Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3

PS3 Best compromise between comfort and steering feel. Fantastic in the wet like Contisportcontact 3, much much better than Bridestone. If you are looking for a tyre which is great in the wet, and is comfortable and not noisy, yet at the same time it is still very sporty and if price is affordable then get this. Bridgestone out perform any in the dry. This is the tyre I'm getting over and over again :)

Bridgestone S001 (replacement for RE050a) is superb in the dry and has great steering feedback but it is noisy and doesn't absorb bumps as well.
This is not from my experience but from a friend who does a bit of racing, he says S001 are very progressive, although it is not as grippy in the wet and only average however subjectively, this tyre is the best to drive on because it is progressive. Potholes and uneven surface does tend to make it more busy but it feels great because it is progressive.

Contisportcontact 3 is very comfortable but loses on steering feel and sharpness.

It seems like Bridgestone S001 is performance oriented and Continental Conticontactsport 3 is for comfort and Michelin PS3 is a great compromise between the two. I didn't generalize because with each model manufacturers can change, ie Michelin PS2 are dry performance oriented and now the PS3 are wet & green oriented.

Very good tires, excellent grip in the dry and wet and could handle a lot of torque very well for a street tire.
The downside is that they dont last that much. Had to swap rear for fronts in about 10.000 km about 6500 miles, but take in consideration that i had 550 nm only on the front wheels and drove it hard.

Another thing to add, the wall doesnt take bumps and pot holes pretty well. blown a tire at only 30 mph.

Simply the best tyres I have ever bought. Nothing quiet compares to them. I have been driving professionally for 45 years and find these tyres amazing.
My reason for changing to them was at the time the roads were very icy and back roads ungritted and dangerous. The percieved difference was like chalk and cheeze. The tyres I took off were Dunlop SP Sports with lots of tread left. I first bought the Michelin Pilot 3's during the British winter of 2010. No other tyre I have bought comes near to the performance of these tyres.

Tyre wear the only problem if you have a powerful car, oem with my RS250 works very well. A tyre that one must try at least once in a life time....PS2 is better than the PS3

Driven around 30k kilometres rotated thrice at 8k kilometres each time. Grips well at high speed cornering. Wanted to rotate at 32k kilometres but tyres deem not safe for further driving. Generally brakes with high confidence level, no feeling of skidding. Only downside will be poor lifespan, other than that highly recommended.

The Pilot Sport 3 tyres are excellent in every way but I had hoped they would last longer than 17,000 miles. The grooves around the circumference of the tyre are wide so there is less rubber then on some tyres. I guess that's what gives the grip. I often have the car loaded up with windsurfing equipment and it still has excellent handling and cornering. Unsurprisingly they were not so good in the snow and very difficult indeed to get going without spinning. However, once moving they weren't bad. Overall a very good, safe tyre at speed on all kinds of roads.

To be honest, I find it hard to objectively say whether these handle or grip or whatever better than other tyres, as I'm still only on my second car, but I can say a pair of these just managed 28,000 miles with me. They aren't cheap, but that's some good milage right there, I think.

Class Class Class, simple as that. Ive so far done 8000 miles in them and it looks like the tread is still brand new. Brilliant!