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I live in West London. So fairly warm weather in general compared to many areas. Although I'm extremely pleased with my first season with winter wheels and tyres - to be honest I think they only came into their own on 2 days this year. For various reasons we didnt get around to fitting...

Out of interest, when do forum members generally take off their winter tyres/wheels? I believe most people use winter tyres from November to March, but would be interested to know people's practices. Particularly as it feels so much warmer recently!

2007 W211 saloon (E320 CDI Sport). About a month ago the Command unit failed. I was listening to the radio (ironically on the forecourt of MB dealer, waiting for them to open) and it just stopped. After that powering on the Command would bring up the MB logo, but absolutely nothing after...

After a very unsatisfactory experience with pneus-online, I was pleased to order some quality winter tyres from mytyres. Rang them and confirmed availability of stock. Went through the same shenanigans regarding address confirmation (faxed them proof of address) but was impressed that they...

Yes most prices are the same. However not for 235/60's because I came home and tried ordering them from the same computer I was using yesterday. Obviously they use cookies because yesterdays tyres were also in the basket at the lower price! They are exactly the same tyre, and two different...

Unbelievable. Kwik fit prices have gone up overnight! Phoned them late yesterday and they said ring back in am to confirm availability. Total price £100 higher today. I nearly booked them online yesterday. I might see if the shopping cart from yesterday is retrievable on my home computer.

Spike - thank you so much. This forum is SO useful. I bought some winter tyres from mytyres last week, who were very good, although couldn't get the ones I wanted. I was about to order some for my wife's car when I saw your post. We can put continental 4x4 winter contacts on her volvo xc90...

I recently purchased some OEM Markab alloys. I am very pleased with them. They have multiple spokes and a kind of decorative nut between each pair of spokes along the outer edge of the rim. However each wheel also has one position along the outer edge of the rim where there is a small hole -...

Yes to give them their due, after a telephone conversation yesterday they said they would refund in full. I chose them not least because their website clearly states : "All the tyres in stock are shown on the site. If the tyres you are looking for are not shown, they are no longer in stock...

I recently had a rather unsatisfactory experience with pneus-online, trying to buy some winter tyres. I thought I would just advise anyone else contemplating doing business with them to exercise caution. They have been recommended strongly elswhere on this forum, so my comments should be seen...

I doubt Kwik Fit would store wheels with tyres? I have been looking at storage units (near west london) and they seem prohibitively expensive to me. I have been quoted £9 per week and £48 per month. I could almost discard the tyres and get new ones next year for that! Do you know anyone who...

Yes that would be really welcome. My wife drives a Volvo and the local dealership are going to store her tyres when she buys winter tyres from them. I notice the Kwik Fit article refers to "corporate" customers and "fleets". Do you know if they will be doing the same for personal customers?

The table on http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/equivalency-tables-advice.html is useful. The recommended sizes are 235-245 and the minimum is 225, maximum 255. But this isnt really about which tyre make. I decided on Vredestein wintrac xtreme's and they are available in the different sizes I...

I've learnt a lot about tyres and wheels in the last few weeks from researching suitable winter tyres and rims here! Wheels and tyre make now sorted. On my new rims I will be able to fit either 225, 235 or 245 tyres (obviously in different profiles). What comments? I understand 225/50...

Thank you Chris. Will phone in morning as would much prefer genuine wheels. Are you absolutely sure that the Sports version will take 16 inch wheels? A wealth of posts on this and other sites suggests 17 inches is the minimum due to large brake calipers etc. Thanks Matthew

This has become a much simpler question now. Have decided after all to go with the owners manual recommended rims - 8.5J x 18. Have sourced an inexpensive set (non-Mercedes replica) to use as winter wheels. My question relates to fitting them. With non-mercedes rims, is there any way of...

Winter tyre choice. Any views or comments? Have read previous threads.

As advised here, I am going to get spare set of wheels for new winter tyres. I have W211 E320cdi. Because it is the Sport version, I am limited in reducing the wheels from current 18 inch to 17 inch. Steels are not readily available in 17 inch, so I am looking to get new spare alloys. My...

Indeed. It turns out the spare is 17 inches, so that must mean I could replace all 4 with the same?

Thanks very sensible advice. Will check the brake calipers and spare. I'm now looking at 18 inch alloys. Plenty on ebay. They seem to cost around 350 ukp. I understand it's a bit of a waste, but in the absence of steels would be happy to keep these as winter wheels. Two simple questions -...