What tyre brands do you prefer?

[clk320x]

Yes they are OEM along with Hankook and Michelin that I know of.

Just a personal choice after having Continentals on my last E280 and them not giving much confidence in the wet.
I'm sure they are fine, just not on my radar

Ah cool.

Quick Q:
I can get 2 Pirellis fitted for £170 at WIM

Sounds like a bargain.

HOWEVER I have Continentals on the rear with plenty of tread

Is there any issue in having Pirellis on front and Continentals on rear?
Can't justify paying £55 more for Conti's

TBH At the moment I have michelins on front and contis on rear and haven't had any issues.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Ah cool.

Quick Q:
I can get 2 Pirellis fitted for £170 at WIM

Sounds like a bargain.

HOWEVER I have Continentals on the rear with plenty of tread

Is there any issue in having Pirellis on front and Continentals on rear?
Can't justify paying £55 more for Conti's

TBH At the moment I have michelins on front and contis on rear and haven't had any issues.

As long as the tyres match on the same axle, then you're fine having different front and rear. Personally, I like matching all round.

I tend to stick to the big names: Michelin, Continetal and Pirelli.

 

[clk320x]

As long as the tyres match on the same axle, then you're fine having different front and rear. Personally, I like matching all round.

I tend to stick to the big names: Michelin, Continetal and Pirelli.

Cheers

 

[Charles Morgan]

Michelin
Dunlop
Goodyear
Continental
Avon (for metric tyres).

Never got on with Pirellis, hate cheap tyres with a passion, and would normally now go for Dunlop for silence and comfort and Michelin Cross climates for my daily.

 

[clk320x]

Booked in at WIM Chesham!

 

[M.A.94]

Just had GoodYear eagle F1's fitted to my rears and cant knock the quality of the tyre they are excellent in wet or dry and are nice and quiet. Before this I had P zeros again good tyres in terms of handling however I find that they wear out quicker than normal.

 

[moonloops]

Ah cool.

Quick Q:
I can get 2 Pirellis fitted for £170 at WIM

Sounds like a bargain.

HOWEVER I have Continentals on the rear with plenty of tread

Is there any issue in having Pirellis on front and Continentals on rear?
Can't justify paying £55 more for Conti's

TBH At the moment I have michelins on front and contis on rear and haven't had any issues.

Please don't fit Pirellis - terrible tyres when driving on wet roads.

 

[ampwhu]

Avon Z5.

 

[MercedesDriver]

Current ones are Pirelli P7 Cinturato which will be gone before winter (not bad but too sporty and soft) and I need all season tyres fitted So I think I'll go for GoodYear 4 season as I had these on my previous Volvo and were great on wet, snow and dry.
I was also happy with not premium ones Kumho, Avon, Nexen (N something thousand) and Fulda-long time ago.
Definite no no are
Bridgestone (I think these are made of plastic)
Falken (too noisy)
Autogrip ( these were the worst tyres I ever had in my life)
Sava (fell apart)
Jinyu (better than Autogrip)
Only with Michelin and Good Year one can't make a mistake.
And I don't like run flat tyres.

 

[PobodY]

It's also worth remembering that there are only so many manufacturers, so some tyre brands are just there to differentiate between premium, and economy price budgets.

 

[Avnt]

Goodyear f1's for me. My rears have done just shy of 15k and still around 3mm left on them cant complain on that at all


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[Charles Morgan]

When it comes to tyre longevity my ContiEcothingies on my Volvo XC60 (heavy car with a lot of torque going through the drive wheels) are at 5mm after 37,500 miles. Can't complain about that!

Just bought some Dunlop SP Sport Maxx RT2s for my Alfa. I have been exceptionally impressed by their quietness and ride, handling and grip a given, on my Jaguar, so decided that the Alfa would benefit more from those characteristics.

In the end it's the characteristics you want from the tyre that matters - turn in, dry grip, wet grip, economy etc all vary. I don't want on the limit performance but I do want comfort and quiet - these inform my choices far more than others.

 

[flowrider]

The Uniroyal Rainsport 3's are well thought of.

 

[Smart320]

Have Conti3 on front , 4mm after 15 k , Conti 5's on back , 4mm after 8k and have found them ok but getting noisy now. Will switch to Goodyear F1's all round in autumn

 

[Will]

Continental and Michelin both make decent tyres and both are OE suppliers and have been for many years.

I don't think Hankook were ever OEM suppliers for CLK or E class when these cars were new? Only seen the odd A class etc with them before - a reasonable tyre no doubt but clearly a more budget choice

For many cars I've worked out the cost saving of not fitting premium tyres is about the same as a tankful of fuel.

The last set of Continental MO tyres I bought new for the E55 were around £430. Not sure I'd use budget tyres for that amount?

 

[leef44]

Conti3 on the front (cheap skate from the previous owner) and Conti5 at the back (new set). I tried to get Conti6 after excellent tyre test reviews on them but couldn't find them anyway on-line. Eventually I found out that was because they start at 19", my car is on 18" wheels :fail

 

[clk320x]

Please don't fit Pirellis - terrible tyres when driving on wet roads.

Change of plan

Going to fit 'Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 92Y XL' at £88 fully fitted each brand new for the 2 fronts

I had choice of Continental 5s for £95 and these say MB Fitment? Any special thing about these?

All my online research has said the goodyears are amazing!

 

[G.P]

Try Vredstein tyres, just as good as your premium branded tyres.

Tried, but for me not as good..

I quite liked Toyo Proxes too; stiff sidewall

Toyo have one of the softest/weakest walls in the trade..

Due to their characteristics. They grip well until they hit their limit and then rather than gradually give up with warning, they break away very quickly. The Nexens are the same.

Unfortunately many are like this, even some of the so called best tyres..

Nankang, Kumho, Wanli, Nexen etc are all still pretty much budget with a couple starting to get into the mid range now.

Don't get fooled by the recommendations from tyre tests which claim to be independent but in many cases are not, or your tyre guy recommending them due to the huge margins they get for selling them.

Friend of mine is in tyre development (contractor rather than one manufacturer) and is also involved in some of these tests. The conclusion on the day is sometimes not reflected in print.

Kumho are far from budget more like top of the mid range, even out performing some of the premium brands, but as you have quite rightly pointed out, tyre tests do not always point us in the right direction as the wet grip/noise and fuel ratings..

 

[bob6600]

Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance, can't fault them

 

[kam05]

For the proper Ditchfinders experience try Fullrun tyres! Had them fitted to an IS200 I owned years ago. They were noisy and lacked grip.

I made the mistake of fitting them to a car. I wouldn't fit them to a shopping trolley