I HATE my Pirellis in the wet.
After reading the tirerack review, etc I am going with the Goodyears as they have the superior wet traction. I have Toyo T1-Rs on our other car and have read they have similar wet traction, which will be a HUGE upgrade over the Pirellis.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=MP
my $0.02