Luke, how's this for a snow tire strategy?
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Luke, how's this for a snow tire strategy?
Up to now, I've been taking the 205 55/16 summer Pirellis off the C280, and used 205 60/15 Goodyear Ultra snows. This year I now have the C230 and its 225 45/17's to deal with. Since the Pirelli's are on their last legs, and I'm leaning toward replacing them with something more "all-season", like the Yokohama Avid V4s you (Luke) recommended, I'm thinking of this:
1. Put the snows on the 280
2. Buy the Yoko's and mount them on the 280's summer wheels.
3. Run the 230 on the Yoko's for the winter. (this must be an improvement over the low-profile Conti's on there now, plus I'll get a feel for how "all-season" the Yoko's really are).
4. Next winter, leave the Yoko's on the 280 year round and use the 205 60/15 Goodyear Ultra snows on the 230 in lieu of the 225 45/17 Conti's.
Assuming these three sets of wheels fit this two cars, is this the easy no-brainer it seems (to me) to be?
1. Put the snows on the 280
2. Buy the Yoko's and mount them on the 280's summer wheels.
3. Run the 230 on the Yoko's for the winter. (this must be an improvement over the low-profile Conti's on there now, plus I'll get a feel for how "all-season" the Yoko's really are).
4. Next winter, leave the Yoko's on the 280 year round and use the 205 60/15 Goodyear Ultra snows on the 230 in lieu of the 225 45/17 Conti's.
Assuming these three sets of wheels fit this two cars, is this the easy no-brainer it seems (to me) to be?
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Originally Posted by Luke@tirerack
good strategy but, if the 230 is a C230 sport sedan the wheels would have issues clearing the larger diameter brakes
