Tires Pirelli or SUMITOMO

I only rode budget tires like Pirelli P7 Sport (35 mm) and Continental Ultra Sport (32 mm). Both tires have the same width, but the Pirelli has a kevlar bead instead of wire.

I just went out on my P zero Road tires for the first time yesterday and was plenty happy with them.

Shockingly fantastic in winter slop. I was expecting them to be bad compared to my Sumitomos. Nope. Even better in slop. 100% recommended. Great in the dry with very low noise and super highway tracking. Finally found the grail of cheap and awesome.

Sumitomo is a fantastic tire. I run their summer tires all year around ( In Texas, heavy sedan ) very stable at 85 mph+, quiet and stay planted.

We replaced our right away and got the pirelli weatheractives. They are 100x better and great in the snow.

Here in the UK I replaced mine about 2 years after the last set were installed. Car averages about 11000 miles per year. The previous ones were Bridgestone Alenza I think. I went with the Pirelli P Zero NCS for the 22 inch rims. I cant tell if they are quieter but handle well.

They rebalanced the OEM Continentals with some improvement, but they still vibrated. I replaced the tires at 36k with Pirrellis (sp?). Some improvement with the vibration but still.

The only sour note was that the factory Pirelli P6s were garbage, replaced three of them by 10k mi due to sidewall knots, broken belts, etc. Plus they were useless in the rain.

Eu stau la munte, iarna ninge constant, mie nu imi plac - le am pe una dintre masini (Pirelli Scorpion Zero) din comoditate dar probabil si ele vor fi schimbate cu anvelope dedicate. Te opresti greu iar faptul ca te duci sanie trebuie luat in calcul oricand franezi cu ele. (Cu tractiune integrala, probabil cu tractiune spate nu as fi plecat de pe loc :)) ). La zapada de peste 10-15 cm, nu plec nici sa iau paine cu masina respectiva. \n\nLe pot intelege daca ai 1 saptamana de iarna pe an dar mi se par tot mediocre fata de anvelopele dedicate. Iar daca ai o singura masina, nu vad de ce nu ai schimba cu ceva dedicat si bun, dureaza 2 ore pe an.

Had Pirelli’s once I believe they were 80,000 mi rated. I learned a lesson from these. I will never buy ultra high mileage tires again. They don’t ride well and after 3 balances at different places I got rid of them. They rode hard and vibrated.