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Old 01-09-2007, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MJones
Yup - mine came with Pirelli PZero Corsa...Got a cut to the cord in the 1st 200mi.

Try to find a replacement, not even the dealer can at this time

MPSC will be my tire in a couple of days...thank you to my dealer
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Old 01-09-2007, 02:03 PM
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Pirelli Corsa availability as of today for GT3....

My tire guy...we do not warehouse any corsa
Wheel enhancement....NO
TireRack (P dealers source)...NO
Pirelli...shipping but no ETA...maybe in two weeks.
Old 01-09-2007, 04:08 PM
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I wouldn't mind either way. Both are great tires for their use.
Old 01-09-2007, 04:43 PM
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Mine came with the Corsas as well. I guess I lost the tire lottery.

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Old 01-09-2007, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Hank Cohn
Mine came with the Corsas as well. I guess I lost the tire lottery.

Hank
Hank - Don't sweat it - you'll just have the Corsas for the breakin period anyways. I think any GT3 owner who drives his car much at all will have ample opportunity to sample many different sets of tires (especially if you stick with DOT track tires)
Old 01-09-2007, 09:58 PM
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I guess the Corsa's dry performance is still an unknown but wet performance – at full (new) tread depth was great. I drove the car through two incredible downpours last Friday on my way home from Champion Motors to Atlanta. I would say that I spent about an hour and a half in the rain. I was apprehensive at first, but the Corsa's were great in the rain even at 70-75 mph. I do wonder if the 29/33 tire pressure is also optimum for the Corsas? The manual does not differentiate. Grant, I hear you about sampling many different tires. Is everybody who is tracking their car on different wheels buying 19s, and, if so, which wheel?
Old 01-10-2007, 02:11 AM
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Corsas on mine.
Old 01-10-2007, 09:06 PM
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Corsas on mine too. I've noticed that the cars delivered in Dec seem to have the Corsas. Earlier cars seem to have come with MPSC. Mine was Dec deliv.
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Just looked up the replacement cost of the MPSC on tire-rack. Whoa! rears alone cost ~ $500 per tire. This RS (or GT3) is gooonnnna be one expensive toy
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Mine arrived today with MPSC...
Old 01-11-2007, 06:54 AM
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Took mine home today with Corsa's on it. Had to drive in 20Degree weather ...they held the road fine.
Was thinking about getting new wheels and sneakers for the track...any idea 18"..19" BBS? Hoosier?



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