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Originally Posted by tampaturbom3
Amen!!,,, I'm not a fan of Pirelli's either....
I recently got my M6 and it had the Pirelli's on it and it felt like I was driving on ice any speed less than 40.. and the dealer had just put fresh meat on it.... stock sizes, PZero's like it came from the factory with....
I just put M- PSS on front and M-Pilot Cup 2 on back and now the car launches! last night the air was cold (50degrees) and even the MC2's spun a little but nothing as bad as the Pirelli's. I got the 305 MSC2's as a compromise between MPSS and R888's since it's my DD and those MSC2's come stock on Lambo and AMG GT's (I need to be able to drive on wet road).
my wife's CLS AMG came with Pirelli's P Zero's too,,, they were also terrible.. I switched to Conti's (1 size up) and had much better grip
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I run Conti's on my E60 M5. Leaps and bounds better than pireli.
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Originally Posted by HustlerX5
What's wrong with R888's as daily? I know it's no good in wet pavement or when it's below 50 or so degrees but other than that? Curious to know since I recently got some and the difference coming from MPSS traction wise is night and day. Congrats on your tune, I've been going back and forth trying to decide on JB4 or flash myself.
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Rain for one. Thread life secondly.
Go flash and be done with it.
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Originally Posted by apexlocator
I'm sure it gets below 50 where OP is from, which is space  |
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Originally Posted by HXS
I don't like to change my tires every other month and I don't have a money tree in my backyard.
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THIS
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Originally Posted by tampaturbom3
I didn't opt for the R888's because here in Tampa it rains a decent amount of time and I already learned a lesson that could ruin seats in a car. I was daily driving a 750hp Supra on drag radials.... the tread goes away (quickly) without you realizing it and then one day when the road is wet,,, the car decides to do a pirouette while going just 40mph on a straight road.... those R888's look too much like those drag radials to me.
as a side note,,, I'm loving my set up and amazingly the Pilot Sport Cup 2's are not loud.... I was afraid that I would have "loud" tires... but this set up is better than the Pirelli's in the noise department.
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Yes. Had similar experiences in rain coming home from the track. You daily drags you're asking for it IMHO.
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Originally Posted by mister2d
You just answered your own question. It might not drop below 50 consistently where you are. You also might want to consider against a 100 treadwear rating tire for a daily driver as well. Seems like nonsense when the tire is designed for track use.
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