Enjoy the ride Godfrey!
-----Original Message----- >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO 2016 - 096, 097 - GDG > >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.
