Tires for '99 SL2?

My wife's 99 SL2 is coming due for tires. Does anyone have any
thoughts? We *will* get wider-than-stock tires, but we're looking for
something that has a nice balance between ride and handling. We drive
from the Bay Area to LA or Oregon once in a while (Route 5 Express),
so low highway noise would be good, too.

Any recommendations?

TIA

mh

 

Michelin X 1's.

Don't know if they are available in the US or not. I'm in Canada and that's
what I use on my SL2. Excellent handling tire and really nice ride too.
Also a pretty quiet tire. Perhaps a little on the pricey side, but worth it
in my opinion.

Cheers!

 

Michelin = French owned, nuff said.

Cooper = American owned. 90% or better American made, rest made in
Japan.

Goodyear = Layed off Americans, production sent over sea's by bean
counting CEO's.

Hmmm.... Give me a set of Coopers any day. Best riding tires I've ever
owned and I dont have to feel ashamed of them.

 

Yeah, well...Like I said in my reply - I live in Canada...so France, US,
Japan - They are all foreign countries to me. In fact I know that the
Michelin's I bought are actually made in Canada - So I hardly feel ashamed
of them. Besides the poster asked for a recommendation on tires - not
foreign policy.

 

Continental ContiExtremeContact.

 

Unfortunately, the products people buy, no matter what country you live in
comingle somewhat.

If a person dosen't like a paticular country's foregin policy or whatever,
that person would probably not buy that product depending on where it is
made.

For example, I do not purchase products from Canada or France, and many
more!

 

Well Canada IIRC was devided into parts controlled by both the British
and the French empires. If you live in a once British controlled
territory then you shouldn't mind a little French bashing and
boycotting. ;-)

 

All this is true. However, I generally don't boycott products from a
particular country...not even American products!

 

You don't buy products from Canada? What's the matter? You don't like
quality built, reasonably priced, attractive, long-lasting products? LOL

All jokes aside, I'd imagine that it's virtually impossible for an American
to NOT buy Canadian-made products and vice versa given that the two
countries are each other's largest trading partners. While the shirt you
just bought may be made in the US, chances are that the buttons were made in
Canada - and probably the plastic packaging it's in too. The tags were
probably made from Canadian pulpwood. The fuel used to ship it from the
manufacturer to you may have come from Canada too. In fact, I bet the
material used to make the shirt was shipped to the US from Asia through a
Canadian port. Sorry to burst your bubble!

So, to all the Americans out there buying Canadian-made products, we
Canadians thank you for your support!! Especially you "Anonymous"!

Cheers!

 

What about Firestone ?

ron
94 SL1

 

Firestone is a subsidiary of Bridgestone which is based in Japan. They
employ a lot of people in the US, Canada, and a bunch of other places.
After those problems they had a few years back with their tires I'm not
to keen on them.