[Obin Robinson]

Pirelli = CRAP CRAP CRAP! I have them on the 944 right now and they SUCK. I put them on the 924 and regretted it. I put them on my crappy Nissan and regretted it. I have a dozen friends that have used them on BMWs, Acuras, Hondas, Toyotas, Audis, Porsches, etc... and they all said the same thing:

"best tire i'll never buy again."

They are great if you like driving around indoors, or on perfectly DRY roads with NO dirt, gravel, dust, etc. If the humidity is above zero then you're left sailing off the road because the tiniest bit of moisture causes them to lose grip. If I got a million dollars worth of Pirellis for free... I'd donate them to the race track to use in the tire wall. NEVER will i spend more than zero dollars and zero cents putting Pirellis on any car I'll ever own.

They wear out so fast that I have NEVER EVER known anyone that drove Pirellis to within 80% of the rated treadwear distance. This isn't just for sports cars either. I had them on my Nissan and I used to hydroplane so much that when it rained, i had markers and reference points of where to point the car because I knew I'd be hydroplaning and I didn't want to slide off the road. Don't believe me? Ask my wife, my friends Jason, Scott, and Shawn.

In short... they suck. Bigtime suck. The only thing that sucks more than Pirelli tires is a black hole... but I've hears that astronomers with Pirelli tires will even dispute that.

obin