efzauner

What end has more tire wear on our beloved R Class?
What have you noticed?

Long story but finding it impossible to find a single used tire after an irreparable puncture last fall. Thinking of buying a pair of Continental Contacts and putting them on the end that has least wear, to make the existing used tires wear out fastest.

thanks

marc hanna

I haven't noticed any difference yet; but I rotate mine overtime I switch from summers to winters. I put a tag on them when I take them off indicating which corner they came off.

efzauner

yeah. I got that puncture on the way back from when I visited you. I found a pair of used tires and had them mounted by CND Tire... but they had bubbles on them.... So they dismounted them again.. and thru miss communication they threw them out. I got a CND gift card in return... At least they made good on that.
So I am sort of weary on buying more used tires.

marc hanna

I stay away from used tires for that very reason. I've never had much luck with them.

Check out pmctire.com they have some very reasonably priced tires and they'll ship them to you for free.

I bought the Sailun - Terramax CVR - 255/50R19 107V XL SKU: S2001641 from them. Not the smoothest tires, but they have great tread wear life and they're only about $150 per tire.

efzauner

My previous R came with new Barum, made by conti... not very happy with them at all. I have been thru a few cheap tires.. had some of the Yokahama Avid Envigour on my C class and they died very quickly.. So I am a Michelin convert.

marc hanna

I agree Michelin tires are really nice, I just find their tread life isn't all that great, and I'm tired of paying for a new set of tires every year, especially expensive ones at that.

marc hanna

Another good option is General. I find quality and handling very comparable to Michelin, though not quite as sticky. They are a lot better price (about half) and have a lot better tread wear (about double).

efzauner

At half the price of michelines.. makes you think..> could you get twice the life out of a set of Latitudes at $300 a corner?

marc hanna

I just checked Latitudes have a treadler rating of 720. That's really good! It would be interesting to see if they actually hold up; UTQG's are notoriously arbitrary and unfounded. I usually find that long-life tires get out-of-round long before the tread wears out.

My experience has always been with Pilot Sports. I compare them to the General UHPs.

I had a set of BFG's that lasted me 120,000kms on my ML320. Lot's of tread left, but became horribly out-of-round.

marc hanna

PMCtire has the Mich Latitude Tour HPs for 285.99CAD each but they rate them at only 440 UTQG not 720.

AsianR350

That what I do yearly when changing out summer tires to winter tires or vice versa.

josworth

Please tell me that Continental Contacts are what is on the car now....

I say that because miss-matched tread is bad on anything... but really bad for an AWD vehicle....

As for tires... we had a fantastic experience with Yokohama's on her car. Great ride, no noise, and good all season grip... I don't think they make the Avid Ascend in 19's though...

efzauner

The original question was front or rear for more tire wear....

josworth

..... and like others that posted, don't know due to diligent rotation.