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Old 06-09-2024, 07:32 PM
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Best Tires for S560 4Matic

Looking for thoughts and opinions on the following All Season Performance Tires:

Continental Extreme Contacts
Continental Pro Contacts
Michelin Pilot Sport

Others?

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I have a set of Pirelli P Zero A/S 3 on mine and they are great, the A/S Plus they replaced were also great. Sure footed handling and quiet and nice riding. Michelin Pilot Sports are too loud, Continental Extreme Conract DWS 06+ would be my second choice to what I have.


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I have been really happy with my Kumo Ecsta Grand Touring non-run-flats.
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Michelin Pilot Sport to me as a user but I have also heard good things about those aforementioned brands as well
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I used Continental DWS-06 on my 221 S65. Quiet.... Excellent grip dry or wet. Surprisingly good in snow.
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Normally I would go with Michelin Pilot Sports but I currently drive the Pirelli since I got a good deal on rims and wheels and will used them up first. I'm actually happy with them I must say. I also think the cars were delivered on Pirellis when new.

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There are a bunch of great tires out there ... I like the ratings on Tire Rack since I can't test drive the same car with different tires to try to tell the differences
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Thanks for the input!

Thanks everybody for the thoughts and opinions. I really appreciate the input!
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Originally Posted by Mitch Alsup
I have been really happy with my Kumo Ecsta Grand Touring non-run-flats.
I should relate "the rest of the story".

The higher prices tires recommended by others would probably do just as well or better.
In doing my research I generally use tire rack and their group statistics.
That page showed those tires were well regarded by those having them on their cars.
I told my mechanic and he recommended going with what the other recommendations were.
I told him that if these tires don't work out, I can always dump them for the recommended tires.
Since these were about ½ the price of the others, it was an acceptable gamble to me.
I have been pleased at::
a) quietness
b) dry grip
c) wet grip
and after a year and a half, they are wearing well, hold air, and retain the qualities above.

I would buy another pair if/when I need a new set.
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Is anyone driving all season tyres on their 560? My left front tyre is slowly loosing pressure and now I'm thinking about getting new tyres alltogether and maybe try all season. We have them on our family van and are quite pleased. They are Goodyear Vector 4 all seasons. However I dont go 150mph with the family van . I'm just annoyed by the tyre change every year.

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Originally Posted by Nico9182349
Is anyone driving all season tyres on their 560?
There are only 2 seasons in Texas--spring and summer.

So, no.
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Originally Posted by Nico9182349
Is anyone driving all season tyres on their 560? My left front tyre is slowly loosing pressure and now I'm thinking about getting new tyres alltogether and maybe try all season. We have them on our family van and are quite pleased. They are Goodyear Vector 4 all seasons. However I dont go 150mph with the family van . I'm just annoyed by the tyre change every year.
Yes, I run all season tires.
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Originally Posted by SW20S
Yes, I run all season tires.
For my money and solely from my perspective, I realized a long time ago that the longer tread wear life that all season tires deliver versus purely performance tires is, in my opinion, worth the trade off in minor performance sacrifices. In fairness, I have owned what I would consider high performance vehicles (AMG’s, American muscle cars), but nothing that I would classify as a true “exotic”. (Ferraris, Lambos, McLarens)
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Not to mention actually being able to drive it in the winter!
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Originally Posted by SW20S
Yes, I run all season tires.
Which ones, which size and how has your experience been so far?

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all seasons. staggered set-up came with the car
michelin primacy mxm4
fronts: 245/45r19
rears: 275/40r19
LOVE THEM!
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Originally Posted by Nico9182349
Which ones, which size and how has your experience been so far?
I have the staggered 19s, I run Pirelli PZero All Season Plus 3 which replaced a set of the previous generaton A/S Plus, very happy with them.

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all seasons. staggered set-up came with the car
michelin primacy mxm4
fronts: 245/45r19
rears: 275/40r19
LOVE THEM!
I had those and replaced them with the Pirellis listed above which transformed the car. Just as soft and quiet but more sure footed and dynamic.I
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Originally Posted by SW20S
Not to mention actually being able to drive it in the winter!
Last Oct, coming out of Roswell, with 6" of fresh snow on the ground and 25º temperatures, on grand touring tires::
Driving downtown people were going 5-7 MPH and having trouble at it.
Driving out of town we got up to 15 MPH.
After about 1/2 hour of driving, I could feel the tires get some heat into them, so I accelerated up to (all of 25 MPH)
About 1/2 mile ahead of me was a car doing 15 MPH so I slowly cranked in a touch of steering and lost the front end entirely.
I skidded maybe 30 yards before the front end had some traction, luckily for me, this was the middle of the other lane because the steering input was so small.
I passed the car, and after about an hour the tires had enough heat in them so that 50 MPH (out of a legal 65) was doable.
Took an extra hour and a half to get home that day (7.5 hr. instead of the usual 6.)
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Originally Posted by Mitch Alsup
Last Oct, coming out of Roswell, with 6" of fresh snow on the ground and 25º temperatures, on grand touring tires::
Driving downtown people were going 5-7 MPH and having trouble at it.
Driving out of town we got up to 15 MPH.
After about 1/2 hour of driving, I could feel the tires get some heat into them, so I accelerated up to (all of 25 MPH)
About 1/2 mile ahead of me was a car doing 15 MPH so I slowly cranked in a touch of steering and lost the front end entirely.
I skidded maybe 30 yards before the front end had some traction, luckily for me, this was the middle of the other lane because the steering input was so small.
I passed the car, and after about an hour the tires had enough heat in them so that 50 MPH (out of a legal 65) was doable.
Took an extra hour and a half to get home that day (7.5 hr. instead of the usual 6.)
A lot of that has to do with the temps...but on summer tires it would have been totally undrivable.
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A lot of that has to do with the temps...but on summer tires it would have been totally undrivable.
The story WAS about driving on undrivable tires in undrivable conditions.

Someday I should relate driving my Ferrari from Austin Tx to Parkersburg WV on racing slicks in 2" per hour rain.....
an adventure that portrays a sense of eminent disaster, continuously.
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Originally Posted by Mitch Alsup
The story WAS about driving on undrivable tires in undrivable conditions.

Someday I should relate driving my Ferrari from Austin Tx to Parkersburg WV on racing slicks in 2" per hour rain.....
an adventure that portrays a sense of eminent disaster, continuously.
Are your grand touring tires summer tires or allseasons?
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Originally Posted by SW20S
Are your grand touring tires summer tires or allseasons?
Most likely Summer since we only have 2 seasons in central Texas.
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Gotcha, you actually did really well for them being summer tires...

They make lots of grand touring allseason tires too was the source of my confusion
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Originally Posted by SW20S
Gotcha, you actually did really well for them being summer tires...
I have driven in 1.5" per hour rain on race track on slicks in my Ferrari--you get a feel for it.
Much like flying an airplane, you simply have to keep the nose pointing forward at all times without a moment of relief.
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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.


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