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C63S winter tyres

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<div class="bbWrapper">Morning folks,<br /> Have a new C63S coupe. Staggered wheels 19/20. Live in Northern Ireland and will need winter tyres. Obviously not just for snow but for cold and wet weather, which the majority of our weather tends to be!<br /> I have had the Michelin Alpin winter tyres recommended to me. They have the precise size for current wheels which is good because I don’t want to replace the wheels. Plus Michelin are doing £100 off when purchased. Seems a reasonable deal. <br /> Does anyone have any experience of the Michelin’s ?<br /> Thanks!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">The discount will cover one season of off and on (only)<br /> If you're keeping it for a few years, a second set of wheels may make sense and save potential damage to your 'summer' wheels<br /> <br /> I wish I'd done that a couple years ago for mine, but might still do......<br /> <br /> The tyres do well on tyre reviews, but you'll test any and all winter tyres to the limit unless you're easy with the right foot in that car!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I changed to Pilot Alpin 4 tyres last winter, it wasn't a particularly bad winter, but they did perform great for what I used them for (only 1000 miles). As above, I bought a second set of wheels to save the cost and risk of damaging my original wheels each time the tyres needed to go on/come off.<br /> <a href="https://forums.mbclub.co.uk/threads/4th-merc-but-new-to-forum.233062/page-2#post-2705530" class="link link--internal">4th Merc, but new to forum</a><br /> <br /> I've only heard good things about them and I believe quite a few members on here are using them.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I don't have experience of any other winter tyres but the Michelin PA4 drove well in all conditions last year. Only defeated by ice underneath the snow on a steep hill and the fact I had to do a standing start because someone else was stuck in the way. <br /> <br /> I have 225/40/18 all round which is good for snow but with the 6.2 litre engine it's easy to overcome them.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Auto Express did their annual test a couple of weeks ago (25/09 edition 1594) The Alpin 6 came 3rd, out of 10. The latest Goodyear performance+ won pushing the usual winner Conti. TS860, which I have, into second. According to them the top three are about the same price but obviously without the discount you mention. <br /> <br /> Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">PA4 certainly fits the saloon and estate. mine took a month from order to delivery. <br /> <br /> got aftermarket alloys for the wheels. gbp 550 f0r a set of 4, staggered.<br /> <br /> they work great in under 3 degrees. very good in snow. struggle a bit on frozen solid ice forming from snow on ungritted roads .<br /> more comfortable than MPSS summer tyres especially when they harden up in the cold.<br /> <br /> solid wet weather performance. <br /> <br /> struggle above around 10 degrees, steering feel gets too heavy as expected.<br /> <br /> very good longevity, these tyres took an absolute battering over winter with around 5k miles and no significant wear.<br /> <br /> they'll never corner as well as summer tyres but they grip like velcro before giving up <br /> <br /> also longer braking distances in dry weather than summer tyres.<br /> <br /> I'll stick them back on at the start of december I think</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 143781" data-quote="Breener" data-source="post: 2809338" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2809338" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2809338">Breener said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Morning folks,<br /> Have a new C63S coupe. Staggered wheels 19/20. Live in Northern Ireland and will need winter tyres. Obviously not just for snow but for cold and wet weather, which the majority of our weather tends to be!<br /> I have had the Michelin Alpin winter tyres recommended to me. They have the precise size for current wheels which is good because I don’t want to replace the wheels. Plus Michelin are doing £100 off when purchased. Seems a reasonable deal.<br /> Does anyone have any experience of the Michelin’s ?<br /> Thanks! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I'll be looking at this too <br /> Northern Ireland winters can be awful, as can our summers haha <br /> <br /> Where abouts in NI are you?</div>
 
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