coneey

What type of snow tires are people using? I was using a version of the Dunlop witnersports but they stopped making the model?

justthebest

I'm running Continental DWSs & I love them - huge improvement from the Blizzaks I had on there.

wasupdu

I have Blizzaks on and have been very happy. Made it through a Milwaukee winter lat year with zero issues.

ajag

Are you running these on the OEM wheels? Only fitment I found were sottozeroes, which were backordered and coming in this wk I hope.

grane

Where are you?

Do a search.

Post question on official winter tire thread elsewhere on mbworld for tire rack recommendations.

I use Hankook Icebears on my AMG for winter driving. I have a Gwagen and an Audi 5000 with Blizzaks if it is solid snow, ice and slush. Otherwise stay home.

justthebest

No, I'm actually running them on one of my other sets of wheels, but if you go to Conti's website, there's a PDF with all the available fitments (including approved wheel width information). There are a pretty solid number of offerings for 19". The tires are under the "Performance" tab, not the "Winter" tab.

ajag

Thanks looks like they should fit OEM, I wonder why they don't come up on the tirerack site's selector. How do they compare to dedicated snows like the sottozeroes?

justthebest

I haven't had the Pirellis on this car, but compared to the blizzaks, they're leaps and bounds ahead. I'd rate snow / ice traction pretty much the same, but in dry & cold conditions, the DWSs are much more like a performance tire (I'd assume the Pirellis are pretty much the same in that respect). I would also assume that the Contis would cost less, but that's pure speculation. And as far as ability in the snow, I had DWSs on my C63 a couple years ago in the snowstorms that shut down Washington, DC, and while I used the GL (as it is unstoppable), I would not have worried about driving on the hardpack / ice.

TraumaDude

I also run the DWSs and have had great luck with them. I run them on my OEM wheels.