Tires are not great in snow
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2012 ML350 Bluetec, 2009 Audi A4 Cab,2003 Harley Road King
Tires are not great in snow
Since we have not much snow since the surprise Halloween storm, I decided to forego getting snow tires this year and wait until next season. I am rethinking my decision as yesterday my ML handled the snow terribly. The Continentals are really not that good in the snow.
Looks like I will be getting a set on Nokian Hakkas soon!
Looks like I will be getting a set on Nokian Hakkas soon!
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Picked mine up on 12/19/11 with Dunlops.......Got to my country place in New Hampshire today and not much snow to put them to the test. I wonder how they determine which brand tire to furnish and which brand is better??
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I think it is the luck of the draw in terms of which brand you get. I guess I am spoiled. I have been driving with Nokian snow tires for the past 20 years on all my cars.
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So far, I've found the ML OK with the all seasons (very mild winter here so far), but I just put some Nokian WGR2 all-weather tires on my wife's Mazda 5 and could not believe the change in handling. I suspect that I'll switch the ML to the all-weather tires next winter (we don't have a place to store multiple sets of tires).
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I've always had a 2nd set of wheels for my MLs with studless Winters (Pirelli Scorpions most recently). Makes a big difference. I will be looking for a set of 19s when I get mine
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Tires
As GreginNH says, it's pretty random. Manufacturers like to use at least two models on each vehicle to spread buisness around and guard against shortages. What brands/models are people getting?
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We picked ours up this morning and it had Pirelli Scorpions on it. They look nice.
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