Excited to join the MB club with a C400
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Excited to join the MB club with a C400
Picked up a used C400 with low mileage for a decent price in Canada. Easily the fastest car I ever driven. IDP, Full Led, airmatic, and 19" wheels included. Now I'm wondering what's next ? Any suggestions for easy upgrades ?
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I tried the stock runflat Continental summer tires on my new-to-me C400 for a few weeks this past fall/winter. A flurry is all it takes to slide right off the road. It's like being on marbles. I bought all season non runflat Continentals that December after 2 or 3 sliding episodes. I'm very happy that I did. I'd consider it a safety issue if it gets cold/snowy where you are.
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The Conti summer tires will offer no grip on ice and snow. You'll just be spinning all 4 wheels as soon as you hit an incline. If you live someplace flat with minimal bad whether you might be able to ride it out. If this is a DD and you have any hilly terrain and wintry weather it would be wise to get another set of tires.
I use Pilot AS3+ for my Fall/Winter shoes and run the contis late Spring/Summer. Once the Contis wear out I'll just run the AS3+ year round. In a colder or steeper environment I would run winters 3-4 months of the year and Pilot 4's for the other seasons.
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18'' wheels with winter shoes (Go with aftermarket. MB wheels are soft and overpriced.)
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DWS06s vs. AS3+: both great tires w/offsetting attributes
DWS06 better ride and winter traction and $20-25 less expensive per tire; AS3+ more precise handling/steering response. Only problem with DWS06s is that if you're running 18" wheels, the front 225/45s only have a load rating of 91. I replaced the OEM run flat Conti ProContacts on my C400 with DWS06s and upsized slightly to 235/45-18 F and 255/40-18 R. Same F/R ratio and only adds 0.6 mph to my speedo. After 8K miles and almost no visible wear, I'm quite pleased with the smoother ride and improved steering response vs. the run flats . The AS3+s may have been a bit more sporting, but you can't go wrong with either tire.
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The AS3+ are a little sportier and a little more expensive depending on where you buy. I have heard that the DWS provide a little more grip on snow and slush. The guy who owns the tire shop where I go for all my tire stuff runs DWS on his wife's Audi and loves them. DWS were my second choice behind the AS3+. These two are widely regarded as the top tier for AS performance tires.
One thing I like about the AS3+ is that when you break traction it's much more linear than most other tires. What I mean is that you can feel the wheel slip incrementally increasing instead of them going immediately from grip to slip. This is kind of a minor nuance and only worth considering if you really like to hoon the car a bit.
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Yes. Mine was a 3 year old CPO, with 35k miles. Condition was/is like new inside and out.
