Tires for E55, small budget?
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Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Metro ATL
2001 E55 AMG (sold)
I just saw that TireRack did a new test of 'value priced' max performance summer tires.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=149
Its kinda odd. I've been recommending the Ventus V12 based on the 2009 Car and Driver test (in which it placed 2nd out of 9 tires). In the new Tirerack test, it placed last out of 4 tires. What gives? Has Hankook changed the quality of the V12 or has the competition advanced? Not sure, but either way, I guess the Sumitomo HTR ZIII should be recommended as well.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=149
Its kinda odd. I've been recommending the Ventus V12 based on the 2009 Car and Driver test (in which it placed 2nd out of 9 tires). In the new Tirerack test, it placed last out of 4 tires. What gives? Has Hankook changed the quality of the V12 or has the competition advanced? Not sure, but either way, I guess the Sumitomo HTR ZIII should be recommended as well.
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 138
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From: Destin, Florida
1999 E55
I run them low here in Florida because the roads are flat and straght. In a hilly place like N. Alabama or Georgia, I run higher pressures. it really matters what kind of driving you are doing IMO.
For what it is worth, i think I will be trying a set of Hankooks V12s on my '99 when my current tires run out.
