Buzz911S

No, no salt flats in Florida. There are some long lonely straight stretches of i-95 here and that's where I've let it out to 150 plus. I wouldn't advise that though.... unless you're used to that kind of speed, you can get in trouble in a hurry. Those nice long sweeping turns turn into right angle corners and if I see even a dot way ahead of me, I roll out of the throttle. Closing speed on a car going the speed limit is incredible. Not the thing to do very often.

And, yeah.... why did your friend in the WRX want less traction? Seems strange. I think I'd want MORE!

Paul Marangoni

LOL! Yeah, he could be. But I understand where he's coming from. He was complaining that his tires had far too much grip, and combined with 4WD, he wasn't having as much fun as he'd like. He likes to break loose on occasion and the only way to do that with grippy tires is to go VERY fast, which is very dangerous. So now he's having more fun and doing it with a safety margin.

Bigwave

Has anyone had the BFG G-Force. Motor trend (i think) had a tire test and it did very well in the dry test. In So Cal I don't need the perfect wet tire. They seem to be priced right also.

Buzz911S

To anyone who read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", this should bring back some memories. These two characters in the book rented a Caddilac and were try to slide around corners with it. It wouldn't slide without nearly turning over so they put 80psi in each tire!!! The slid then! If you haven't read this book it is insane and insanely funny. You should have told your friend to just air his tires up to 70psi and he could slide on any kind of tire!

Paul Marangoni

I heard a lot about that book. Wasn't it made into a movie too?

Buzz911S

Yeah, it was made into a movie.... but read the book. It's about two guys who are hired by a magazine to cover an off road race in Las Vegas. Man, do they get into some predicaments!

gr8330

Might want to look here. The tests were made with a BMW. Good article though
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=7

Deanski

My C2S has been ordered and I'm trying to get the dealer to have the PS/2's installed if I could choose which tire goes on this new car. If not PS/2's, then regular P/S would be fine.

I know it all depends on what Prosche has at the time, but dealer is willing to switch out to whichever tire if possible.

Regards,
Deanski

OCBen

I love my P-Zeros and will buy them again. Great dry & wet (tested today) traction. And if my car had come with the Michelins I would have insisted on a switcheroo for the Pirellis.

Stephenkng

I believe you do not have a choice of the tires.

uzj100

I've been told that as well....but some (many?) dealers will swap for you. Of course you pay the difference if what you choose costs more than what you're swapping. (Don't know if they give you back the difference if the tires you want cost less than the tires that came on the car) Which raises an interesting question. What do the dealers do with the swapped tires--sell them as new? Hmmmm, isn't that a

Edgy01

You definitely do not get a choice of tire,--it's whatever was on the top of the heap when they mounted the tires on the rims. (Many years ago I wanted Pirellis and got Dunlops (yuck) but some nice kid accommodated me within 60 days by slashing all my tires over there in Germany). I got the Pirellis.

Dan

donkeyman

I just installed the p-zeros rosso on my 996 Targa. So far I am happy with them. Plenty of grip and significantly quieter and more comfortable than the continentals it came with.

Riad

I've used about 4 sets of P-Zeros on my 2001 996. The only thing I didn't like about them was the wear. I use my Porsche as a daily driver, and the P-Zeros may have been a tad too soft.

Pilot Sports came with my 2004 and at first I really didn't like them, but I must say I've grown into them and they wear much better than the P-Zero's.

jmtc,
Rob

Driveby

Have BFG KDWs on my lightweight wheels for the M3. Excellent tires in wet and dry and good wear despite lots of hard launches. I consider them in the range of PS2s at a much lower cost.