I have had Pirelli's on other vehicles and they never seem to last at all for me.

I currently have Hankooks on a couple of vehicles and they hold up well in dry and wet, noise level seem ok.

For the Boxster, I currently have the BFG KDW's and love them for performance/price/and looks. I also had Bridgestone RE050 and Fuzions on them before with a lot of luck also.

In general, I tend to stay away from Pirelli and Yokohama's.

I put the Michelin pilot sport A/S on the box. Expensivo, but hey it's me were talking about here! They perform well here in Florida wet or dry, are quiet and have been wearing well. I paid the extra for hazard and have replaced one, no questions asked after a sidewall got cut. The car had the same tires on when I got it but they were old. The PPI noted that and I negotiated to split the cost. The old tires looked great and even drove well, or so I thought until the new set was mounted.

I replaced the Pirellis on my F150 with Nitto Crosstecs.They do not make the Pirelli I was using anymore. The guys at the tire shop where I have been spending a lot of time and money recommended the Nitto brand. They said Nitto is trying to get into the market and thus were a great deal. Of course there was a difference in price and performance. You get what you pay for. I saved a couple of hundred, I got a rougher ride. The Nitto's handle the road well wet or dry so far. They are a little noisier and seem to flat spot.The tread seems to collect gravel all the time. They do look great on the vehicle. I do not know if this will apply to their performance tires, I could not find very many reviews of their products on-line when I was in the market early this year.

I had the P-Zero Rosso's. I thought they were terrible tires (loud, hard, expensive, didn't last, etc.).


I am running the Continental ExtremeContact DW now. I've probably got 15K miles on them and there is plenty of tread left. These are the summer performance tires (not the DWS which is the winter tire). The ExtremeContact DWs are soft with good road feel, good performance and they have very good tread wear. I can recommend them without hesitation and will likely get them again.


My car is a daily driver. If my car was a weekend toy, I'd probably get the PS2s.

Mike,

I was looking at those also and comparing them with the Hankooks. I was thinking that a set of four Conti's would cost about the same as a set of Hankooks plus 2 extra rears as they wear twice as fast.

I have no opinion on the Hankooks (I've never run them). It seems that folks who have like them though.


My car is a daily driver. I think the Contis are the ideal balance of performance and durability.


In general, the rears wear much faster. So a strategy of replacing the rears separate from the fronts makes sense to me (maybe even 2:1)?

I put on full set of Continental ExtremeContact DW (not the winter version) a while back, and I have been very happy with them. OEM Michelins were nice, but these were cheaper, and I don't think I gave up ay performance.

can't beat the handcocks for the money

I have Conti DWS's on my BMW. When I had to replace the tires on the box, I bought Yoko all seasons. they seem pretty good so far.

I'm a little late to the decision I think but I can make you feel good about your choice. I've had pretty much all the tires you're looking at:

P-Zero 17" on 200 Boxster daily driver: Hated them. Loud, wore fast, etc. Had a couple scares with heavy rains on roads and decided to start buying tires with better wear & wet ratings (my issue was partly tire performance and partly that you really can't let the tread wear too much with those tires if you're going to be driving in rain).

Then Sumis on same car because they were popular with the weekend racing set: They were OK but I wouldn't pick them again. Was experimenting with off-brand tires and the Hankooks
had just come out so even though the Hankooks got good reviews I didn't take the chance.

Then the Hankooks on same car: Great tires. I would have bought them again. Tried to get them for my current M3 but they don't come in the rear size.

Michelin Pilot SuperSport: Have them on the M3 and they're good. Price wasn't as bad as I expected for Michelins, either. However, if I could get the Hankooks for half the price I'd do it.

I live in warmer weather than you'll have in MA, though, so factor in temps if you're going to be driving until the first snow. Frozen summer rubber isn't something you want to play with. I would give the DWs a shot there because I think they're 3-season tires.

Somehow this struck me as funny!:D:D:D