switching summer to winter and back. > > > > > > BUT I have purchased used radial tires that have not been marked, and > > not noticed any difference. I bought a set of 4 used blizzaks for the > SDL, > > and another used set for the van. Wore them all out with good service, > so > > either I won the 50/50 coin toss eight times in a row, of it didn't > matter > > is you switched direction. The former is not likely, so I'm guessing the > > latter, at least with Blizzaks. > > > > > > In regard to Kaleb's comment about Michelins being worth the money, 40 > > years ago when they were all made in France, I thought so... but every > > michelin I had slipped its belts. (the wobble) So I no longer think they > > are worth the money. YMMV, mine did... > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
