Consumers Reports continues to be inaccurate garbage

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Hmm, the car I have now has reached 7,000 miles. It's a 2017 GT PP with the Pirellis. I don't want to die with these tires if they are for sure unsafe.

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[cdq85]

Hmm, the car I have now has reached 7,000 miles. It's a 2017 GT PP with the Pirellis. I don't want to die with these tires if they are for sure unsafe.

Lol, like I said, I was being a little bit sarcastic as some people actually liked them. Most people take them off as soon as they can. Even before I was boosted, I hated the tires unless it was hot enough outside. I just felt like I could spin them at any time and I really didn't like them in heavier rain. This is all based on your driving style though so if you drive like a normal human being, you will probably be fine as long as you keep an eye on your tread depth. I drive borderline insane so I need a good tire underneath me.

 

[Spork3245]

Hmm, the car I have now has reached 7,000 miles. It's a 2017 GT PP with the Pirellis. I don't want to die with these tires if they are for sure unsafe.

It’s not that they’re unsafe, they just have terrible traction with hard acceleration, especially if there’s even a drop of water on the road.
I have the stock A/S pirelli tires on my 16 GT, they are probably the worst tire I’ve ever had on a car. If I wasn’t leasing I’d have replaced them with GForce or Pilot Sport -3 tires.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Wait...what's wrong with the pirelli's?

Are they okay for everyday driving? I have the new set that came with my car and I don't want to risk anything.

It depends on where you drive. The PP tires are summer only. They are like hockey pucks (very little traction) in cold weather. I use them year round in Phoenix but even here they are ridiculously easy to spin on cold winter mornings which means they won't stop very well either, same for cornering.

You might want to put your location in your profile so it shows up under your avatar in posts. You would be surprised how many questions are location dependent or how many times people won't bother to answer because they don't know if would be a waste of time.

 

[div2]

A more accurate title for Consumer Reports would be Bottom Feeders Gazette. When I saw that they gave a high rating to Cerwin Vega speakers I was convinced that their audio reviewers were graduates of schools for the hearing impaired.

 

[Rocketman]

It depends on where you drive. The PP tires are summer only. They are like hockey pucks (very little traction) in cold weather. I use them year round in Phoenix but even here they are ridiculously easy to spin on cold winter mornings which means they won't stop very well either, same for cornering.

You might want to put your location in your profile so it shows up under your avatar in posts. You would be surprised how many questions are location dependent or how many times people won't bother to answer because they don't know if would be a waste of time.

Meh, I've been driving my PP around during this cold snap and I haven't had any problems, including down to 20F. Just let them warm up properly and don't be stupid with the throttle. You don't even need to turn on Wet/Snow mode.

P Zeroes really aren't that bad, and in fact are pretty decent in warm weather. I still plan on getting something different this year but they certainly aren't the deathtraps everyone makes them out to be.

 

[div2]

Meh, I've been driving my PP around during this cold snap and I haven't had any problems, including down to 20F. Just let them warm up properly and don't be stupid with the throttle. You don't even need to turn on Wet/Snow mode.

P Zeroes really aren't that bad, and in fact are pretty decent in warm weather. I still plan on getting something different this year but they certainly aren't the deathtraps everyone makes them out to be.

P Zeroes aren't terrible, but I much prefer the Pilot Super Sport- that tire still works pretty well down to @40F. If I wasn't going to track the car I would look very hard at the Pilot Sport A/S 3+. That's what I put on the Club Sport and so far I've been very pleased with respect to both performance and comfort.

 

[NoVaGT]

Wait...what's wrong with the pirelli's?

Are they okay for everyday driving? I have the new set that came with my car and I don't want to risk anything.

They're fine. They're just a generation old now, and better stuff is available.

 

[nrc]

Consumer Reports reviews are for people who buy cars like they buy refrigerators. Their historical reliability ratings are of some value but I think even those are impacted by the biases of their core audience.

 

[div2]

Consumer Reports reviews are for people who buy cars like they buy refrigerators. Their historical reliability ratings are of some value but I think even those are impacted by the biases of their core audience.

The problem with the reliability ratings is that they aren't a random sample and participation is voluntary.

 

[SpeedLu]

I usually just hunt down and kill all thats different!

This. No mercy for the different. addle:

 

[GreenS550]

That’s not the issue, at all - they were apparently rehashing their 2015-2017 MY review and claiming it’s the 18.

Correct

 

[ahl395]

I knew Consumer Reports was garbage when they didn't rate MPSS as the top summer performance tire, and didn't rate the DSW06 as top all season (wasnt even in the list if I recall correctly).

 

[Nameless]

The only scenario where the PZero's are dangerous is if your car wears those tires for more than 4 years and over 35k miles..... (been there and when it rained it was super scary.. luckly in my city doesnt rain that often).

 

[catchthecarp]

I had a CR subscription years ago, it was a good resource when buying big ticket white goods. I never paid much attention to their car reviews, they were obviously enamored with Japanese cars.

I do have an opinion on the Pirelli All-Season tires my car came with, they blow goats in cold/winter conditions.

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