Vehicle: 2000 Obsidian Black Metallic Mercedes SL 320 V6
Location: Northern Italy near Milan
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Well chriswufgator honestly I still am amazed about the 5,000 miles you got out of your Pirellis. With all the cars and tyres I've had since I started driving I've averaged about 12,000 miles with Pirellis (P5000 Vizzola, P6000 and Pzero Rossos) Goodyear (NCT5, F1) Michelines (CX-HL and another I don't remember). Pirellis doesn't come cheap here but always cheaper than Michelins and by a whole lot.
As you very well know I always bring my personal experience and my humble opinions and if you happened to read other threads about tyres where I spoke you know I hugely loathe Michelins for the soapy feeling they give me behind the wheel and because on wet condition they are completely useless at least on the type of tarmac used here.
That said I think tyred choice is strictly related to the personal driving style and personal needs it's always difficult to give some advises.
Again if you are asking me Rossos are the way to go if you want to get the most out of the R129 chassis. Am I wrong ? Am I right ? I don't know but those get my absolute vote thing that Michelins will never get.
Cheers.
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It looks like I may be in the market for at least my two rear tires and would also like a quite, smooth, and soft ride. Here are the ones I have narrowed it down to. These are 275/35ZR18 rear prices at Discounttiredirect.com
Michellin Pilot Sport PS2 , $316.00
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 , $274.00
Continental ContiSportContact 3, $294.00
Pirelli PZero Nero M+S , $215.00
Nitto Invo , $239.00
Nitto NT 555 , $214.00
It looks like I may be in the market for at least my two rear tires and would also like a quite, smooth, and soft ride. Here are the ones I have narrowed it down to. These are 275/35ZR18 rear prices at Discounttiredirect.com
Michellin Pilot Sport PS2 , $334.00
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 , $281.00
Continental ContiSportContact , $281.00
Pirelli PZero Nero M+S , $233.00
Nitto Invo , $229.00
Nitto NT 555 , $224.00
Those aren't bad prices at all Lynns! Much better than tirerack for the same stuff.
Just got rid of my Michilin PS All Seasons and replaced them with Goodyear F1 All Seasons. It's been less than a week, but they ride more smoothly and quietly than the PSs. Handling on dry road (all I've done so far) is better as well, almost as good as the summer tires I had on the car a couple of years ago. Will see how they do in rain (and light snow, eventually). So far, so good.
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