We've had some discussions on tires here recently, but I'm curious what people have found to be good tires for the 300TD. Mine's a '79 123 body. It has Michelin Xs on it now, ancient I'm sure and I just noticed the belts poking through on the inside edge of one of the fronts.
So I'm a long-time Michelin guy, but I'm open to suggestions. Costco sells the Michelins for a good price, but the only ones I see on tirerack.com are the Harmony tires which I know nothing about (well plus the HydroEdge, but it rains like twice a year here). Then Costco's site won't let me browse their tires unless I give them my car model and year, and they don't list the TD nor do they go back to 1979... Sigh. (LOL Michelin's site has the exact same behavior. Someone's a cheapskate.)
My car has 195/70R14s on it, and that's what TireRack says is factory. The speedo reads 3-4% high, so I wonder if it'd be worth popping up to
205s? Dunno...Thoughts? Looking at Michelin's site for help, they have the Harmony, Destiny, and X Radial, and all appear to be the exact same tire with slightly different tread patterns...
I'm not wedded to Michelin, either, if anyone has any compelling thoughts about alternatives.
thanks,
-tom!