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The dealership gave me a set of Pirelli 240 Sottozero winters for my C63S, but I find them to be terrible, and worse than the Blizzaks and X-Ice Xi3s I ran on my M4 in past winters. As a matter of fact I did a 180 on the highway and took out my rear diffuser.

Has anyone else had experience with these tires? I am debating if I should just sell them and get another set of Blizzaks.

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Originally Posted by Forthewinwin (Post 7678601)

Looks like i dodged a bullet with those tyres. The two official tyres for my c63s wagon were 240 sottozeros or conti 830p. I sidestepped the mediocrity and got myself some michelin alpin PA4s in 245 front and 265 rear width. Lovely lovely tyres, cant recommend them enough. I wish i could have got conti 860s for my car but couldnt get the right size but the michelins are doing a great job in rain, cold and were fine in snow. We did have really thick and highly slippery ice on the road one day and they struggled a bit, but for usual black ice, they are fine.

Were you going hard in sport plus mode?

Just sell them. And I recommend Michelin PA4, 255/35R19 front and 285/30R19 Rear. They are really good

I just bought Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 (which replaced the PA4).

https://www.michelinman.com/tire/michelin/pilot-alpin-5

Haven't put them on yet (waiting for my PA4's to wear down more). That being said, the tire is much newer, so the performance should be a nice bump from the already great PA4.

I too have got the Michelin PA4s on my coupe in the 255 square setup. The tires have good grip in rain/snow but given the nature of the car and the winter here in canada, the snow can sometimes be too much to handle so there have been days where id prefer to just not drive.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've done some reading around and seems like the verdict is the Michelins. I'll go order a set.

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Originally Posted by KJ (Post 7678772)

Not available in my size :( I am running 20s; 285s in the rear.

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Originally Posted by right_mr (Post 7678690)

Yeah every set of Michelins I've had were great. And Not at all. I wasn't even accelerating very much and was just cruising along. But accelerating even lightly from every stop light is painful on these tires.

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Originally Posted by untamedd (Post 7678853)

Yeah I am in northern Alberta and seems like very snowfall there is at least a dozen accidents. Last winter the record was 147 accidents in one day. Go figure

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Originally Posted by Forthewinwin (Post 7679169)

Thanks for the suggestions. I've done some reading around and seems like the verdict is the Michelins. I'll go order a set.

Not available in my size :( I am running 20s; 285s in the rear.

If you can hold out until next winter, I'm sure there will be more sizes available!

f blizzkas too . if u want to own snow then get michlen pilot alpine, the best ive had

I run a 255/35/19 square setup & have no issues here in Montreal with Nokian Hakkapalitta R2

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Originally Posted by Forthewinwin (Post 7679169)

Thanks for the suggestions. I've done some reading around and seems like the verdict is the Michelins. I'll go order a set.

Not available in my size :( I am running 20s; 285s in the rear.

if 19 inch rims with the same width can fit on your car and you would be happy with aftermarket rims , that could work and not necessarily batter your bank balance vs getting official super pricey ones .

the 285/30/19 fit fine on the stock rims for the sedan in the rear?