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Tire Rack ?
It appears from your ads that Michelin Pilot Sport's are no longer available in 245 40 ZR 17, standard equipment in most MB 17" AMG /sport packages. Michelin did the same thing a few years ago when the Pilot Sport came out to the MXX3 pilots and forced people needing just rears to buy all four tires. What gives?
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depends on the weather
they are currently on back order and only available through a "consumer hold status" which is a fancy industry term meaning almost of of the production of those tires is going directly to Mercedes and if you need 1 or 2 we can special order them from Michelin but, I would need the VIN from your car to verify that they are the OE tire on the car
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Michelin is not phasing them out from what they tell us .... but, the PS II is a better performing tire .... If a tire is an OE tire it must be made for 6 years after it is spec'd as the original equipment tire
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Originally posted by Mark08859
Luke,
Can you advise on the differences between the Pilot Sport and the Pilot Sport 2? Also, is there a big price difference?
Luke,
Can you advise on the differences between the Pilot Sport and the Pilot Sport 2? Also, is there a big price difference?
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Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
Michelin is not phasing them out from what they tell us .... but, the PS II is a better performing tire .... If a tire is an OE tire it must be made for 6 years after it is spec'd as the original equipment tire
Michelin is not phasing them out from what they tell us .... but, the PS II is a better performing tire .... If a tire is an OE tire it must be made for 6 years after it is spec'd as the original equipment tire
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depends on the weather
Originally posted by RJC
So Pilot Sports came out on 99 Sl500 sports pkgs, 6 more years is MY 2005! The end is near
So Pilot Sports came out on 99 Sl500 sports pkgs, 6 more years is MY 2005! The end is near
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Originally posted by RJC
Pilot Mxx3's came stock on my 2000 CLK 430 and in late 2001 the rears (245 40 17) were not available anywhere including Michelin
Pilot Mxx3's came stock on my 2000 CLK 430 and in late 2001 the rears (245 40 17) were not available anywhere including Michelin
