In the market for some new rubber. I currently have ps2's on the car and they're great but $530 for a tire is kinda ridiculous. For the guys not running ps2's, what are you using and how are they? Thanks.

Michael

I think the consensus is that the Bridgestone RE050's are the way to go if you don't want to pony up for the PS2's. I have PZero's and they aren't much less expensive than the PS2's and my rears are toast at 14k miles.

Dave

I had the new Dunlop Sport Maxx's on for a short while. I liked them better than the Pzero's. Going to PS2's now cuz I have never tried them. But I would have no problem going back to Dunlops...

Jason

Bridgestone Re050. Paid $326 each for 295x19--out the door price.

I have 9500 miles on my Continentals. I plan on replacing them with PS2s because
they are the best.

Why do you think they are the best? I have PS2's but have also been in cars with Bridgestones...on the track too and they a great tire.

For the street you will not be anywhere near the limits of PS2's Bridgestones or any other tire.

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I had a set of Yokohama Advan Sport tires on another car that I was very impressed with. I think that I might give them a try for the street next. They are also Porsche N rated.

Tirerack actually has put the new Pirelli PZero's as their #1 based on teh test track data. They are gripper in dry/wet then the PS2s and are cheaper.

That's what I'm going to replace with as the street tire.

Yea I saw those...I posted up if anyone has any experience with these yet. Price for the Pirellis and PS2's are just so prohibitive. If the new Pirellis wear about the same as the current N1 Pzeros...ouch. My current Pzero's with 14k on the rear just hit the tread bar on the inner rear tires and I have to say these things are "greasy" as hell at the end of their life. Any throttle input midway through corner means corner exit power slide. Scared the crap out of my wife.

Tirerack.com rates tires based on CUSTOMER SURVEY DATA:
Would Buy Again?, Hydroplaning Resistance, Wet Traction, Cornering Stability
Dry Traction, Steering Response, Light Snow Traction, Deep Snow Traction
Ice Traction, Ride Comfort, Noise Comfort, Treadwear. Based on their survey
I will replace my Continentals with PS2s.

They have that, but they also run their own controlled test on the same car:

go here, their test data is great. The test car was not a 997, but i think the value is still there...

Has the Pirelli P Zero Come Full Circle?

I have the Conti3 tire (7.35 rating). Will I know the difference by stepping up
to P Zero tire (7.65 rating)? The difference in price is +$246.00.

No you will not know the difference on the street...that is what I was getting at on my other post. None of you including me are pushing the car enough on the street to even reach 60% of it's potential....none of us on this forum unless you are Hurley Haywood or Patrick Long have the skill to even drive this car at 10/10th's.

For a street tire as long as the load rating meets spec and the tire is a performance tire that should be the most important issue. When my PS2's wear out I will go with Bridgestones for my street tires due to price.