motocod
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- W211 E270 2005, ex W124 300CE 1989
Hi folks,
I have a very beloved and trusty 2005 W211 E270, now with around 160k on the clock, having added around 100k myself over the last five and bit years. It's a brilliant car, and has been mercifully inexpensive to run and pretty trouble-free.
The only possible niggle is it seems to get through a set of tyres every year. I can't complain too much really - around 20k for a set of tyres doesn't seem all that bad really for such a large and presumably quite heavy car - far better than the mileage I get on the my motorbike tyres!
I've more or less always run Pirelli P7 Cinturato - I'm pretty sure that was what was fitted on the car when I bought. I had a set of Hankooks, and a brief dabble with a budget tyre during a brief spell of unemployment-derived purse-string tightening. But otherwise always the Pirellis. I have no real reason to complain - they seem to perform adequately and last ok. I've had a bit of a run of punctures in the last few years, but that generally only seems to occur when the tyres are low anyway - most recently on a tyre that's only got my 2.5mm of tread left, and seems to have picked up a small bit of flint.
So anyway, the point of the thread - a dreaded internet forum tyre thread! What is everyone else running on W211s, and what are your experiences when it comes to tyre wear and life?
Thanks in advance, and well done for getting this far!
I have a very beloved and trusty 2005 W211 E270, now with around 160k on the clock, having added around 100k myself over the last five and bit years. It's a brilliant car, and has been mercifully inexpensive to run and pretty trouble-free.
The only possible niggle is it seems to get through a set of tyres every year. I can't complain too much really - around 20k for a set of tyres doesn't seem all that bad really for such a large and presumably quite heavy car - far better than the mileage I get on the my motorbike tyres!
I've more or less always run Pirelli P7 Cinturato - I'm pretty sure that was what was fitted on the car when I bought. I had a set of Hankooks, and a brief dabble with a budget tyre during a brief spell of unemployment-derived purse-string tightening. But otherwise always the Pirellis. I have no real reason to complain - they seem to perform adequately and last ok. I've had a bit of a run of punctures in the last few years, but that generally only seems to occur when the tyres are low anyway - most recently on a tyre that's only got my 2.5mm of tread left, and seems to have picked up a small bit of flint.
So anyway, the point of the thread - a dreaded internet forum tyre thread! What is everyone else running on W211s, and what are your experiences when it comes to tyre wear and life?
Thanks in advance, and well done for getting this far!