2006 300 Front Brake Squeak

Apr 14, 2008 21 Replies

I've had real good experience with the Cooper Touring SLE's - have them on all three of my cars now (on the second set on my daily driver). But they discontinued that model and replaced with a very comparable model they call the CS4 - that's probably what I will go to when next I need tires (probably another year and a half. They took the opportunity to raise the price from the $80-85 SLE to about $111 for the CS4. Just enough change in appearance to make it a new model - maybe just a ploy to raise the price of the same basic tire to be more in line with the more expensive competition (I always thought the SLE's were a real bargain).

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Click on Passenger tires, and select CS4 Touring H/V, also CSV Touring T for comparison - notice the qualitiative sliders at the lower left of screen. Also click on the "Detailed Tire Specifications" button on lower right of page. UTQG ratings for the T 16" are 780 A A - hmm - those are actually better ratings than the SLE - so maybe they did improve the design. They call it an 80,000 mile tire.

Practically any local tire dealer can order any model of Cooper in for you and have it in 1 or 2 days.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

Thanks, Bill. I'll be checking out the Coopers you recommend. For comparison, I'll also look at the BF Goodrich Touring T/A, the Pirelli P6 or P4, and the Michelin Symmetry.

Snow/Ice/Rain handling is important to me for the all season tires.

I didn't see the Coopers on Tirerack.com, perhaps Tirerack doesn't carry Cooper.

Thanks! Greg

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