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3.5K views 29 replies 9 participants last post by  ColoradoBreeze  
#1 ·
My 2023 EQE-350SUV was delivered with 20" Cooper tires. a Goodyear 2nd brand "designed for Mercedes". On a freshly plowed thinly snow packed road on a mild curve at 10-15mph (speed limit 30 mph) the vehicle aquaplanes and no warning lights for skid go on. I have owned at least 20 ICE 4-matics, including the first to be sold and none of them behaved like this with original equipment wheels and tires on the same road near my home. My 2023 Tesla model 3 with Continental all season tire takes the same road at 30mph without skidding as did my Mercedes dealer's driver's car when I was chauffeured home from the shop when it was left for a malfunctioning door handle. I was advised I possibly need snow tires as it was an electric vehicle. What???? My previous ICE 4-matics even with summer rated tires did not do this.
 
#30 ·
Those were what came with my car after I told the dealer to replace the summer tires on it (December 6 purchase in Colorado, so I wasn't about to drive off the lot in summer tires).
I wasn't impressed on snow and ice over the winter. Seem fine on dry or warm/wet roads. Not uncomfortable but will probably look to replace before the next snow.