2006 300 Front Brake Squeak

I've had real good experience with the Cooper Touring SLE's - have them
on all three of my cars now (on the second set on my daily driver). But
they discontinued that model and replaced with a very comparable model
they call the CS4 - that's probably what I will go to when next I need
tires (probably another year and a half. They took the opportunity to
raise the price from the $80-85 SLE to about $111 for the CS4. Just
enough change in appearance to make it a new model - maybe just a ploy
to raise the price of the same basic tire to be more in line with the
more expensive competition (I always thought the SLE's were a real bargain).

See http://www.coopertire.com/Flash/index.aspx

Click on Passenger tires, and select CS4 Touring H/V, also CSV Touring T
for comparison - notice the qualitiative sliders at the lower left of
screen. Also click on the "Detailed Tire Specifications" button on
lower right of page. UTQG ratings for the T 16" are 780 A A - hmm -
those are actually better ratings than the SLE - so maybe they did
improve the design. They call it an 80,000 mile tire.

Practically any local tire dealer can order any model of Cooper in for
you and have it in 1 or 2 days.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

Thanks, Bill. I'll be checking out the Coopers you recommend. For comparison,
I'll also look at the BF Goodrich Touring T/A, the Pirelli P6 or P4, and the
Michelin Symmetry.

Snow/Ice/Rain handling is important to me for the all season tires.

I didn't see the Coopers on Tirerack.com, perhaps Tirerack doesn't carry Cooper.

Thanks!
Greg