V12V tyre thread?

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With winter coming along and people having various opinions about tyres, I thought we should start a thread where we can list all the tyre options for the v12v.

And people can comment on their experience of each.

Also I understand (never experienced it personally) that wheel balancing on v12v is a tricky exercise.

My view of the standard fit corsas is:

• superb and sticky in the summer / warm temps.
• not great in winter and not confidence inspiring.
• not great in heavy rain as I experience on the motorway when coming back from the New Forest a month back on the motorway. Driving at 60-70mph, it felt like the car was seeking aquaplanning everywhere. It was very heavy rain though.

I want to figure out which one is the best multi-purpose tyre for this car and where to get the best deal (i used event-tyres with success many times in the past).

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JBaps said:

You may also want to consider MPS or MPSS's for more general "all" weather usage. I found the corsa's lacked feel in typical UK wet winter conditions, MPS had a _lot_ more feel in the wet, and unless you're driving at >9/10 all the time aren't that much of a compromise in the warm/dry imho.

Cool, ty for response. Can you please let me know the exact spec you ordered and cost? I like michelin pss. Always used them on porsches. Great all round tyres and quieter than others too.

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JBaps said:

erics said:

Cool, ty for response. Can you please let me know the exact spec you ordered and cost? I like michelin pss. Always used them on porsches. Great all round tyres and quieter than others too.

If you go to somewhere like www.blackcircles.com and type in your registration it should bring up the correct spec tires (255/35R19 Y 92 front, 295/30R19 Y 96 rear), blackcircles will offer primary options of MPS2 and Perelli's, for MPSS you'll need to scroll down a bit. I think I paid about £1200 fitted at the Grange Aston Martin in Welwyn for MPS's which was probably on the steep side, although they were happy to lend me a car while they were being fitted.

I meant ps2!

Tyvm all the same.

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on event-tyres.co.uk
cost fitted and balanced at your place:
295-30r19 Pirelli pzero am8 (i think it is aston martin rating) £303.57 per tyre.
295-30r19 Michelin 100y pilot sport 2 N2 xl £288.28 per tyre.
295-30r19 Pirelli pzero corsa £381.06 per tyre.

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255-35r19 Pirelli pzero am0 (i think it is aston martin rating) £228.9 per tyre.
255-35r19 Michelin 100y pilot sport 2 £225.68 per tyre.
255-35r19 Pirelli pzero corsa => can't fin in this size.

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well... I asked for a quote for all 4 tyres fitted and balance on location came as follows:
pirelli pzero with aston marking £1064.
micheling ps2 £1010.
michelin pss £1058.
pirelli pzero corsa £1341.

The specialist's view was that the pss was the best of the bunch (bit less thread at 6mm only from new). Quietest too.

However, he said he would stick to tyres approved for this brand and probably go for the pirelli pzero (NON-corsa) with the AM marking on them.

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CPBRI said:

Picked up the V12V from service on Saturday, where I had the Michelins installed. Even at or slightly below freezing, these tires feel a great deal better than the corsas.

Pavement was dry, but had salt spread on them the night prior. If they feel this much better in the cold, I think I'll be quite happy next year.

did you have PSS or PS2?

How much they charged? Did the Aston dealer fit them for you.

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Zod said:

I love the Corsas and wouldn't trade their performance on great summer days for more security the rest of the time.

The Sottozeros do give rise to a weird, squirmy feeling when you push them a bit, but for winter roads, they are better than the Corsas (obviously) or the P-Zeros.

I have occasionaly driven the car on cold days and been caught in heavy rain whilst coming back from weekends away and did not feel comfortable in either situations. So i will try another option. Question is which one?..........