Pirelli Tire Prices

Initial Review, 47,000 Miles on Tires
January 20, 2013

I originally tried the P Zero because of a Tire Rack special and a significant price differential to the comparable Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 A/S. These are great tires! Very quiet with a comfortable ride and (in my opinion) better than average dry grip. I even took these to a car control clinic and one auto-cross event and they managed pretty well. These are definitely worth a try if you're looking for a high-performance all-season tire with good wear characteristics.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
December 29, 2012

Actually purchased these in the summer to use as winter skins, as my previous Pirelli Subzero was not available in my weird tire size anymore. On initial install (after storage for three months), experienced vibration and poor wet performance. However, after the first 1000 miles these gremlins vanished. Now wet performance is a good 80% of my autocross Yokes and snow performance is comforting. Was worried that the Generals would be poor in the cold and ice/snow, but this is not the case. Drove through the most recent Iowa blizzard at reasonable pace, easily out maneuvering most of the snow bound traffic. Roads are ice covered now and the G-Max does very well in stopping (most important) and have not had an issue with getting started. Very satisfied with the tire and the price is competitive. Compared to Continental Extreme Contact DWS (my daughters cars), performance is slightly better in the wet/dry and almost equal in the snow, for less money. Cannot comment on wear, as I have just started the winter season. However, I always default to better performance vs. longer life. Life is too short to buy cheap tires.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
November 30, 2012

I've had these on my A3 for 1/2 year - about 10K miles. They were astounding when I first drove them. The difference between these and the stock Pirelli 4 season is like comparing a BB gun and a 1911 in .45cal. They are so quiet, so smooth, so predictable. They are a touch on the soft side for very quick direction changes but for a refined small to medium sports car you can't beat the comfort and handling. They also stick extremely well for an all season tire. They enjoy rain but I haven't had a chance to try snow yet. Maybe this winter in N.Texas. The ONLY thing I may do is try the DW's next but it's hard to beat the longevity of these babies. At 10K I still can see the "DW and S" imprinted in the tread face (the indicator the wears to tell you when the tire is no longer optimal for Dry, Wet, or Snow). Comfort, Traction, Milage, Quiet... what ELSE do you want?? Low prices? OK - got that too!
BTW - My A3 is only a 2wd and modified to aprox 305hp & 335ftlb tq and these tires do an admirable job of handling that power with just the front two handling the power to the road. AWESOME!

Initial Review, 60 Miles on Tires
December 14, 2012

Initial impression, which I will update... The tire, as other WRX owners have said, a noticeable difference in handling! However, it is a winter tire with lots of siping for hard snow/ice grip..it can't be as stiff as the original Dunlops. I also can't wait for my snow test! The ride is quiet..I'm running them at 42 PSI front, 40 PSI rear....seems like at that pressure you get just enough tread on the road..about 1/2 inch from the shoulder....

Purchased them on a set of TireRack private label wheels....Sport Edition. CANNOT BEAT THE PRICE and the wheel seems to be nicely finished! Seems like a lot of wheel weights which makes me wonder about the manufacturing...but..the balance seems perfect..up to 75.

TireRack is great...got them the NEXT DAY...mounted and balanced. I'll update this in a few weeks after some cold weather/snow miles!

Initial Review, 13,000 Miles on Tires
November 30, 2012

I've had these tires on a previous car and would not, under any circumstance, recommend spending $1,500 on them. They're reasonably quiet, but so are a lot of other tires. Traction, both wet and dry, is terrible. After being disappointed with Pirelli tires on several cars (I've owned 29), I would never again put them on another. The Michelins are fantastic (but pricey), and Hankooks that replaced the Pirellis on another car I had were quieter, handled better, and rode better for half the price.

Initial Review, 800 Miles on Tires
November 16, 2012

These tires are better than average. Coming from the stock Dunlop SP Summer Sport tires to these winter tires I noticed a big change in handling and ride comfort. The noise level is higher but that was to be expected with switching to winter tires. The sidewall's seem a tad wider than the summer tires so they have a bit more give which softens the ride of a hair and decreases the handling a tad as well.

Overall I am happy with them. Winter tires are for winter and not for dry road handling performance. In the rain these tires are GREAT. The subaru does have AWD which helps but these tires just grab the road. I cant wait for some snow!

Also - Ordered these tires and they were at my house the next day and I paid standard shipping. Tire rack is just unbeatable when it comes to service and prices! Thanks Tire Rack!

Initial Review, 75,000 Miles on Tires
November 06, 2012

ive had the same tires on my truck since i bought it. These tires are GREAT!! i rotated them every oil change and ive gotten 75k miles out of them. the people at the dealer are telling me i am dur for a new pair and the winter here this year is going to be hard so im buying new tires for that reason only. i do have to say that during some wet weather these past 4 years i did expierence a little hydroplaining but nothing to major, i am buying these tires again. They lastest longer than anyone expected. I do mostly highway driving. Good Luck ! and tire rack has the best price for these tires. !! i checked !

Initial Review, 1,500 Miles on Tires
November 05, 2012

So far this tire is very nice for the price point and hope that winter driving will be good as well.

Initial Review, 71,000 Miles on Tires
November 02, 2012

Great tires! I have had them on my car for 2 years and they still have tread. Ride comfort is amazing and they are very quiet. These are by far the best tires I have ever bought and feel like I may be a lifelong customer. These tires even held up when I was stuck in a heavy blizzard and made it through about 40 miles in those conditions and got me home safe. The traction I got with these was unbelievable and something I would expect from a high performance tire. Also these are the best tires I have ever used in heavy rain. I never hydroplaned once until I reached about 50% tread and even then it was minimal. These tires made me feel the safest in any weather conditions while on the road and I do a lot of driving so these tires are perfect! I would highly recommend them for other to try! I know the price went up about 17$ a tire since I last purchased them but I would still pay the money for these.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
October 18, 2012

I have driven this tire on two C63 AMG Black Series Coupes. The first was on the Nordschleife during an AMG Driving Academy event. With this tire, the C63BS could quickly catch the SLS AMG in the twisty bits. I was quite stunned by this, as my cornering speeds were so high that I had to brake aggressively to keep from rear-ending the SLS.

I followed this experience with several track days driving my own C63 Black Series, which came with this tire. Though it is soft and wears quickly, it is actually quite comfortable and not very loud at all. I have two sets of wheels/tires; one for street and another for track. Other than the price and how quickly they wear, I can't find a single fault with this tire. It is designed for the track, and is only DOT-certified so that you can drive your car to the track, instead of trailering it there. The SportMaxx is the best tire of it's kind, in my experience. I have tried the Pirelli Corsa and the Michelin Pilot Super Sport, in an attempt to find something better. Though the Corsa is good, it's no match for the SportMaxx. The Michelin PSS is not even close, IMHO -- the SportMaxx blows it away when the going gets fast.

This is NOT the tire for you if you want something you can keep on your car all the time. This is NOT the tire to take on the road -- or track, for that matter -- when it's chilly and wet. It needs temperature to operate well. Once it gets up to temp, it is the best tire of its kind that I've ever tried. Highly recommended!

Initial Review, 55,000 Miles on Tires
October 11, 2012

Running these on an '01 Civic, commuting around 120 miles round trip daily in Atlanta traffic. They have performed well in all conditions. They even did reasonably well in our ice storm in early 2011, considering they are not winter or studded.
Grip is great when I throw them into a sharp curve, and I can drive on rainy roads with confidence. Braking distance is good - I can stop quickly enough for stop-n-go traffic.
They are a tad noisy on the highway, but I'm driving a Civic - I hear everything around the car anyway. Comfort is acceptable.
So far I have over 55,000 miles on them, and there is still plenty of tread.
For the price, this is a great tire.

Initial Review, 100 Miles on Tires
October 14, 2012

Kudos to Tire Rack! Great price, superb email updates on incredibly fast delivery of only 2 days from time or order to my drop ship choice that charged exactly what TR said they would. What a difference compared to the Bridgestone RE050 runflats that came off the car. Very quiet ride. Super smooth tires. I couldn't be more pleased!

Initial Review, 15,000 Miles on Tires
October 12, 2012

These tires are the best tire that I have ever owned, next to Pirelli. They run smoother than any other tire than I have ever had, better than Goodyear, Dunlop,Firestone, Bridgestone, Yokohama.
The Hydroplaning Resistance excellent, wet traction is excellent, dry traction excellent, steering response excellent, tread wear excellent better than any I have owned including Pirelli !
As long as Continental makes this tire I will never buy another.
Simply the best tire that i have found at any price.
I am looking to buy a set for another car 7 will buty Continental

Initial Review, 25,000 Miles on Tires
October 03, 2012

Excellent touring or highway tire. Great rain traction all the way down to 50% tread. Performed well in snow also.
The only issue is the Chinese craftsmanship of getting the tread straight on the tire casing. Kind of disappointing but the price we pay for the price we pay. I would probably purchase again.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
August 17, 2011

Replaced my factory Continental 4x4 which only gave me 20K miles. Compared this Pirelli Verde tire to Michelin Latitude. Price was about the same ($200) although as of this writing I notice Pirelli went up to $224 a tire on this site.

These tires made a big difference in the ride of my XC 90. Vehicle is much more quieter and I am definitely seeing an improvement in gas mileage at about 1.5 miles more a gallon on average.

Also took advantage of Tirerack.com connection to Merchants tire. Tires were delivered in two days and took an hour to install. Merchants recommended tire rotation at every oil change of 7500 miles.

Initial Review, 39,000 Miles on Tires
September 14, 2012

Needed to replace OEM Goodyears (Eagle RSAs?) which were quite stiff and noisy. Lasted alot longer than I thought when looking at tread at 30k, but ran them until 51k with slippage on take offs becoming more frequent and wet traction poor requiring cautious behavior. Pirellis were priced right when I bought them 12/09 and have performed admirably so far. Very even wear with limited rotations. Rears, which were in front are near rec'd replacement level, but the fronts still have tread to go and I figure another 6-8k they will need replacing as a set or I could get two new and put them in front and the now decent fronts on the rear and probably get 25 k out of the tread left. Rotated twice in 39k and the eveness of wear across the tread is amazing- Installer put 32psi in when I bought them and argued vehemently with me. Tire says 52psi max - where do they find these people? minimum of 45psi required and handles better near 50psi. I could imagine serious tire issues IF I had let the tire techs have their way. Tires corner well and feel good when the roads are wet. Certainly feel better than the OEMS from ride confort (still good), to noise (still good), to all aspects of handling (just a little more roll than the RSA's in corners, but stickier). Winter - last appreciable snow was 2 months after I put them on and they drug the lowish riding Impala through the 12inch snow (not very heavy - rather powdery) that ended up being a 24" snow (didn't even bother). Tires get a passing grade for snow traction IMO. Tire still performng well at 39k - no regrets.

Initial Review, 7,358 Miles on Tires
September 10, 2012

The Conti Extreme DW delivers just as advertised in the reviews by Tire Rack and elsewhere. I've driven on many Ultra, Max and Extreme category Summer tires on numerous vehicles and the "DW" is by far the most refined and best performing tire I have yet driven on.

Some folks coming from a stiff sidewall run flat OE tire like BMW owners, tend to rate the "DW" tires as having less steering responsive. The easy and quick fix is to add 3-5 lbs. air pressure and you will be amazed at how improved the steering response is. No center wear has been noted with the increased pressure nor loss of ride comfort by many BMW owners who have upped the air a few lbs. Those folks who are NOT coming from to Pirelli PS2 or other hard sidewall run flat tires will not likely need to add air above the OE specs as these tires are just fine but the increased pressure does improve steering response.

It's unclear to me why some people are wearing these tires out in 10,000+ miles unless they are tracking their car. At 7,000+ miles my tires look almost new and I drive quite spirited and have "test entry/exit ramps" where I compare various tires. The DW's have amazing grip in both the wet and dry with exception ride quality.

I have not noticed any increase in road noise with wear either so this may be an issue with certain car models that have excessive/unusual tire wear. I did have a set of Kumos that got very loud when almost worn out but the Conti DW's have been excellent. I expect to easily get 25K miles out of these tires which is wonderful. I would definitely recommend the Conti DW to anyone looking for a superior Max Performance Summer tire at a reasonable price.

Continental has an excellent reputation and this tire maintains that performance standard.