Mike Melton compares three tire setups on Mercedes vehicles: a hybrid highway/all-terrain tire for comfort, Pirelli performance tires on a Brabus G-Wagon for handling, and Toyo Open Country AT3 for serious off-road traction. Hybrid tires sacrifice off-road grip for road manners; performance vehicles need stiff tires to avoid flex under power.
What's the difference between tires on this truck? The tires on this truck and the tires on this truck. So the tires on this truck is a hybrid. It's in between a highway tread and an all terrain. Me personally, on this big old jacked up Mercedes, I would have went with a more aggressive tire. Now I'm not saying a mud tire, I just would have went rugged terrain or a little bit more aggressive actual all terrain. Now this truck here, they actually went with an all terrain. So this is the Toyo Upper country at 3. So this is an Arizona, they don't release any snow tires, so they're not worried about the rating on it. So this one they just wanted a better looking tire, more beefy looking. So that's why they went with the Toyo at 3. So the difference between that Pirelli and this Toyo is if you ever do go off road, this one here is going to give you a lot better traction for this one. This is the Brabus Mercedes G wagon. Now everybody knows Brabus is more performance base, so it's got more horsepower. So if you look at these, these are a performance tire. You do not want to put an all terrain tire like that because their tread blocks flex too much. You're going to want to go with a lot stiffer tire because of the handling and also the performance of this vehicle.
