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You're very close to the limit... Reporting back from a wet trip to tyre fitter: rear wheels spun on old pirelli when pulling out gently from side road. No similar event on return with new Tony Hancock's and motorway trip becons later for better test. Pirelli's at rear were concave! To me that...

the follow up question is interesting anyway because incompatibility front and rear did occur to me too, hence ordering a set of 4 of the same tread pattern and range (though the MPG rating is different front to rear, oddly!)

interesting re cupping. When i checked my Pirelli rears the other day they looked concave across the tread yet they are properly inflated. I will put a straight edge across to check but anyone seen similar?

Anyway; I'll run these "hand-cooked" tyres as a test and report back. I'm keen to see how they cope (sensibly) with a particular bend onto a motorway ON ramp in the wet. I keep an mpg log for each full tank too so any large discrepancies should tell....it's the rims I'm now worried about!

All advice is gratefully received and evaluated. It is all a trade-off and different things appeal to different people. It rains here too but you can't use the inherent performance of any car down here without getting pulled or snapped immediately. In your accident, the grip of your tyres...

at the risk of tiring anyone, please rest assured that I tread as carefully as I can so as not to curb my enthusiasm.

Why? Its the first listed criterion, then wet rating then noise rating. Tyres having grip goes without saying, surely. Bodywork damage due to the tyre? Think ahead and don't get into that situation.

You weren't the person with a Transit complaining about the tread life on another hankook tyre were you? there was one. Rim protection: I wish I had thought of that as a factor because the Pirelli's have actually helped with that due to the shape of a projecting section. We'll have to see how...

Interestingly there was a Mustang owner on the black-circles site reviewing the hankooks who was very happy - he even put a photo up. I spoke to Blackcircles trade tech assistance dept as to the ratings and was assured they are all measured correctly and consistently so the hardness (like for...

I'm going to be the outlier here and go for Hankook A rated mpg BUT the credit card payment system has just failed!! might be a lucky escape???

Yes i have noted that Pirelli tyres crack in numerous places.

cheers, i'll put that into the choice mix. But with variable summers here "summer only" won't work for me.

Thanks for that and just as i was leaning toward the Michelin! I need to order today so as to be fitted by the weekend.

This is all great info thanks to all. No votes for hankook then?

Many thanks, I have not been impressed with the life span of any of the Pirelli tyres that I have had on cars and so I read your experience to be similar to mine, with interest. However the alternatives seem to have much worse economy rating than Pirelli, except Hankook- supposedly developed for...

ok ta. any other views anyone?

good. how many miles have you got out of the MPS4S and how far through their life are they, would you say?

interesting; thanks! what life have yours had? keep 'em coming.

Hello all anyone willing to share some sensible recommendations re replacement front and rear tyres for a stock 5.0? currently running Pirelli P zeros and have lasted 12000 careful miles (which I still think is poor if you don't floor it). I used Blackcirles as a supplier in the past and was...

I can help. will PM you