Tires Pirelli or DUNLOP

I've had Pirelli Scorpion plus all season 15 years ago on my old Nissan Sentra and it did a great job for 50k miles. Right now, i have Pirelli Scorpion AT plus and it does a great job so far in all weather with my Lexus GX460. I have good experience so far with Pirelli compared to other brands.

If you only drive on snow a handful of days a year, I'd get the Pirellis, they'll be better than the other two most of time.

The 999 rear does skid out much easier then the Dunlop American elite, however I like to skid so that is a pro for me. I ran thru 2 Dunlop elites quite quickly. For the record I did like the Dunlop AE, just didn’t like replacing it every season

The Elites are a much better tire and I’m going to miss them when they’re gone.

I run Dunlop American Elites. Mind you, I do so because it’s a good tire - not so much a ‘Made in America’ reason, albeit a plus.

I put the scorpions on my wife’s 21 cx9. And they are amazing. Very smooth and quiet.

I have 10k on the Pirellis. Haven’t checked remaining tread yet, but they’re decent. Only gripe is they track on grooved pavement.

I had Pirellis on my RS3 when I bought it, and they were absolute trash lol.

I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with pirellis. Premature dry rot, delamination on new tires while driving, premature wear, etc. On top of that, I find them to be loud, ride poorly, grip poorly, are expensive, and wear down too fast even if you don’t run into common quality issues.

They came stock on my 2012 Taco. I hated them. They were excellent at getting stuck in mud and losing traction in the rain.