964C4

Currently I have RE050A and I am very happy with grip and wear, I thought they wouldn't last that much

PS2 is much expensiver and has better rating at Tire Rack

Your thoughts, experiences ?

ADias

What RE050A do you have N0 or N1? If you have N0 and like them, you'll love the newer N1.

alexb76

PS2 more performance oriented than RE050, some thing the premium is worth it, some not. However, both great on street and N-rated.

ADias

I would not say that re the RE050A N1. They are on par (or better) with the aging PS2.

This is the PS2 replacement - Michelin Pilot Super Sport:

M-Pilot Super Sport

alexb76

That'd definitely be my next tires! Funny enough, the only available size of Pilot Super Sport (Ferrari spec) in 20inch is CHEAPER than PS2!

964C4

Currently RE050A N0, not the N1 ones

But very happy with them !

Jake951

The RE050A N1 is standard equipment on the new 997TT. Excellence magazine had an article in the past year in which a Porsche engineer said the new N1 version of this tire is really excellent...not far behind the MPSC in dry performance and (not surprisingly) much better in the wet.

ADias

Then you would love the N1. I have them and I would not trade for PS2.

Palmbeacher

I followed the lead of a colleague and put Bridgestone AS960's on mine. Judging by the results so far I'm guessing 30-40K miles out of them.

Tcc1999

+1. Coming from N0, the RE050A N1 is a very nice tire. I didn't want to drop 1K (for rears) to experiment with PS2's, particularly when I never found the RE050A's limiting.

Alan C.

I went a completely different route and went with Bridgestone RE-11 tires. Good wear and grip.

mambodoc

My 09C4s PDK is my DD. All Florida flats...& recent rain torrents. My OEM PS2 rears went at 20K mi. Very noisy from about 13K mi on. I took my leap of faith and went for Nitto Invo's all around. I find them to be very responsive in both wet and dry weather, yet comfortable ( in sport mode too ) and quiet, at least at this point. All of this so far...with considerable savings as compared to the Michelin PS2's. I'll see how these Nitto's do...based on this my next choice may be the Bridgestones...I found the PS2's a bit harsh from day one.

alexb76

Your PS2 lasted 20K miles!!! Mine's almost gone (on the inside) at 12K!

mambodoc

20K was too much...a mistake on my part...in retrospect, they should've gone at 18K...same wear pattern as you describe but didn't seem " too bad " at that point. I like to " hit it" on occasion but mostly I do flatlands...though there are some nice country roads that I've really "ripped" on...mostly DD.

Betternotbigger

Identical wear on mine. 1mm left before the wear bar is hit. Slightly more wear on the inside, even elsewhere. The tyre guy said that meant good alignment (ie a little toe in).

12k seems about right for PS2s. I like them very much, especially in the wet. Although I'm on winters now I've already got a new set of rears waiting in the garage.

Slightly off topic, I'm finding the winters (Pirelli Sottozeros on 19s) amazingly comfortable on my C2S. I'm driving around with PASM set to Sport half the time. And you know how hard to bear that is on summer 19s!! It's like having a winter GT3!!!