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It's amazing the effect of marketing on items like tires.
Truth is, there's a lot of performance rubber on cars where neither the driver or the drive warrant them.
Most of the technology and materials going into high performance tires is wasted and the owner gets little value for their money.
Peer pressure also plays a part with people thinking they HAVE to have cutting edge because it's a Porsche, or that somehow their own image is affected should someone see they are running an inferior tire..
If you don't track your car, or only occaisionally press the WOW pedal closer to the center of the earth, there's really nothing wrong with a good quality set of M&S tires that will go 30k+ mi.
Even someone who Tracks or Auto-Xs only occaisionally is fooling themselves. With such infrequent performance driving, a lack, or 'rustiness' of driver skill will almost certainly negate any advantage performance tires may offer anyway.
Are Hyper-performance ZR rated tires better? Sure! But, only if you need them to be.
If yours is just a street car, you probably won't notice any difference between them, and a good M&S tire, except of course in your wallet.
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