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Anders, how much do you worry about load rating on tires? I bought summer tires for the 9-5 (2004 arc sedan) this year and it was hard to find tires in the right load rating for it in 225/45R17... Eg very few Michelins, not really any Continentals either (most Contis are 91 in that size). Nokians would have been fine if I could have found a set (I scoured North America for V or Z!)... I ended up going way overkill in performance (Michelin PSS), so they might wear out fast, but they sure feel great on the car! They were one of very few Michelins that had a sufficiently high load rating.
Many people are running tires on the 9-5 that are below the load rating (or at least many of the popular tires over on the 9-5 bb are underrated in that size), but is that a significant concern?
Posts in this Thread:
- The validity of online reviews., dmz789qqq, Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:28:33
- Continentals, JohnA , Sun, 7 Oct 2012 05:49:12
- ExtremeContact DW, ryan , Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:16:03
- Very true, SWEDECAR , Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:40:57
- Load Rating?, Snowmobile , Tue, 9 Oct 2012 07:24:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- ContiProContact, JohnA , Tue, 9 Oct 2012 06:08:42
- Generals, Steve T., Mon, 8 Oct 2012 07:35:56
- Re: Very true, JimBlake , Mon, 8 Oct 2012 05:53:08
- Good example, dmz789qqq, Sun, 7 Oct 2012 06:35:42
- Re: The validity of online reviews., Ron, Sun, 7 Oct 2012 04:35:47
- Re: The validity of online reviews., Kristjan , Sat, 6 Oct 2012 23:58:11
- Online reviews: YMMV, Noel, Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:14:57
- I was confused, MI-Roger , Sat, 6 Oct 2012 07:09:47
- I rate your review 3 smoking turbos out of 5., Snowmobile , Sat, 6 Oct 2012 05:19:05
- I ***HIGHLY*** rate the above post!! n/m, Skip, Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:16:39
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