Norm Peterson
corner barstool sitter
It's not so much a matter of the P-Zero being a not-so-good tire as it is that the Michelins and the Contis are better yet and the Nittos are less expensive and featured by mass-market vendors like AM.Really? I was told the stock Pirellis are quite soft. I would think the G2's or any performance tire are firmer than what's on the car now. Also the ones on now don't grip well either. They spin fairly easily.
The consensus seems to be the stock Pirellis aren't very good. That's why people upgrade to Michelin, Continental, Nitto etc.
FWIW, I put more weight to Tire Rack's own testing than I do to most individual reviews because such variables as driver skill level and actual pavement and weather conditions are more closely controlled. But perhaps a tire that's either exceptionally good or unusually poor at straight line acceleration doesn't see this reflected in TR's testing very well (TR's "Braking Modulation" charts in their tire comparison tests might be good for a hint here, but only a hint).
Norm
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