Pirelli P 7 Reviews - Page 5

Given 47% while driving a Audi A4 (205/55 R16 V) on mostly motorways for 10,000 spirited miles
Not very good. My Audi was originally specced with Pirelli P6000 which are awful, P7 are not much better. The only thing that I like is that the riding quality is well matched to the Audi suspension. The other pair of tyres on the car is Hankook K115 (excellent). I rotate my tyres fairly often and its obvious that the Pirellis are not even on the same page. Wet grip is very poor, the car understeers much earlier and is less resistant to aqauplaning. ABS kicks in earlier too. It also tramlines much more noticeably and is less directionally stable at high speed. I cant say I have found them noisy however and I think part of the reason for lack of wet performance is a good wear rate. They arent cheap and other cheaper brands (Hankook, Kumho etc) do it all much better.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on January 19, 2012
Given 46% while driving a Honda Civic 1.8 5 door (225/45 R17 W) on mostly motorways for 20,000 average miles
Pirelli p7 cinturato is very bad tyre.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on December 26, 2011
Given 69% while driving a Honda Civic FD1 1.8 i Vtec (205/55 R16 H) on mostly motorways for 5,000 average miles
Bought them on April 2011 to replace the rubbish Bridgestones it has before. Compared to the Bridgestone Turanza ER30s these were much better. The car was instantly transformed. Road noise, tyre roar, road feedback and progressiveness was much improved. Overall very happy with P7s but I wouldnot buy them again as there are many other tyres which are better. The reason I got Pirellis was because I have never used Pirellis before and just wanted to see how good or bad they are. Might get Continental or Michelin or even Dunlop. Very happy indeed.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on October 31, 2011
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Given 56% while driving a Honda FRV (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 16,500 average miles
Front tyre on Honda FRV. Overall tyre have been good but down to legal limit after only 16500 miles and therefore have not lasted as long as I would have wanted. I am not heavy driver.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on October 23, 2011
Given 67% while driving a Volvo V50 estate (205/50 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
Difficult to compare as only tyres I have had on this volvo v50 so far. Wear is good - expecting 25000 on front and more on rear, but subjectively I think they seem noisy and rough though some of this may be the car itself. Going to try conti's next
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on August 5, 2011
Given 71% while driving a Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (205/55 R16 V) on a combination of roads for 19,000 average miles
Not bad, standard fit to the car when new. Looking at alternatives with better 'wet' performance though.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on February 20, 2011
Given 63% while driving a Citroën C4 (205/55 R16) on mostly town for 2,000 spirited miles
I don't find the tyres noisy. Have been drivien them 2k miles, already starting to go off line, with dead zone, robs my confidence in driving high speed. Balanced twice still vibrates after reaching 65mph. Feedback and progressiveness is quite poor as snaps had happened with little warning, though in the wet is actually more predictable. I'm quite disappointed despite all their sucesses in motorsports, their mass market P7 doesn't seem to live up. Will try some other brand in the future.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on February 11, 2011
Given 83% while driving a Volvo S40 2.0d (225/55 R16 W) on mostly town for 20,000 average miles
mostly local travel but 20,000 has seen them to 1.6mm
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on February 10, 2011
Given 54% while driving a SEAT Toledo (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 5,000 average miles
Quite poor performance from Pirelli with these. The grip level is very low whether wet or dry, even with a pityful 170bhp. They are noisy on the motorway and offer little feedback or progressiveness (sliding badly on a wet roundabout at only 15 mph).

They do wear well, but that's the only real bonus with them.

I won't be having another set of P7's again
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on January 26, 2011
Given 89% while driving a Volkswagen Golf Mk IV 1.6SE (205/55 R16 W) on a combination of roads for 20,000 average miles
Positive:
Excellent handling and braking on dry.
Very good grip and braking on wet.
Low rolling resistance.
Negative:
Average aquaplaning behavior.
High road noise.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on January 20, 2011
Given 83% while driving a Volvo V50 estate (205/50 R17 V) on a combination of roads for 60,000 average miles
60, 000 miles in 2 V50's. Fronts lasted about 25000 miles. I replaced these at one stage with Uniroyal Rainsport 2. An expensive mistake, went back and bought more Pirellis after 600 miles of driving in jelly. Stick with the Pirellis
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on November 7, 2010
Given 76% while driving a Ford Focus mk2 (205/55 R16 V) on a combination of roads for 30,000 average miles
These tyres were OEM on my Focus Estate and my car will be three years old in October 2010. I'm really impressed with these tyres they have done 30k and are still legal (just), but equally impressive is that they still run true. No wandering or vague feelings that I've had on other tyres of a similar wear. They are a tad noisy at high speed though, but that may also be attributable to my car, just the basic "1.6 Style" model. I'm about to have P7 replacements fitted next week.
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on August 6, 2010