Ironic.
Youre telling me about Western Michigan Winters.
I spent 20 years 12 miles North of Whitehall MI (Shelby)
I have a summer place at Silver Lake. Currently I am 50 miles south of you now near GR.
Back to the tires.. I noticed the last couple days the Kumho's make more road noise than the michelins. Mine were ordered from Race Track by Belle Tire and installed by Belle tire.
My experiences are the opposite of yours. I switched lanes leaving the tire place and thought the tires were vague/slushy.. I found they had 32 PSI / they looked low to me.. I ran them up to 50 PSI. I recall thats a pound or two under the Max written on the tire. Thats what I am running them with.

Well, its 21 degrees...now we just wait 6 months for Summer..

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Steve Danville
what i did myself.
CPS
rear shocks
MAS x 3.
SparkPlugs (twice)
Fuel pump & Filter
Window switch
replaced both failed horns with Honda horns.
Cleaned ERG Tube
Oil changes
Oil consumption Fix
Brake Pads
A/C Recharge
Anti-Freeze change X 2.
Front Shocks. Monroe. $90
Mercedes Warrenty Work:
Harmonic balancer,power steering clamp. Cat converters.Drive Shaft Bearing.s
Replaced Outer Lower Tie Rods and front lower ball joints at 156,000 miles

Steve:
West Michigan is a wonderful area. I just wish there were jobs here so I could stay .

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Lenny

There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. --Ernest Hemingway

'10 GL550/'04 BMW 545/'99 BMW 323/'98 ML320/'87 VW GTI (race)

Looks like 4 wheel drive will be the ticket when I drive up to Shelby Saturday.
The forcast is a whole bunch of snow. My Mom reminded me about 20 years ago the XWay was closed at Chridtmas, I took the back roads..My Horizon was the best thing I ever owned to go thru snow until My ML320.

When you leaving to find work ? and where you going ?

Personally I only like our state about 6-7 months a year. April thru November.

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Steve Danville
what i did myself.
CPS
rear shocks
MAS x 3.
SparkPlugs (twice)
Fuel pump & Filter
Window switch
replaced both failed horns with Honda horns.
Cleaned ERG Tube
Oil changes
Oil consumption Fix
Brake Pads
A/C Recharge
Anti-Freeze change X 2.
Front Shocks. Monroe. $90
Mercedes Warrenty Work:
Harmonic balancer,power steering clamp. Cat converters.Drive Shaft Bearing.s
Replaced Outer Lower Tie Rods and front lower ball joints at 156,000 miles

I quit my job in Rothbury to go to work in Milwaukee. Right now it's colder but much less snow. I'd rather take the snow. I'll move if the house ever sells, otherwise I'm back every weekend. I've got four snow tires on both the GTI and the ML. 4WD helps you go in the snow, but snow tires make it stop & turn too. Have fun up in Shelby!

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Lenny

There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. --Ernest Hemingway

'10 GL550/'04 BMW 545/'99 BMW 323/'98 ML320/'87 VW GTI (race)