I'm only reporting my findings. Cold weather and they are terrible. The RS3s are far less temperature sensitive.Strangely the drop off isn't reflected here.
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Now that was a tyre with rim protection.
Of course park correctly , but there is always that idiot who should be giving away to your right of way or is driving in the middle of the road .
Those reports don't even mention temperature.
I chose to replace the Assymetric 2s with Falken FK510. So far a much better experience though still no RS3.
The Falkens are also quieter.
Strangely the drop off isn't reflected here.
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Now that was a tyre with rim protection.
Of course park correctly , but there is always that idiot who should be giving away to your right of way or is driving in the middle of the road .
Trying to make sense of the issue?Like this f'in coffin dodger the other day..
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Should never be on the road , but what can we do ?
Think he’s referring to his earlier post about rim protection being good but if you get someone not giving you write if way and you have to dive for the kerbs not to hit themTrying to make sense of the issue?
Or anticipate and drive slowly enough not to need to.Think he’s referring to his earlier post about rim protection being good but if you get someone not giving you write if way and you have to dive for the kerbs not to hit them
Don’t disagree with anything you’ve saidOr anticipate and drive slowly enough not to need to.
I'd be very careful around that van anyway as there could be a kid hidden behind.
Not sure someone not giving way in that situation deserved the little tirade accompanying the picture.
I sincerely hope that I will have the same complaint with mine.........I use Goodyear efficient grip at the moment and have real trouble wearing them out
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!