What tyres on your Supercar?
Discussion
I need to replace the rubber on the 355 and was wondering what people used as I'm looking for an alternative to the current P zeros.
Can people please post with;
Car Make/ model
Brand of tyre
Mileage and lifetime for Fronts
and the same for rears
Also cost if they know.
Cheers in advance!
Jonty
Can people please post with;
Car Make/ model
Brand of tyre
Mileage and lifetime for Fronts
and the same for rears
Also cost if they know.
Cheers in advance!
Jonty
F430
Pilot sport 2's
Last set I got about 7000 out of them.
The car came with P-Zero's and are supposed to have them (it's on the door post label) but they didn't inspire confidence in me at all, I changed them long before they got worn.
The only slight downside is the cars profile is a little more untidy with the PS2's.
Pilot sport 2's
Last set I got about 7000 out of them.
The car came with P-Zero's and are supposed to have them (it's on the door post label) but they didn't inspire confidence in me at all, I changed them long before they got worn.
The only slight downside is the cars profile is a little more untidy with the PS2's.
This is interesting, as with any other type of car the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A is not a great tyre... in fact it's barely pushing average.
This means one of two things
1/ The compound / construction is totally different in the larger sizes
or
2/ People have stuck with the Bridgestones and not tried any of the current "great" tyres, like the MPS or Sport Contact 5P.
One thing I'll never forget is clarkson saying if they'd taken the Bridgestone tyre off the Enzo and put the Pirellis on (he wasn't any more specific than that) it would have been a few seconds faster (around somewhere I couldn't remember, perhaps the topgear track)
Food for thought anyway.
This means one of two things
1/ The compound / construction is totally different in the larger sizes
or
2/ People have stuck with the Bridgestones and not tried any of the current "great" tyres, like the MPS or Sport Contact 5P.
One thing I'll never forget is clarkson saying if they'd taken the Bridgestone tyre off the Enzo and put the Pirellis on (he wasn't any more specific than that) it would have been a few seconds faster (around somewhere I couldn't remember, perhaps the topgear track)
Food for thought anyway.
A lot of people rate PZero Corsa's very highly including a Mr Plato I believe. I am going to stick some on my M6 next but I haven't been driving my car much recently so have put it off until the weather improves a bit. They cost £1300 a set for my car (direzionale on the front and asimmetrico on the rear). Not that I am suggesting my car is a "supercar" btw 
Edited by 130R on Saturday 8th January 14:46
bridgestone SO-1's were one of the three original factory options (together with michelin and pirelli )
the service manager at my closest main dealer recently suggested that i stick with the SO-1's and gave me a quote of £700 (not including VAT ) for a full set of 4 fitted
i understand that SO-2's are not available in the appropriate sizes
so, sometimes you have to go back to older technology, but this at least has the advantage of having been fully tested by the factory at that time
it would be good to get more feedback on how the michelin pilots fare on 355's
the service manager at my closest main dealer recently suggested that i stick with the SO-1's and gave me a quote of £700 (not including VAT ) for a full set of 4 fitted
i understand that SO-2's are not available in the appropriate sizes
so, sometimes you have to go back to older technology, but this at least has the advantage of having been fully tested by the factory at that time
it would be good to get more feedback on how the michelin pilots fare on 355's
This isn't aimed at you Jonty so please don't take offence, it's something I've seen several times in the past.
I'm always a little surprised by owners of supercars shopping for tyres on price.
Of all the wonders built into these precision dream-saters the tyres are the bit that join it - and you - to the real world, they must be top priority. Of course it's common sense to shop around for the best performance tyre or the safest tyre but the cheapest?
If you're paying a 100 grand plus for a car I can't see how saving a few hundred quid and significantly reducing the level of joy paid back can ever be justified.
I'm always a little surprised by owners of supercars shopping for tyres on price.
Of all the wonders built into these precision dream-saters the tyres are the bit that join it - and you - to the real world, they must be top priority. Of course it's common sense to shop around for the best performance tyre or the safest tyre but the cheapest?
If you're paying a 100 grand plus for a car I can't see how saving a few hundred quid and significantly reducing the level of joy paid back can ever be justified.
Ferrari 575 F1
Pirellis P Zeros
255/40ZR18 at the FRONT
295/35ZR18 at the REAR
Had them since i got hte car, some on line search conlcuded that these are very good for the car. Fiorano pack not fitted on car ( though i wouldf love to have it ...)
Adviced to keep this type of tyre on the 575 from dealer down here...
Pirellis P Zeros
255/40ZR18 at the FRONT
295/35ZR18 at the REAR
Had them since i got hte car, some on line search conlcuded that these are very good for the car. Fiorano pack not fitted on car ( though i wouldf love to have it ...)
Adviced to keep this type of tyre on the 575 from dealer down here...
br d said:
This isn't aimed at you Jonty so please don't take offence, it's something I've seen several times in the past.
I'm always a little surprised by owners of supercars shopping for tyres on price.
Of all the wonders built into these precision dream-saters the tyres are the bit that join it - and you - to the real world, they must be top priority. Of course it's common sense to shop around for the best performance tyre or the safest tyre but the cheapest?
If you're paying a 100 grand plus for a car I can't see how saving a few hundred quid and significantly reducing the level of joy paid back can ever be justified.
Like threads on fuel consumption!!I'm always a little surprised by owners of supercars shopping for tyres on price.
Of all the wonders built into these precision dream-saters the tyres are the bit that join it - and you - to the real world, they must be top priority. Of course it's common sense to shop around for the best performance tyre or the safest tyre but the cheapest?
If you're paying a 100 grand plus for a car I can't see how saving a few hundred quid and significantly reducing the level of joy paid back can ever be justified.
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