Tire Rack… This is the fourth or fifth set of tires I'm buying from Tire Rack, all thumbs up for them. Most of the tire dealers around here are like the old stereotype of shady used car dealers. I buy from TR and have the tires shipped directly to an excellent shop that has a rolling road tire balance machine and the best four-wheel alignment setup in the area—they do all the local racers' cars as well as have working arrangements with the Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and other high end car dealers. It's a slick setup.
I've not had any bad experiences with Michelin tires, they've always been good, but I haven't tried them on the SLK. I've tried tires that I see others on the SLK forum have been happy with. One was a dud - can't remember, either Bridgestone or Yokohama - that wore so unevenly that after 4000 miles I tossed them. The Conti ExtremeContact DWs were unusual in that they were able to be mounted rolling in either direction, so I could do side to side rotation without having to unmount/remount them. I ended up not doing it anyway; they wore perfectly evenly which says a lot for the quality of the alignment work. They gave a plush, quiet ride with a slightly soft turn-in, but amazing grip and excellent braking performance. The Goodyears I'm trying this time are also well-spoken of on this car, with supposedly a slightly sharper turn-in, slightly less noise, etc. Traffic is so bad these days, I dislike driving so much, and I've become such a pokey old man on the road that I should just go get myself a BMW i3 or FIAT 500e to run errands with, but I really like the little yellow Merc. :-) G > On May 23, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Obviously the differentially sized tires rule out rotation which would give > you more life, but 30K miles out of sport tires isn't too bad. I got 20K out > of a set of Michellin Pilot Sports on the back of my Boxster. > FWIW, I've had good experiences with tires from The Tire Rack > -http://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/homepage.html - cost > wise especially if your tire vendors aren't super competitive. > > I became a proponent of Michellin tires in the late 60's when I put some > Michellin X's on my 59 Austin Healey Sprite, the improvement in handling over > the removed bias tires was astounding. Been a believe in them ever since. IMO > opinion they're the best for performance and durability. > Was bummed out when I discovered Michillin doesn't yet make a tire for my GTS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
