About a month ago I was driving my C class to work when I felt a tire going down, so I pulled off the road into a petrol station and swapped the spare on & finished the drive. After work I go down to leave and see that the spare is also flat - both it and the one I changed out had sidewall damage, thus, both had to be replaced. I had about 30K on the set so I decided to replace the whole lot with a set of PZero's. That was 5 tires.

Today, driving my CLK to a morning meeting, I again feel a tire going down and luckily there was a petrol station immediately in front of me with a tire shop next to it. Drivers rear was hissing. I left the car and took off to my meeting then returned afterwards - only to find that not only was the driver rear flat but also the passenger front. The tire shop guys found 2 spikes in the front tire, one causing a tear and a spike in the rear that exited the sidewall, so, another complete set of four PZero's for it today too. Here's the real kicker though, I decided to check the spare to make sure it was okay & it was flat - the f'in valve stem is split and it's a different size than the valve stems used on the primary wheels - of course they don't have this size... Have to go to MB afterwork and get one now.

I'm glad I only have two cars, if I had three I'm sure it would need a whole new set next

 

Sorry to hear that. When it rains it pours, huh? Good news is you have some fresh tires. Bad new is you have to find a new route to work. Lol.

 

Both times the flats occured shortly after going through a temporary round-about in an overpass construction zone, lot's of ***** on the road around there from all the sloppy construction workers & trucks.

But yes, fresh tires, I have a feeling the ones on the C class are going to last a lot longer Fantastic grip and ride quality on these PZero's, worth the price.

 

That's good to hear. I have heard mixed reviews on the PZero's.

 

I love them, been running them for 3 years. Great traction, very predictable & nice ride considering that I'm running 45/40's and 35/30's. Previously I ran Falken 452's, not a bad tire at all but the PZero's are in a totally different class, great on the track and very streetable.

 

sorry to hear that Kev
but on the bright side...u got urself a new set of tires

 

I feel you mean tires are such a b... New set of tires in the back and one is already starting to wear out from the inside. Bad alignment?? Hope this suckers cover that.

And like Dyno said you need a new route to work my friend. Sue the city maybe? lol

 

That's one reason I like having different seasons here. I never keep a set of tires on for more than 6 months at a time. I'm on my 4th set in 2 1/2 yrs and about to switch to my 5th in a month or two for the winter.

 

well fell you kev, in two weeks I had 4 clues goin into my rear tires. They arranged them and like two weeks ago the rear right one exploded on the highway (speed 70miles) I stoped like 500m after, it was completly destroyed. i bought another one to replace is as the clues of the spare wheel were stolen.
two days ago my friend bumped into my front passenger side exploding the wheel and the side. I wanted to hit him!!! the insurance doesn't take into consideration tires so I had to change it too. for the moment I have a yokohama tire at the back and a BF goodrich at the front, while the other two are bridgestone adrenaline....I have to change them all and they have less than 15000km!!!
so I feel you bro...

 

wooow you have a big bugdet for tires bro .

 

And there is no insurance that would cover road hazard huh? I know progressive at least doesn't and i also heard that if they do you still end up paying smth

 

wow

 

yea i was really p....d off. stupid insurance I would like to open an insurance company coz for sure I'll make a fortune!!!

 

how's the price on those Pzero's ? soft ?

Andy

 

Thanks and yes, these tires are far better than the Dunlop that were on the car when I bought it

Unfortunately I have to go through the construction roundabout to get to all three major roads. I'm just going to make a habit of sticking to the inside lane, no trucks are in that one so it should lessen the chances of more bad luck.

Wow, I feel for you!

The price came out to about $350USD each (average price between the 265's and 235's installed). They are a softer tire but on my C class they have turned out some really good life/milage considering the brutal heat here. This is an really tough place on tires and the PZero's have, IMO, been fantastic.

 

Sorry to hear - same thing happened to me in February, 2 tires down in 1 week, including a cracked rim.

 

Cracked rim, bad luck man. Refinish the wheel or replace?

*Update*

We all know ***** happens & I was going to replace the tires with PZero's anyways but I wanted to do it when I got my new rims, it's just a hassle changing them out again later. Good news though, made it through the day without another flat

Now that the moulding release hase been scrubbed off the tires, the grip is really incredible, the difference between these and the Dunlop is night and day. Also, the difference between my C and my CLK (same tires) is also miles apart. Now I'm reallly looking forward to getting the suspension done and getting out on the track!

 

I'm curious about the difference between both cars. Can you elaborate on "miles apart"?

 

I've got an '05 C200 Kompressor Avantgarde Sport Edition with PZero's and my '05 CLK500 Avantgrarde Sport Edition with the same tires. The handling between the two cars is night and day, I expected it to be maginally better in the CLK but i't's not even close. When I put the PZero's on the C class it completely changed the handling dynamics and I was surprised to say the least. The CLK with the Dunlop's was comparable to the C class, now with it's new PZero's it's a pretty big spread again.

 

Interesting.

 

Wes, in reply to your question regarding problems with my tires (from another thread);

First of all, the mistake was me not taking the car to the same place I took my C class for tires - a very reputable shop with a great group of guys (same mega shop that has a bodyshop and exhaust shop that will be doing my other work). When I got/was getting my flat I pulled into a tire shop and got tires from them - the guys working the shop are as mechanically inclined as a carrott.

Anyways, I had some vibrations so I took the car back to have them rebalance the wheels, as soon as I left I heard the weights get thrown off into the weel wells and vibrations all over again. Went back, they did them again and I left. Next day the vibrations were so bad the steering wheel was bouncing out of my hands. I said f' it and took the car to the shop I should have gone to in the first place, my guy took all the wheels off, rebalanced them and put them back on - but he had bad news. The idiots at the other shop somehow managed to snap off THREE lug nuts in my rotors, the rear passenger wheel only had three f'in lug nuts holding it on! Then, he said that they somehow mixed up my MB lugs (spherical) with a selection of conical lugs - each wheel had a different mix of them. Furthermore, several of the rotor lug threads were stripped and two of my AMG wheels are damaged on the lug seats.

End result - the car needs to have the rotors, all the lugs and wheels replaced. Since I have all of that about to leave Canada, I'm not going to do anything but leave it in my garage. Good thing that I really enjoy driving my C class, sucks for the wife though, she can only use the car when I'm out of town, but, it's usally 3 days a week. We'll get by.

Oh, and the pin heads that wrecked everything - I brought the car in like that...

 

Sorry to hear that bro...
if i were in ur place i'd go to the first shop where u bought the tires and b*tch them up !!

 

Believe me pal, I did. I tried to be very reasonable at first, saying mistakes happen, showing them the damage and saying that they need to fix it and make sure they train their staff properly so things like this don't happen again. The owner lost it, in turn, I lost it. In the end he told me that I brought the car in like that and they did me a favor by balancing the tires a second time for no charge

The brakes were gonna get changed out anyways as were the lugs, but so much for selling my AMG wheels now, I'm not going to unload them on some other poor sap. I know I'm not going to get anything out of these guys, I've lived over here and other places like it long enough to know the story. Over everything else it's myself that I'm really pissed off at.

 

Wow, that blows. No point in getting yourself all worked up. Take it as a learning experience. Sometimes I wonder how some people stay in business.

 

Yep, it was a learning experience for sure, a reminder that I've been giving too many the benefit of the doubt, I need to sharpen up! Getting soft in my old age

The good news - the lugs bolt into the brake rotors on MB's, not a wheel hub. In other words, I replace the rotors and I'm good to go, replacing 3 wheel hubs would have been a massive pain in the a$$.

There's the silver lining again...