Best Tires for the Mercedes Benz CLK500 Coupe

I put these tires on my 2006 Mercedes CLK500 and I live in Minnesota. This is my second winter with the car but these tires were installed this summer. I picked up a set of used Bridgestone Blizzaks last year when I purchased the car so I had some better winter tires for driving in the brutal MN winters. The tires have plenty of tread but are dated from 2022 so they are a few years old. They did ok last year but recently I swapped them back on for this winter season in the middle of a few days of snow, ice, & cold on the roads. So I was able to drive my car back to back the in the same conditions with the new Continental's (my "summer" tires) comparing to the used Blizzzaks. I was shocked to find the new Continentals (an ultra high performance all season tire) is actually better grip that my 3y/o Blizzaks. The Blizzaks are still ok so I'm just going to run them out for the rest of the winter season but color me impressed on how great these Conti's are. It's also great at all the nice weather stuff also (comfort/quiet, dry handling grip, wet handling). The car had an old worn out set of these DWS06+ on it when I picked up the car 2 years ago and when I needed to replace them earlier this year, I wasn't sure I wanted to spend the extra money on the same ones even though I was happy with even at the end of their life. So I tried a set of Falken Azenis FK460 A/S first as they were highly rated in the same category. WOW. They were horrible. Absolute junk. So bad I returned them under their free 30 day trial and bough a new set of the Conti's again instead. I know it's an older tire model at this point but damn it's still one of the best and I'm very happy.

When my previous front set of Goodyears were at the legal limit and I was short of cash, I searched for a budget tire to get me through the winter months thinking that I don't push the car hard on cold wet roads anyway. These Rovelo RPX998 had quite a few good reviews so I took a chance and put 2 on the front of my CLK500. One warm evening, I made the most of some quiet country roads and opened up the throttle a little. The CLK500 has a 5.5L V8 and well over 300 BHP. Although I wasn't pushing the car to it's limit, I was very impressed at how these budget tires seemed to be just as good as the previous high quality branded set they replaced. Great feel and feedback (although with Mercedes power-steering). Very good grip and road holding. I had the 92 Extra Load spec so the side walls should be stiffer than standard. Keep in mind, the Merc is rear wheel drive, and the 2 Rovelo's were on the fronts so they only had to deal with steering and didn't have to handle putting the power down. But they have really impressed me, even on cold, wet roads they seem just as capable as my old Goodyears. And when you consider I bought 2 (fitted) for the same price of 1 Goodyear, they are fantastic and I would highly recommend them. A very good quality tire.