Alabaster

Has anyone switched from their Michelin (17") to the Continental OEM tires? The time is coming up for me and I was wondering if the C's ride or longevity is any worse than the M's. They are significantly less...I just wonder is it a case of "you get what you pay for".

My M's have lasted 23k miles (prob have 5k left) but are starting to lose small chunks out of the center of the threads...wierd. I assume they are probably just old (2.5 years in AZ driving). Thoughts?

gsrjc

I switched to the Bridgestone Alenza tires and they are much better than the Michelin. Tread is awesome and grip is amazing at least for an SUV.

alewifebp

I went with the Alenza's as well on a recommendation from Luke at the Tire Rack. I had the stock Continentals and I was very disappointed with them. Only got about 18,000 miles out of them.

Firenza

The downside of Bridgestone tire is the ride quality more stiff than Michelin or Continental tires. Due to the sidewall concept made different.

lkchris

It's a case of you get what you pay for.

DUTCH

I got 30k out of the factory Contis. I now have the Michelins. Ride seems softer and the fuel mileage dropped by a bit. 9k on the tires right now, so I can't say anything to the longevity yet.

dgiturbo

Just went through this, and after hearing from a good diverse group, I stayed with the factory Conti's.
Hope this helps.

MB Dave

on my old 350 sport i had the 19" michellin diamari summer tire itwas **** road noise sucked uneven wear etc mb wouldent replace them they told me to go to an authoraized michellin dealer (btw mb is an authoraized dealer) went to nappa and they contacted michellin got a free set of tire's all i had to do was pay for mounting and balancing.

next brand im going with is vredestein
http://www.vredesteintire.com/products.asp

NLRL

Do you have any infos about level of noise and ride harshness on these tires?
Thank you

MB Dave

nothing but the tire store's word

DUTCH

Never heard of them before. Where are the tires made? Do they even have a brick and mortar location? Their website only shows a PO Box.

lkchris

Vredestein is a very old European manufacturer, been around forever.

From the Netherlands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredestein

Nothing to get excited about IMHO unless you have a "classic" and can't get the correct size tire anymore.

Don't think they have ML sizes.