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Old 04-18-23, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by abdrury
I’m hearing that even without snow or ice, Summers are slick when road temps are low—is that right? We don’t get a lot, but it’ll be very cold for a while during the winter.

Right, and for those 65 days I’d rather not have to deal with loss of traction. Maybe I’m more nervous than most!
That's right, but you're picking tires and getting less grippy tires for those 65 days that you are then stuck with for the remaining 300.
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Old 04-18-23, 01:39 PM
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It's sounds like something was wrong with that AMG, or it wasn't actually a C63.
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Old 04-18-23, 01:49 PM
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I am surprised too because before the light turned green I launched around 1,100 rpm. Also I believe from the factory the AMG has built-in Launch Control. It wasn't engage or else I would have heard it.
Sometimes the boosted cars have "hero runs" with launch control building boost for them. Without it their numbers aren't nearly as good. Both of those are turbo cars so if they just smashed the gas off the line they were at a disadvantage. One great thing about NA, you can smash the gas anytime and have consistency! That, and PD blower cars too 😁 Which is why I love the CT5VB so much.
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Our cars are peaky as all hell. I have no doubt that a C63 has more area under the curve than we do, and makes more power and 75% of the RPM range than our cars.
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I looked more into the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, and it does look like a decent option for IS500 owners that want one year round tire or a tire that can be used into the buffer months better than the summers. It's pretty shocking how close it is to the summer 4S variant.

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Mic...l-Season-4.htm

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/tests/t...b=ResultCharts
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Originally Posted by AmbyBomb
I looked more into the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, and it does look like a decent option for IS500 owners that want one year round tire or a tire that can be used into the buffer months better than the summers. It's pretty shocking how close it is to the summer 4S variant.

https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre/Mic...l-Season-4.htm

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/tests/t...b=ResultCharts
Thanks for posting this. Looks very interesting, and definitely a consideration for those who limit their winter driving or are in borderline winter climates.
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Originally Posted by AmbyBomb
Our cars are peaky as all hell. I have no doubt that a C63 has more area under the curve than we do, and makes more power and 75% of the RPM range than our cars.
Agreed. It’s possible the C63 wasn’t fully committed until it was too late. The ‘sleeper technique’ has caught many…m-a-n-y…folks off guard. 😈

I personally find it surprising, considering I’m driving an electric blue car with serial killer red seats! 😂 #ShouldBeTheClue
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Originally Posted by DLPTony
Agreed. It’s possible the C63 wasn’t fully committed until it was too late. The ‘sleeper technique’ has caught many…m-a-n-y…folks off guard. 😈

I personally find it surprising, considering I’m driving an electric blue car with serial killer red seats! 😂 #ShouldBeTheClue
Serial killer red? That's too funny. Maybe the blueberry exterior lulls them into a false sense of security.

Infrared I guess is the more obvious "killer" color.
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Originally Posted by DLPTony
Agreed. It’s possible the C63 wasn’t fully committed until it was too late. The ‘sleeper technique’ has caught many…m-a-n-y…folks off guard. 😈

I personally find it surprising, considering I’m driving an electric blue car with serial killer red seats! 😂 #ShouldBeTheClue
Maybe they thought it was a 350 and went home so ashamed they couldn't beat a V6 😂
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Originally Posted by Bechtold
Serial killer red? That's too funny. Maybe the blueberry exterior lulls them into a false sense of security.

Infrared I guess is the more obvious "killer" color.
LOL!! You’re probably right on both points. 😂
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Maybe they thought it was a 350 and went home so ashamed they couldn't beat a V6 😂
LOL!! The suckas! (Kidding…mostly.) 😈
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Maybe they thought it was a 350 and went home so ashamed they couldn't beat a V6 😂
Funny story when I had my LE last summer raced a Kia Stinger from a 40 roll & smoked it & I remember at the next light the dude was like "how did you beat me since yours is a V6"? I was like dude this is the one with the 5.0 not V6..
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It looks like the Continentals perform better than the Michelins, by a pretty big margin:

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/contine...ct-dws-06-plus
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Originally Posted by AmbyBomb
It looks like the Continentals perform better than the Michelins, by a pretty big margin:

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/contine...ct-dws-06-plus
Correct me if I’m wrong but they don’t sell the DWS06 in our size. The only Conti I see are the ExtremeContact Sport and Sport 02
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It comes in our sizes, not sure why Tirerack doesn't show that.
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