Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio - Tyre Choices?

[generationx]

For those of us lucky enough to drive these things daily the inevitable time will come when we're running on inters/slicks and need to replace the tyres.

Has anyone done this yet? Is the consensus to stay on the Pirelli "AR"-branded rubber or go for something else?

With good experience in the past I am considering Michelin Pilot Sport (whatever the latest performance version is).

For reference I've just passed 8,000 miles in mine and the rears are still "ok".

[generationx]

An update - at 9,000 miles I still have 5mm all round on the original Corsas. Better than I expected.

[generationx]

smarty156 said:

About £1,050 for a full set last time I looked (fitted).

This is my experience too. Any half-decent tyre place will be able to order them in - I use an independant who could do this no problem.

[generationx]

After squeezing 13,000 out of my second set of Pirellis (the fronts especially were completely finished) I've bitten the bullet and gone to the MPS4S - 255/295 as mentioned by previous posters. So far I've only done motorway/autobahn work but I've noticed they seem a little more quiet, and so far the dreaded low-speed full lock skipping appears to have gone

I very much recommend Queens Park Tyres in Billericay incidentally, they got them very quickly, did a nice job fitting them, and as a bonus the Michelins were around 20% cheaper than the Corsas!

A final point: it seems a number of tyre suppliers are under the impression that fitting non-OE tyres may affect insurance. As a double-check I called my broker who says this is not the case, they're much more concerned that there are good quality, correctly-rated tyres fitted.

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