Best Tires for S560 4Matic
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Even with all seasons when it gets really cold you have a dramatic loss of grip. I remember coming back from Albany, NY one time when we had one of our Jeep Grand Cherokees. They were great in the snow, all season tires. It was 5 degrees F though when we left that morning and it was a mess, zero grip at all.
When you came to curved overpasses on the interstate, you had to line up the car towards one edge of the pavement, aim at the other side at the middle of the overpass, and hope to get traction before running off the road at the other side.
I was using "rain tires" because you bought them in the fall before the rains started and later snow, and the tread would last until about summer whence they became slicks with more traction during the dry season. {{This was 1976 way before the R-compound revolution}}
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From: Heidelberg, Germany
W222 S560 4matic 2018 and C140 CL 500 1998
Just ordered the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6. Supposedly almost matches the Continental Premiumcontact 7 in performance but is quieter and a tad cheaper. Will report back! Will be an interesting switch from the runflat P-Zeros.
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W222 S560 4matic 2018 and C140 CL 500 1998
What happened exactly, can you elaborate? To be honest, I haven't had great experiences with any tyre really. They're good when they're new but I generally seem to grind down tyres fast. I probably drive to fast or something. I always have the weirdest signs of wear. Not just with the S560. And no, the alignment is fine, haha. Soooo basically I'm giving the goodyears a shot now. Funny that you mention "in the US", these particular ones I got are actually made in Germany. So who knows, maybe they get some magic German sprinkles on them and I get lucky. Will report back!
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What happened exactly, can you elaborate? To be honest, I haven't had great experiences with any tyre really. They're good when they're new but I generally seem to grind down tyres fast. I probably drive to fast or something. I always have the weirdest signs of wear. Not just with the S560. And no, the alignment is fine, haha. Soooo basically I'm giving the goodyears a shot now. Funny that you mention "in the US", these particular ones I got are actually made in Germany. So who knows, maybe they get some magic German sprinkles on them and I get lucky. Will report back!
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2020 S560 4Matic
I have P-Zero Nero run flat now on my S560. They are OK. I honestly can't say there is much difference. My car is low mileage. When it's time to change I may go back to Continental.
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From: Heidelberg, Germany
W222 S560 4matic 2018 and C140 CL 500 1998
The last set of Goodyear tires 2 out of 4 were very hard to balance and the installer would tell me ok you are all set yet, when I drove away it was not ok. Next I went to another Goodyear store same thing, so I just drove them for awhile. Next a side wall bubble appeared on one front tire, not covered. Goodyear was not going to do a replacement as long as they could kept trying to balance. It was just too frustrating to deal with the cheap s.o.b's. That was when I put the Michelin tires on. The store where I bought the Michelin tires showed me why the Goodyears were hard to balance. Something about the cords were torn on the inside wall. All of this with less than 5,000 miles and I drive in the southern states where the roads are still big pot hole free.
Will see, I have barely driven them. I'll report back at the end of the season. Btw what size are you running? I'm on 245 45 R19/275 40 R19.
Last edited by Nico9182349; Jun 28, 2024 at 03:47 PM.
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I am not knowledgeable about tires, but I spent many years selling our branded v-belts that were made by companies who also make and sell tires.
I can tell you without hesitation, that these products are sometimes produced with flaws. Why not - it's a human-designed, human-made product with humans involved in the manufacturing process. It just happens, regardless of how many times a mold is used in production. Catching bad v-belts in our warehouse when completing an order for vibration-checked belts, most FHP belts going on heating or A/C units, and matching a group of belts to produce a matched set for an industriasl application was where we would find the bad items. The problems were not visible or could not be ascertained or discovered just in handling the belt.
I can tell you without hesitation, that these products are sometimes produced with flaws. Why not - it's a human-designed, human-made product with humans involved in the manufacturing process. It just happens, regardless of how many times a mold is used in production. Catching bad v-belts in our warehouse when completing an order for vibration-checked belts, most FHP belts going on heating or A/C units, and matching a group of belts to produce a matched set for an industriasl application was where we would find the bad items. The problems were not visible or could not be ascertained or discovered just in handling the belt.
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Thats the big difference between brands in my experience, consistent quality. Michelins are almost always round, need very little weight to balance. Other brands you're more likely to find a bad tire and need to swap it for another one. I've been running Pirellis for the last few years and they have been great, but I have had to have the odd tire swapped here and there.
