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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / June 2008

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4 Matic ('00 E320) matching tires

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AlFire - 27 Jun 2008 22:38 GMT
Hi,

is it critical to have all matching tires in 4Matic models. I mean as
far as wear (all 4 similar) and brand goes.

I want to replace 2 of them now and later another 2.

Thx,
Andy
Tiger - 28 Jun 2008 04:41 GMT
Don't do it.  It does matter regardless whether you got two wheel drive or 4
wheel drive. I have two friends who did that... stubborn as a mule... bought
two tires at a time.

The result was disasterous... car does not handle well at all. Feel loosy
and lack of traction. Go to tirerack.com and look up the price to
performance so you can buy 4 tires at a time.
AlFire - 28 Jun 2008 05:06 GMT
> Don't do it.  It does matter regardless whether you got two wheel drive or 4
> wheel drive. I have two friends who did that... stubborn as a mule... bought
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> and lack of traction. Go to tirerack.com and look up the price to
> performance so you can buy 4 tires at a time.

I acquired car with two sets of different tires - so this only is why I
ask. Thx for talking me out it. In fact I have never bought tires
outside of tirerack.com for all my cars and over 300k miles :-)
Roland Franzius - 28 Jun 2008 08:42 GMT
Tiger schrieb:
> Don't do it.  It does matter regardless whether you got two wheel drive or 4
> wheel drive. I have two friends who did that... stubborn as a mule... bought
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> and lack of traction. Go to tirerack.com and look up the price to
> performance so you can buy 4 tires at a time.

Poor guys, depends of course how they were crossing the safety edge.

For the normal driver even different brands at front and rear axes dont
do any harm als long as left and right tire on each axis is identical.
Width 195 front and 225 rear is physically as different as old and new
tires.

The ESP/ABS computer controls rpms of wheels and therefore should
account for different tire types or ages.

If you prefer absolutely safety, of course, sell your used tires at 60%
profile depth or after two years of use and buy four new ones. Makes
sense for comfort and even economically.

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AlFire - 28 Jun 2008 17:02 GMT
> Tiger schrieb:
>> Don't do it.  It does matter regardless whether you got two wheel
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>
> Poor guys, depends of course how they were crossing the safety edge.

not poor, but I come from Subaru AWD word where it was quite critical.
Thus question.

A.
 
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