Rear wheel drive Mercedez in snow, please advise?

I own a Mercedez CLK coupe. The car is 6 month old with good tires. I don't want to get a winter beater or snow tires. How do I maximize the performance of the car in snow and avoid getting into trouble. I am a careful driver, not rash by any definition. I am particularly careful in snow.





I recently had difficult going up my driveway that was covered with about 2 inch of snow.Rear wheel drive Mercedez in snow, please advise?
Jayme if you don't know about tires please do not offer advice concerning them. There is a reason police use studless Goodyear snow tires on their rear wheel drive V8s...they work.





The problem is not weight, it is the tires. Most tires for your car are summer only performance tires, as mentioned above. If the tires on the vehicle are not stamped M%26amp;S (mud and snow) on the sidewall then don't try to use them in winter conditions.





You can find M%26amp;S rated tires for your car, but they will sacrifiece a lot of the winter traction to achieve the speed rating the car calls for. Wide sections of uninterupted tread gives better dry performace, more biting edges and sipes in the tread gives better winter traction. You can't have both.





That is why snow tires are the best option for the car. An all season tire's rubber compund will harden in below freezing temps, preventing it from creating friction and traction on snow and ice. A dedicated snow tire will remain soft giving it the ability to grab where other tires spin. Sand bags or others forms of weight in the trunk can help but you could drop an elephant in the trunk and it won't make a difference if the tires don't grab. A performance snow tire will allow you to drive the car aggresively, if you want, while giving you the winter traction you need.





If you are opposed to snows, get a top of the line all season and drive as slowly and carefully as possible. A big part of the problem with your driveway is high floation, or inability of a wide tire to dig down through the snow to grab the road surface. If you have the 17' wheel option put 225-45-17s on the rear for winter instead of the 245-40-17s, it'll help a little.





Good luck.Rear wheel drive Mercedez in snow, please advise?
Jerry BO, your knowlede is NO NO....it is obvious that you know nothing about Mercedez!! and it appears that you may never learn..

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If a ';Mercadez'; can't make it up 2 inches of snow. You better


start ';shoveling your snow.'; %26lt;}:-})
Buy a old rusty Chevy and save the Benz for unsalted roads.
I have a 100 lb bag of kitty litter in the trunk. The extra weight helps and it came in handy last year when no one could get traction in the parking lot at work.





Not the scoopable kind - the coarse kind.
Is call throttle control....and ensure that traction control is in full alert.





Snow tire will not help at all so don't even bother....no kind of street tire will benifit you significantly to gain full traction...only rally 10mm studded tires do and they aren't street legal...here at least...





V8 power and rear wheel drive on snow....man i would love that!it will be so fun!! Pull the hand brake briefly and apply opposite lock next time you go around a corner and you will know what i mean.
Why do you object to getting winter tires?





Your ';good tires'; are all season compromises, not designed for dealing with snow as a primary objective.





You're not really giving any options - there is no magic that can occur to improve the traction aside from adding some weight into the trunk and keeping the tank full, but that won't make a huge difference.





That car already has traction control, but your ability to stop and go will be limited by the all season tires that came with the car.





Put four winter tires on the car, and it will be much better in the snow/slush. Yeah, they'll cost you a few bucks, but your all season tires will last longer since they won't be on the car all year.
get some blizzack winter tires. There the best and the only hope for getting u through the snow in an CLK.
RWD in the snow really doesn't mix well, but adding some extra weight in the back may help you get through the winter. Go to your local harware store and get the sand tube(typically people with trucks do this) and toss them right against the wheel well in the trunk.
Just get 2 rear snow tires, and your DONE...
As long as your tires are all-season (or M+S rated), you'll be fine. If the tires are summer-only, you're screwed...they won't tolerate the cold let only snow.





Got to tirerack.com and read the reviews of that tire brand/model, that will let you know what you're rubber is rated.

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