Based on positive reviews in the forums I put a set of Kuhmo 795s on SWMBO's 1993 300E. This was about a year/10K miles ago.

Recently she's started complaining the car has a shimmy at surface street speeds. I've had the pleasure of driving it while the AMM is dead and I agree. It has this odd shimmy at 35MPH; feels like ripply pavement. It's OK, but not great, at highway speeds. Sometimes at parking lot speeds it feels like the front of the car is rising and falling as it rolls along. Very wierd.

Tonight I spent some time crawling around the garage checking it out. Turns out both front tires are out of round. You can spin the wheels and see the rise and fall of the tread. I measured the run-out, and it looks to be 3mm on both tires. Everything else looks good - treadwear is even, no scalloping, no evident damage.

I'm gonna see what kind of warranty service I can get on these, but one way or another this car is getting a set of Michelins soon.

- JimY