Tyres
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spkennyuk
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Just switched tyres on the front from pzeros which i really do not like. As i drive the car all year round. While the zeros are a great summer /warm weather tyre. In the wet and the cold in particular they can get a little entertaining.
Cut a long story short although they still had some meat left on them the increasing tramlinning, sidewards shimmy at speed on bends and decreasing aqua planning stability convinced me it was time to ditch them.
I opted for michelin contact sport 4 at £125 fully fitted on the drive.
Its not really fair to compare worn tyres against new ones however i have driven with new pzeros about 8 or so times in recent years on different cars as well as my 4200.
I have to say that the Michelins really do inspire confidence. They have bags of grip in the wet and cold. Tramlining has gone and the braking and stopping distance is much better too.
If they perform in the dry as well as they do in the wet then the rear tyres will be getting changed to Michelins as well when they are due.
Cut a long story short although they still had some meat left on them the increasing tramlinning, sidewards shimmy at speed on bends and decreasing aqua planning stability convinced me it was time to ditch them.
I opted for michelin contact sport 4 at £125 fully fitted on the drive.
Its not really fair to compare worn tyres against new ones however i have driven with new pzeros about 8 or so times in recent years on different cars as well as my 4200.
I have to say that the Michelins really do inspire confidence. They have bags of grip in the wet and cold. Tramlining has gone and the braking and stopping distance is much better too.
If they perform in the dry as well as they do in the wet then the rear tyres will be getting changed to Michelins as well when they are due.
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I thought you like a bit of opposite lock?!
mjheathcote
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Me too, when I had my Elise, horrid things, you never forget and certainly never forgive!
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I thought you like a bit of opposite lock?!
I do mate! This was on the motorway following Matt at 80mph, not a lot you can do when it nearly spits you into the central reservation or tram lines into the car besides you as you overtake it. Ask Matt about that journey and when we came off the M4 it was sideways tactic!
Hmm, In my previous performance cars I had P Zero Rosso and I loved it, and then I switched to P Zero "not Rosso" my thoughts:
- "not Rosso" handle much better on dry
- "Rossos" handle much better on wet and a bit worse on dry
Rossos also wear very very very fast.
Does anyone have similar experience or it's my ~imagination?
- "not Rosso" handle much better on dry
- "Rossos" handle much better on wet and a bit worse on dry
Rossos also wear very very very fast.
Does anyone have similar experience or it's my ~imagination?
Can't see Beau putting his tyres to quite the same punishment as you might mete out on them some how!
Eb
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Comments about "P zeros" don't really mean a lot as there are at least four different types of P zero. You really need to specify which P zero. Corsa, Rossi, Nero or other? I got really confused when I was looking for 3200GT rears recently and ended up just fitting what i could get. These turned out to be P0 Neros (a Porche specific tyre). No comments as yet as she's off the road for all but short journeys (yet again!) For what it's worth I would give Goodyear Eagle Assymetric 2s a go if I was choosing again - just from what I've absorbed from all the comments I've read. I fitted Assymetric 3s to my Jag last week and then read they're not as good as the 2s! Doh!
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Rossos were quite a factor in helping me write off my old Spyder. They just let go in heavy rain and 7 degrees in a very unexpected way.
I feel more confident with pilot super sports in those conditions, and the PSSs are for warm and dry conditions!
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Just a further update. Ive driven quite a few miles in cold dry conditions over the last few days and the grip of the michelin contact Sport 4 are really good. I will see what they handle like as the weather warms up but so far they have been excellent even allowing for the difference between new and old tyres they are much better than the pzero neros they replaced.
There are P Zeros without type name https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/car/find-your-tyres/products-sheet/p-zero They're usually available with quite high 95+ load index but still
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I have some worn P Zero Corsas on the back of my car, the fronts are OK. Strongly considering a move to Pilot Sports or Continental. Even the Corsa is supposed to be designed for these type of cars, I drove recently in heavy rain and couldn't go above 60mph for fear. The car was squirming around all over the place and I was changing lane to avoid the white painted arrows at junctions.
I hate them. All P Zeros I've ever had have been ****. The ones on the Ghibli were even worse.
I hate them. All P Zeros I've ever had have been ****. The ones on the Ghibli were even worse.
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There are P Zeros without type name https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/car/find-your-tyres/products-sheet/p-zero They're usually available with quite high 95+ load index but still
Yeah - hence my fourth "other" category.