SottoZero review after 750 miles
12-07-2017, 11:42 AM
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SottoZero review after 750 miles
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I bit the bullet and ordered Porsche’s winter package. My dealer did the swap and is storing my summer set. (Leigh price was less than suncoast, without asking). I’ve driven 749 miles since Monday when they were installed. I’m very impressed with the grip, traction, and ride comfort. The traction control and abs behave well with the car set to winter tires, and the car is easier to finesse at the limit than summer tires in cold temps. Bring on winter!
2017 C4S
code: PH4HVJJ6
14,297 miles since April 26th
12-07-2017, 04:39 PM
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I bit the bullet and ordered Porsche’s winter package. My dealer did the swap and is storing my summer set. (Leigh price was less than suncoast, without asking). I’ve driven 749 miles since Monday when they were installed. I’m very impressed with the grip, traction, and ride comfort. The traction control and abs behave well with the car set to winter tires, and the car is easier to finesse at the limit than summer tires in cold temps. Bring on winter!
12-07-2017, 04:44 PM
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Modern performance winter tires are ridiculously capable.
12-07-2017, 04:46 PM
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Look at those sipes!
12-07-2017, 06:29 PM
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Very chunky thread on the Pirellis. I ordered a 19-inch winter wheel set from my dealer in August and got Contis. They are extremely good. Very good grip and strangely, less noisy than my summer P zeros.
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12-07-2017, 06:32 PM
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J
I bit the bullet and ordered Porsche’s winter package. My dealer did the swap and is storing my summer set. (Leigh price was less than suncoast, without asking). I’ve driven 749 miles since Monday when they were installed. I’m very impressed with the grip, traction, and ride comfort. The traction control and abs behave well with the car set to winter tires, and the car is easier to finesse at the limit than summer tires in cold temps. Bring on winter!
2017 C4S
code: PH4HVJJ6
14,297 miles since April 26th
I had no idea that modern winter tires were that capable on dry pavement. Its been over ten years since I ran my last set and I was very disappointed with dry (and wet) road traction and turn-in responsiveness at that time. Been running A/S tires ever since. Maybe time to rethink...
12-07-2017, 06:40 PM
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High 30's / low 40's and rainy here in South Tejas means the Neun-elfer has been in the garage. I am glad that I'm able to run summers all year here but couldn't do that on a daily. And good snows are a life saver. I remember my 2001 Pathfinder came with such crappy Bridgestones that I actually had to put winters on it.....Pilot Alpins. Man, that thing was a freaking TANK with snows on it and locked 4WD.
12-07-2017, 08:00 PM
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I'd be interested to read a follow up post of how the Sottozero's do on snow, especially uphill. I've had mixed experience with them in the past.
12-07-2017, 08:10 PM
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I do find them quite a bit noisier than the P-zeros but I've probably only done a few hundred miles since I put them on.
12-07-2017, 11:02 PM
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High 30's / low 40's and rainy here in South Tejas means the Neun-elfer has been in the garage. I am glad that I'm able to run summers all year here but couldn't do that on a daily. And good snows are a life saver. I remember my 2001 Pathfinder came with such crappy Bridgestones that I actually had to put winters on it.....Pilot Alpins. Man, that thing was a freaking TANK with snows on it and locked 4WD.
12-08-2017, 06:52 AM
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Cold has finally hit CT and the 911 is going to sit for bit. I'll have to put up with the Cayenne Diesel and my Tiguan. I also had a 2001 Pathfinder LE with Bridgestones. On the first snow drive I couldn't believe how bloody awful it was. Never really liked that truck. Rode like crap and swilled premium fuel. Sold it after two years and the buyer who I kept in touch with emailed me a year or so later his wife totaled it after driving on snow. She was fine.
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12-08-2017, 10:32 AM
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To use Tire Rack terminology, the Sottozero's are Winter Performance Tires, not Studdless Ice and Snow Tires, like those I used on the other vehicles. Studdless Ice and Snow Tires don't seem to be available in the US in 991 sizes. According the Tire Rack, Winter Performance Tires give up some snow and ice performance for enhanced cold dry road performance.
Porsche uses studded Nokians on the 991's at their Winter Driving Experiences for the highest level snow and ice performance.
12-08-2017, 11:43 AM
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I have also been somewhat disappointed with Sottozero's on a 991 C2 while trying to climb a snow covered hill that leads to my house. I had no difficulty climbing it in the past with a variety of High-Performance RWD American V-8s and a 944S.
To use Tire Rack terminology, the Sottozero's are Winter Performance Tires, not Studdless Ice and Snow Tires, like those I used on the other vehicles. Studdless Ice and Snow Tires don't seem to be available in the US in 991 sizes. According the Tire Rack, Winter Performance Tires give up some snow and ice performance for enhanced cold dry road performance.
Porsche uses studded Nokians on the 991's at their Winter Driving Experiences for the highest level snow and ice performance.
To use Tire Rack terminology, the Sottozero's are Winter Performance Tires, not Studdless Ice and Snow Tires, like those I used on the other vehicles. Studdless Ice and Snow Tires don't seem to be available in the US in 991 sizes. According the Tire Rack, Winter Performance Tires give up some snow and ice performance for enhanced cold dry road performance.
Porsche uses studded Nokians on the 991's at their Winter Driving Experiences for the highest level snow and ice performance.