What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[00slk]

Hmmmm, well I was warned......




So I've made a temporary fix and will order 2 new one's tomorrow.
At least she'll be a little quieter for the residents at 2 in the morning

 

[Blobcat]

If your going to do that then wouldn't summer tyres all year round be better? At least then you will have optimum tyres for 10-11 months of the year rather than compromised tyres all year.

No

 

[LostKiwi]

Hmmmm, well I was warned......

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So I've made a temporary fix and will order 2 new one's tomorrow.
At least she'll be a little quieter for the residents at 2 in the morning

Take off the other side and let the beast roar!

 

[John Laidlaw]

This was after I got back from my paper run: -

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And there's a bit more forecast apparently...

Some poor guy froze to death on the M56 this morning

 

[flowrider]

No

Care to elaborate?

 

[John Laidlaw]

Care to elaborate?

No

 

[Jimbo1959]

If your going to do that then wouldn't summer tyres all year round be better? At least then you will have optimum tyres for 10-11 months of the year rather than compromised tyres all year.

From what I've been able to find out on the forum, Merc's need winters or all season tyres when it snows, or basically they just don't go anywhere.
I'm to much of a coward to risk the car with summers fitted during the winter.
All seasons are a fair compromise when fitted to a car which does most of its motoring on the West Coast of Scotland, jeez a hot day up here is 19C or 66F in old money. 20C and above is a rarity
If I lived down south, I reckon summers would be an all year round solution.

 

[Craiglxviii]

No

Just.......... no.

 

[LostKiwi]

From what I've been able to find out on the forum, Merc's need winters or all season tyres when it snows, or basically they just don't go anywhere.
I'm to much of a coward to risk the car with summers fitted during the winter.
All seasons are a fair compromise when fitted to a car which does most of its motoring on the West Coast of Scotland, jeez a hot day up here is 19C or 66F in old money. 20C and above is a rarity
If I lived down south, I reckon summers would be an all year round solution.

For my commutes etc there are about 6 weeks per year where winter tyres would be better than summer tyres. For me switching for those 6 weeks is not cost effective, especially given the RS3s deal pretty well with anything outside of snow or ice.

 

[Jimbo1959]

For me switching for those 6 weeks is not cost effective, especially given the RS3s deal pretty well with anything outside of snow or ice.

Mine do too, it's that pesky snow and ice that's the problem Alistair, also six weeks of below freezing weather would be smashing (pun not intended) up here it's usually two and a half to three months.
I don't care about cost effective, all I'm interested in is keeping mine dent free and on the road.
Sadly, as I found out two years ago, sometimes it's not even your fault, as in, when someone runs into you.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Winters are really underestimated

 

[Craiglxviii]

Winters are really underestimated

In the U.K., so are summers..!

 

[LostKiwi]

In the U.K., so are summers..!

Do we have them?

 

[A.J.]

After all the faffing about swopping wheels and so on I've decided to go down the same route Wighty, from now on all tyres purchased will be all season. (M'boy's after my black alloys as they will match his car). That'll pay for a couple to start off.

If your going to do that then wouldn't summer tyres all year round be better? At least then you will have optimum tyres for 10-11 months of the year rather than compromised tyres all year.

What David has said makes far more sense Jim (Smiley emoji)

 

[Jimbo1959]

What David has said makes far more sense Jim (Smiley emoji)

My paranoia stops me.


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[Blobcat]

Walked past it...

 

[Wighty]

If your going to do that then wouldn't summer tyres all year round be better? At least then you will have optimum tyres for 10-11 months of the year rather than compromised tyres all year.

Summers won't work all year , especially as he lives in Scotland , there will be days where his rear wheel drive car can't move . I take your point about summers , but it depends how important those "few" snow days are with work/commitments .

 

[Wighty]

Winters are really underestimated

Only by those that have never used them

 

[LostKiwi]

Only by those that have never used them

I used to use them on my Smart Roadster (Toyos). They were definitely better on snow and ice than the Toyo summers but not by a huge amount. When they wore out I didn't replace them (the last two are still behind the shed I think).
Some people compare the driveability to having a 4x4 - I certainly never found that it compared at all to the 4x4s I used to have.
Much also depends on the summer tyre being compared to. The Goodyears on the 230 are rubbish as soon as the temperature drops. The RS3s on the otherhand are still very capable even below zero, only really having issues on sheet ice or deeper snow.

 

[Karzi]

Just looked at it too cold to do anything


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