Mazspeed

Hankook do make some good tires, but what may work with a lighter car like your CS won't work well with heavier high torque cars like the C63.
The Tokyo R888 is a great example of this. It is a tire that works great on a 3200lb car, but is dreadful on a 3800lb car.
The more expensive tires normally have better rubber and build quality to withstand a heavier car like ours. Michelin and The Zero's are pretty good for our cars.

roadkillrob

If anyone is looking for cheaper tires, my car came with Pirelli P-Zero Nero's for summer tires and they seem to be good tires on the car for a reasonable price.

I do drive mine in the winter also and it is a drift machine - full snows and it takes a very delicate foot if there is any snow on the ground, but can be fun!

Rob

Alex.currie44

A tire specialist up here in the great white north once described an All Season as a Three Season and he wasn't wrong as the industry has shown with its latest offerings of All Weather tires which is yet another compromise of wear and grip in the compound to handle 90F down to -20F.

Where I live we get a lot of winter rain and some snow that lasts a few days - the current La Nina winter we are having notwithstanding - but we so get down to 32F and cooler at night. By law to go over a local road that rises from maybe 100ft ASL to 1100ft ASL in a very short distance we are required to have winters or All Weathers. A/S without the Mountain or Snowflake logo are not legal. The fines are high.
To deal with the rain and to be legal I bought Nexen Winterguard S. In the rain they are ok. In light snow could be better but not bad. Nothing on snow compacted to ice. They will spin in gear while idling on this surface and the ESP does not seem to be able to stop it. Going cheap is not a the way to go.

Ambystom01

Mine came with the same tires. You're far braver than I am. Are you worried about damaging the tires? The P-Zeros can crack if used in cold weather.

Alex.currie44

I agree, You have to pay attention to what the manufacturer says about low temperature use.
MB was cautioning Canadian owners about the P-Zeros on my CLA45 AMG below 7 C. The side slip on sharp steering inputs at low speed was something I never experienced in any of the previous 10 MB cars I have had and in cold climates. Made me wonder what grip levels actually were at -4C

Ambystom01

In cold, wet weather, say 8-10 range, the becomes a drift master at the slightest throttle change while turning. I can't imagine how bad it would be in typical winter conditions.

Jasonoff

You know the throttle pedal is not an on/off switch right?

roadkillrob

Sorry, I may not have been clear - the Nero's I run in the summer, I run Michelin Alpin Sport PA4's all winter from late November through April and the car is still a handful on full snows, put a lot of fun - it teaches good throttle control for sure!

Ambystom01

That's funny; I want the same winters for my car. Do you have separate summer and winter wheels?

Mazspeed

You would be surprised how many people don't know this.

roadkillrob

Yes, got them at tirerack.com, just some replica rims.

Jasonoff

You're really missing out leaving her in the garage over the winter.

chrisridebike8

There are too many stupid drivers in the snow. That's why I garaged mine in the winter and mounted snow tires on the Lexus when I lived in VA Beach. I don't doubt my abilities or the car's. It's the other idiots.

Mazspeed

Not even slightly. But thanks.

Jasonoff

Wait, hold up now, just Googled your location. Do you even get snow, or have experience driving in it?

Mazspeed

Yes, I used to live in Lake Tahoe. Is this a job interview?

Jasonoff

Reeeeer... relax. Just validating your strong opinion is backed with actual real world experience.

They don't sound like they come from experience with the C63 on decent winters in the snow.

Opinions/advice without experience is not uncommon on this site...

CarHopper

You've exceeded your valid point quota for this thread. Please move along. Ha.

Everyone is so scared about c63's in snow. I didn't drive mine in snow because I didn't have to, but if I had too I wouldn't even sweat and just put on some decent snow tires. People act like the second you hit the throttle in a dusting you'll spin off into oblivion.

Relevant vid: powerful car in snow.

Yes, it's awd. Yes, crazy tires. But it's a lambo climbing a mountain. If you can't get a c63 down plowed roads on snow tires... oy.

Jasonoff

Relevant vid 2:

CarHopper

Does it hurt knowing you'll never get the chance to scream up a mountain in a lambo or run a slalom course in an F1 machine?

Wonder how that idea even got off the ground?

Redbull Exec: "We need to do something crazy again. What do you guys got?"

pleb: "We could always throw chains on an F1 car and dangle it off a snowy cliff? With some drifts thrown in?"

Redbull exec: "Get this man a raise."

chrisridebike8

This reminds me of goofing off in the Challenger.

Mazspeed

I'm relaxed, and not mad. Late night posting for me doesn't come through all that well. My bad.


I don't have any C63 snow experience, but I have tire experience and tire testing experience in all weather, so I do have some experience there.


Having said that, when I generalize tires for the car, I don't think of snow because if you have a C63, in my mind you probably have another car to drive in the snow. So I sort of through that out.


While it might be fun to drive the C63 in the snow, I would not do it only because of the low down torque heaviness of the car. It's hard to keep traction on dry ground let alone snow with that thing. That throttle is very touchy and in those conditions it could be very dangerous. I guess it just depends on how much you are driving that car in the snow if the OP is at all and or needs a tire for it.

Mazspeed

Not even remotely relevant. All wheel drive, spiked tires on a closed packed course. No road with other cars on a hard icy surface. Big difference in itself. Although this has snow on it, it's not icy. What part of this is relevant to the OP's question? You could not use these tires with what he was asking? Plus you would not drive with these in the rain. Not all weather.


"People act like the second you hit the throttle in a dusting you'll spin off into oblivion"


You absolutely could.

Mazspeed

Looks fun.

simandang

I have a chance to get some almost new LM60 in the stock 19 c63 size for dirt cheap, does anyone experience with LM60?