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New Tires, bad handling: happy follow-up and new question 200 1987

posted by  Smitty on  Fri Apr 23 20:20 CST 2004
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The 185r14 was also 'the' Mercedes sedan tire size in the 70's and 80's, so it will continue to be made for a while.

I still think that the problem you described has less to do with tires than the front-end alignment, especially since you mentioned 'pulling.'

Before you make a final decision on tires, look carefully at the wear ratings. Extremely high wear ratings (substantially over 400) are achieved with hard rubber compounds which have relatively poor traction, especially in the wet.

With 400K miles between 2 245's, I've used OEM Michelins (ugh), Goodyear Eagle GT, Continental (wore out in a flash), Toyo and Yokohama in the 14-inch sizes. The Yokohamas gave the best aggregate ride, traction and wear for my money (specifically, Avid T4 in 205/70-14).






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