Tanner2305

I'm going with these in the spring.

450knotOffice

I've got the V12's on my 996 and I'll say that they're the best bang for the buck tire I've had on that car yet - and I've run many sets over the 4 1/2 years and 75,000 miles I've driven it. They are reasonably quiet, wear very well, have very predictable handling (if not the highest absolute limits), and handle rain better than any tire I've yet run on that car. I'll get another set when these wear out someday.

X51

Thanks for everyone's feedback. Good perspectives and input. Seems any of the three would be a good choice, with the falken and bridgestone getting some thread time too.

Rob - regarding your q about mixing fronts and rears - porsche generally frowns on that - as you know you have to match the series specs if you buy michelins.

I think the handling characteristics are so different with each design that you would get the best out of your car by keeping the tires the same. So buy whatever matches your new fronts - I think you'd be the happiest and wouldn't question your decision if ever you felt the handling was compromised. Just my 2 cents.

rwiii

I think for tooling around the neighborhood mixing wouldn't matter. I say that because I (not planned) have Pirelli's on the back and Conti's on the front and I just don't have the opportunity on city streets to really stretch it where I could tell a difference. For DE's I run PS Cups and that's a completely different matter. Those of you who have some lightly traveled roads where you can push it it may make a difference but in the city I say mix it up if it works out that way.

Tanner2305

Wow .. after stating that I was going to go with the Summi's I now am really thinking about the Hankook's. I found another big distributor (like TireRack) and they sell them at a great cost.

Let's see if I can change my mind again tomorrow.....

sparks259

mixing tires=
exactly how much difference is there performing emergency evasive manuevers on a public road @60mpf vs. a 60mph turn on a race track?
THAT is a good reason NOT to mix and match tires.

Van

I get about 8k miles out of PS2s in the rear.

Van

PS. has anyone used the Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec?

http://www.dunloptires.com/catalog/d...1StarSpec.html

rwiii

Mixing tires:
I can't imagine evasive manuevers at 60 MPH anything near the speed and temperature at track speeds. Sorry I don't have any science behind this but I can't imagine a differnt brand of tire making a negligiable difference on city streets. I'm not hard headed so anyone with data please chime in.

wings & wheels

I have about 500 miles on the Conti DW's, very good so far. Haven't pushed them beyond some on/offramp fun, but I'm happy.

w

bigrob

Putting different tires in back is NOT what i really want to do, I like balance and would feel better withall4 the same type tire, but the $438 per tire pricetag got me thinking bout it. I could actually do ALL 4 new tires, such as the Conti DW's or Sumi's, for about the price of the 2 Michelins in back

..............I just looked on Tire rack and cant even FIND my Michelins on there. And they show diff tires as OE!!?? strange, cause I distinctly remember seeing mine and they were $438 for rears! Gotta go look at my tires right now and see what is up!!

Ray S

Tire Rack removed the tires from their site because they are currently out of stock. If you call them they can be ordered (I have some on order with them). The told me last week they expect to receive new stock from France around Dec 10th.

However, if you can wait Michelin is making a new version (the Super Sport) next year which should be even better.

Details here;

https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...-in-dubai.html

http://www.michelin.com/corporate/ne...lot_SuperSport

bigrob

From what I can see by tread design, my tires look like pilot sport PS2's

Van

Look at the words on the side of the tire...

DCP

I have them on our 335i coupe. Great track tire. Kind of noisy on the street and short wear life. As far as I know, it is not available in sizes that fit a 18 inch 996. I wish they were.