I searched and found a thread with some discussion on sizes, but not a lot on brands and models. My 83 300D is getting ready for some new tires, and I would like to keep the stock 195/70-14 size. I have Bridgestone Potenzas on the car now, and they have excellent performance, but Bridgestone doesn't make them in that size anymore. In fact, selection in that size is pretty limited.

I'm looking for something with good wet and dry performance, not too much noise, decent ride, and decent tread life. I'd also like to keep the purchase price under $100 a tire.

I went to Tire Rack and used their tire selector. Based on what I found there, I'm strongly considering the Sumitomo HTR 200, but I wanted some outside opinions first.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
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