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- Mercedes Benz W124 Estate
- 195/65 R15
- 20,000 miles
- A Combination of Roads
- Spirited
This tyre was a real plain jane on the shelves, but it sure did perform very well. Dry grip excellent, wet grip in heavy tropical storms even better. (caveat: i drive in a country with ambient temp at 27-30 deg c.) I would recommend this tyre to anyone. the drawbacks though are that they seemed to have wore itself out very quick and before i hit the tread wear indicator the fronts started to aquaplane a bit more than usual (this is after a year). Its also possible that with my confidence in the tyres i did tend to push them in the wet. Another little problem is that i got sidewall bubbles on all 4 of my tyres. could not quite explain why. though sometimes i do have to go up and down kerbs at very very slow speeds. To attest to the softness of the compound, i once had an emergency brake and the wheels literally shaved themselves in that area. you couldnt see it but the drive had a thud thud after. had to do some aggressive slaloms to re-round the tyres..... but i would do it all over again if i had the spare cash
