mack1ro

Planning a 2500 round trip from New York to Florida in my 2019 amg e63s wagon , and I was wondering if is wise to stay on the winter tires or switch to summers .
On the same account , should I look for a spare tire or rely only on tire fit kit ?
Help much appreciated .
Summers have around 4500 miles and winters about the same .

mrmotoguzzi00

when ?

mack1ro

March 1

mack1ro

And would be a loaded wagon 3 persons , a lot of my wife and daughter “ must have “ and a top cargo box .
High speed and a lot of down force on tires .

mrmotoguzzi00

catch 22 isn't it ? If ya already have the summers on rims as well, then easy swap.... i'd wait till the last minute..... ya get potential for snow all the way to the Carolina's.. that's about half way.... if your staying 0 days or less then the weather predictions are reasonable... if your staying a month or so, then heck same deal, watch the weather reports and swap to summer if it looks good...

my .03

mack1ro

Going to Clearwater. Florida , 10 days . Hard to predict weather.
Tires , 2 sets , easy to swap .
I guess , wait till last day , flip a coin and god speed.
From a past experience with a w 212 wagon with Michelin all season , almost the same trip , had 1 flat and got stranded in the middle of North Carolina somewhere for almost a day . I don’t like my odds.

E634Me

Drove in a few inches of snow between Munich and Fussen on the Pirelli summer tires while on European delivery. Car did fine. If the roads are reasonably plowed and you are driving with some care you should be fine on the summer tires.

mack1ro

What scares me the most it’s not the weather , I can handle snow and all that , I’ve got my driver license in a country with cars with manual transmissions and pretty heavy winters at times , it is the lack of a spare tire and summer sizes not really readily available in case of a flat .

mack1ro

Any insights on how you guys handle flat tires , if any , on those long trips with your Amg ‘s

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

Roadside Assistance and Prayer basically.

b0rderman

Bring a tire plug kit and cigarette lighter air compressor, then find a weather window and boogie down to Florida as fast as you can on the summer tires.

78degrees

I will do an even longer trip the coming summer, I will not carry a spare..

My trip will start inn Tromsoe Norway, go to Murmansk in Russia, St. Petersburg in Russia, Moscow, Kiev in Ukraine, Minsk in Belarus, through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the ferry to Finland, from there to Åland and to Sweden, from Sweden to Oslo.
In total it's 6400km.

mack1ro

I assume summer tires , and no spare ?
‘That requires big risk taking on such a trip .
if you don’t mind , what is your plan , just in case something goes wrong with one or two tires ?

Juice1979

I fyou have the room why not throw one of the extra wheel/rim tires in the car or under the cargo mat. this way you will have a spare.

mack1ro

Do these cars have a jack?
what about lifting point for a car jack?
hmm , I have to check

amgliturbo

While the summer tires clearly provide higher performance, if you have performance oriented snows such as the Michelin Alpin PA-4's, in my view, I would not worry about driving to Florida on them. They still offer phenomenal performance on dry roads, they are fine in warm weather and if you encounter any snow you will be safer. Unlike summer performance tires which do not perform well in cold weather, my understanding is that winter tires do not suffer the same kind of degradation in performance in hot weather. My only reason for not using my winter tires on such a long trip would be to avoid the wear that will result due to the softer rubber compound of the winter tires. I believe that the top speed rating on the Alpin 4A's is 155 vs 190 for the Michelin PS4s but I doubt you will be driving in excess of 155 mph with your family in the car. I live in NY and am currently driving my E63s with the MB winter tire package which consists of the Michelin Alpin PA-4s on 19" rims and am shocked at how little of the PS4s performance they give up. Actually the PA4's on 19" wheels result in a much more comfortable/quiter drive.