OK Don wrote:
Check to see if they're 'out of round' -- can't balance that out.
Yeah... definitely going to check on that.
John
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I was ordering some new tires for the ex Kaleb/Dr
Dan/Kaleb/John/Gene/now Kaleb again 190D and usually look at Kumho;s,
but in the size for that car these General Altimax tires had better
ratings, longer warranty, and were a little cheaper so I ordered them.
Just arrived a little while ago and
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I was ordering some new tires for the ex Kaleb/Dr
Dan/Kaleb/John/Gene/now Kaleb again 190D and usually look at Kumho;s,
but in the size for that car these General Altimax tires had better
ratings, longer warranty, and were a little cheaper so I ordered them.
Altimax
I have the RT's. Didnt know about the alignment indicators. Thats
cool. So you have them, how do you like them?
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I was ordering some new tires for the ex Kaleb/Dr
Dan/Kaleb/John/Gene/now Kaleb again 190D and usually look at Kumho;s,
but in the
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I have the RT's. Didnt know about the alignment indicators. Thats
cool. So you have them, how do you like them?
I've got the HPs. Stick much better than the crap that was on the car, but
rolling resistance went up with the new tires. I don't know if it's from the
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I was ordering some new tires for the ex Kaleb/Dr
Dan/Kaleb/John/Gene/now Kaleb again 190D and usually look at Kumho;s,
but in the size for that car these General Altimax tires had better
ratings, longer warranty, and were a little cheaper so I
Mitch Haley wrote:
I've got the HPs. Stick much better than the crap that was on the car,
but rolling resistance went up with the new tires. I don't know if it's
from the new tires not being worn thin like the old ones or if the inner
cushion rubber raises rolling resistance. As long as I keep
what do you have them installed on?
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I have the RT's. Didnt know about the alignment indicators. Thats
cool. So you have them, how do you like them?
I've got the HPs. Stick much better than the crap that was on the car,
but rolling resistance
I used my bubble balancer on mine, smooth up to about 70, think as fast
as I got up to. Probably fine for older cars but a new one like yours
probably needs to be spin balanced.
John Robbins wrote:
Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I was ordering some new tires for the ex Kaleb/Dr
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I used my bubble balancer on mine, smooth up to about 70, think as fast
as I got up to. Probably fine for older cars but a new one like yours
probably needs to be spin balanced.
I don't have the tools to do it myself, nor do I particularly want to...
Although it
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
what do you have them installed on?
1997 Olds underAchieva, 2.4L twincam. I put a muffler and the tires on within a
week of each other, seemed to drop a mpg or two. I did a roll test from the top
of the freeway ramp about 3/4 mile from town, at 32psi I dropped from
Check to see if they're 'out of round' -- can't balance that out.
I don't have the tools to do it myself, nor do I particularly want to...
Although it would be nice to have balanced tires at the moment. These
tires start acting funny somewhere above 45mph. At higher speeds (80+ mph)
they
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Alex, I've had good luck with the ones on my Benz
Ron,
I put a pair of KH16's on our Passat and they've been fine. MIght be a bit
more crisp on turn-in than the Kumho HP4 Ecstas they've replaced.
The KH16s have about 6k on them. Do well in rain, but can't report on snow
yet. The HP4's were decent for an all-season tire.
Tony Wirtel
On
The Dunlop SP60 is a good choice as well as the Continental Conti-Sport
Tony Wirtel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ron,
I put a pair of KH16's on our Passat and they've been fine. MIght be a bit
more crisp on turn-in than the Kumho HP4 Ecstas they've replaced.
The KH16s have about 6k on them. Do
Not sure if they're the same model you're referring to, Harry, but I
have Continential Touring Sport Contacts on my 124 and while they
corner nicely and are quiet on the freeway, they wear like crap.
They've got less than 10,000 miles on them and the tread looks half
gone, which I find
Alex, I've had good luck with the ones on my Benz but I have heard a few
comments regarding how they wear. Guess it just depends on the vehicle and how
a person drives. I'm a bit of a agressive driver, but again sometimes you have
to factor in the vehicle and suspension which makes a difference
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Alex, I've had good luck with the ones on my Benz but I have heard a few
comments regarding how they wear. Guess it just depends on the vehicle and
how a person drives. I'm a bit of a agressive driver, but again sometimes
you have
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I'm an aggressive driver and I scrub the tread off
the inside outside edges of my tires.
Then why not increase tire pressure so the wear is more even
across the tire?
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D tires
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I'm an aggressive driver and I scrub the tread off the inside
outside edges of my tires.
Then why not increase tire pressure so
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:33:37 -0500 Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm an aggressive driver and I scrub the tread off the inside outside
edges of my tires.
Is that scrubbing the tread off or driving them slightly underinflated
(I've had to go above the recommended pressures on our
My son has taken over my wife's 85 190D 2.5 Euro and taken it off to
college. It's in need of new tires. Currently, I have on it Nokian NRWs
which have been excellent, but replacing them would be quite expensive
and probably overkill for his needs (which are to drive 15 miles 4 days
a week, to
I am running Kumho's on my 300D. I have been extreamly happy with them on we
and dry pavement. No snow yet though so I am not sure how they will be on
snow.
On 9/13/05, Ron Dwelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My son has taken over my wife's 85 190D 2.5 Euro and taken it off to
college. It's in
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