Cameron Reddy

S.E. Michigan got hit with a freezing rain tonight and there were cars all over the place. Fire trucks, EMS, Police, Wreckers everywhere for miles. One car, directly in front of me, couldn't handle the camber of the gentle curve in the expressway--he kept spinning out and sliding nearly off the road. He finally pulled half off the road so that two tires were on the dirt.

I kept tapping my brakes to see if I had traction and I wasn't even getting the antilocks to activate. I passed everyone... even the salt truck!

What a car! What a set of tires!

Home safe and sound without sweaty palms!

Merry Christmas!

Cameron

no_mulligan

How do they ride on a clear road @60 degree F? (Noise, stiffness, cornering, etc..)

Y2KE320

Tires make all the difference, I have the Michelin Alpins on my E430 RWD and it drives straight and true in snow. I couldn't imagine any sedan even AWD without winter tires in snowy climates.

Eddie Knopp

Absolutely agree - I've had Blizzaks and Dunlops in a CLK 430 and an E55 - Getting Blizzaks in my current ride this week. All of these cars were (are) my daily drives from Westchester Co NY into NYC - clearly the last 2 had a little torque to deal with. I never(knock on wood) had any issues.

Cameron Reddy

They are amazingly quiet. The car feels great with them. Obviously, they are not summer performance tires. Just the opposite--and that is what makes them so special on ice.

The only road condition that I fear is ice. So I want a tire to give me the best ice traction possible.

Cameron

ProV1

good to see a fellow ann arborer!

i do not have a 4matic, nor blizzak snow tires. instead i have pirelli 240 snowsports (18 inch, VR-rated) on my E55 AMG.

i took my car out 2 weeks ago when we had that big snow storm.. and while the car never got stuck, it didn't inspire 100% confidence either. without ESP, i would've been screwed.

so while the snow tires are 10 times better than my dunlop summer tires, i won't claim that they are AWESOME on snow or ice. they allow me to get home when the conditions are miserable. but since those days are probably less than 10 days out of the year, it's all good.

Cameron Reddy

ProV1, Good to see you, too. Too bad we can't get an AMG 4Matic!

Eddie Knopp

The rumor mill says it might be coming - first the 4matic coupes and then possibly AMG's

blueC230K

There are but just not the E... you can get 4Matic AMG in ML, G and R