I note that many cars are fitted with these tyres out of the box. The one simple reason I can think of is that they are durable and quiet.

However as a performance tyre the P6000 does not even compute. I had a very nasty accident owing to the snappy breakaway characteristics of this tyre in the wet completely without warning.

Dry grip is average and feedback is average to poor. Wet grip is woefully bad however and I would advise anyone to avoid these tyres like the plauge for this very reason.

There is a reason these tyres have been nicknamed 'the ditch finders'!

Even as a normal road tyre for normal car I would suggest that there are far better value and far better performing tyres out there for the money.

In summary, this is a veritable dog of tyre that should be avoided at all costs

These are the OEM tyres for my car. I am not impressed at all. They are prone to tramlining especially as they wear and the road noise and vibration is very poor. I can see why they are near the bottom of the league. Very twitchy when pushed in the wet. My first set needed changing at 17000 miles and at 40,000 I need a new set. The AWD on the car means they wear evenly. I will not be getting these again.

Agree with above. While ok when I bought the car with them already fitted (good points - dry grip, bad points - noisy, too much tramlining, poor grip on varied surfaces inc white lines) they deteriorated after they dropped below 4 or 5 mm. As above, wet grip was abysmal if controllable and the tyre walls felt unstable on hard dry cornering from when I first bought the car.

Not impressed - perhaps suitable for motorway driving, but not for an alfa spider. Will be following the cognisti's opinion and buying goodyear eagle f1 gsd3s this week.

Absolutely the worst tyre for any condition remotely damp I've ever used and this without really pushing on. Experience is in comparison to Michelin Energy, Continental Contact and Goodyear Eagles all used on this vehicle.

I always wondered why I've seen so many P6000s fitted to cars on the road. When I got a new set of wheels fitted with these, I found out. In short, these are pretty inoffensive tyres and do nothing wrong. So, really, no-one can really go wrong with them. "No-one ever got fired for buying IBM" springs to minds! However, they don't really excel in any one area. If you want a safe choice that's reasonable value, fine. But there are much better tyres out there (e.g. Bridgestone ER300s).

when these tyres get low (below 4mm) they seem to just let go in the wet. very scary driving these in the wet when low. lost control twice with these.

It seems to be fashionable to slander the P6000, but through my experience I will not be following suite. I have had P6000’s on the front and back of my Mondeo and I can’t really complain, they aren’t a patch on Toyo T1-R’s but then they were never intended to be. They wear well, are relatively comfortable and provide a sufficient amount of grip to drive quickly and safely. I can’t say I’d buy them again, but they are from their image of baby killers and widow makers.

Having sad that, they almost put me in a gravel pit at Donnington Park when the rear stepped out without warning..., drive with a bit of common sense on the road and they will look after you.

This has to be one of the worst tyres I've ever had. Dry grip is unremarkable, wet grip is truly appalling! (breakaway is as sudden as it is unannounced). They don't call these things 'Ditch- Finders' for nothing. Avoid.

Not really much to say on these tyres. They performed as expected, not loads of grip but not awful.

Distinctly average.

I'll start by saying that the car came fitted with these, so it wasn't my choice! I have always looked at P6000s and thought the tread was all wrong. How can it possibly cope with any kind of weather at all? Maybe, I surmised they are long lasting and very comfortable.
Well it turns out that even that is not the case. I found the ride bumpy and loud. The handling is terrible - barely acceptable in the dry, and on wet and muddy roads, well forget it. Actually dangerous in my opinion. It may be a good by if you live in Dubai, but anywhere in Europe? Forget it.
Its incredible that so many cars come with these as standard. Its also incredible that Pirelli have gotten away with selling the same substandard product for so long. And its also one of the most expensive tyres you can buy!
A friend who worked in the motor industry told me that Pirelli supply these to manufacturers at cost price, sometimes less when they are trying to woo a new model. The reason being that the vast maajority of drivers, when its time to replace their tyres will go for exactly the same type. They assume that the car maker knows best!
Wrong, the car maker just got bribed!
I diddnt even wait for mine to wear out. I replaced with Contis and am very happy now.

I've driven 58,000 miles on Pirelli P6000s on my present car and before that about 40,000 on a Volvo V70 2.4 auto. Both cars came fitted with Pirellis when new and have always had the same fitted when new tyres were needed.

Pluses: they don't do anything very badly in my experience. They wear very well i.e. they last a long time. On my Volvo V40 (which has 200 bhp) the fronts do 20,000+ and the rears 35,000+. The dry grip is very good, and the tyres give a comfortable ride and handle well if not pushed to the limits.

Minuses: wet grip is worse than in the dry but in my experience still good - though I tend to drive a bit slower in the wet rather than trying to push on at "dry" pace! They are a bit noisy on anything other than smooth tarmac. They also perform less well in the last 2 mm before they reach the point for being replaced - they feel worn out before they reach the legal minimum of 1.6 mm.

Overall: satisfied with these tyres and would buy again but for the recent steep price increases. Relative to other premium brands they now look expensive so I will probably be driving on different rubber before clocking up a full 100,000 miles on Pirelli P6000s.

I have looked on this website for advise on replacement tyres for the Mercedes E240 Estate. Specifically the rear. It is fitted with P6000 and is the worst handling car I have ever driven. I would concur with some other reviewers that these tyres break away with no progression on a damp road. As a driver who covers up to 35k per year I am reasonably experienced however with these tyres I have experienced one complete spin out of a corner and off the road. Two losses of control on roundabouts which I struggled to correct. 1+ minor breaking away when accelerating from rest into a corner eg pulling out of a T junction or roundbout. All these reflect poor tyre performance. I have a total lack of confidence in the Tyre and amm looking for a suitable replacement with acceptable wet weather performance - not near death experience scares when it rains.

On our V12 BMW, these tyres are shocking, really bad indeed. Even in the dry the car is easy to unsettle with the accelerator, and in the dry they are lethal, thank god for traction control. They are also way too much money and wear out too fast. They also dont ride brilliantly and are fairly noisy. Replaced with Falken ZE512s, which are rubbish on my Fiat Punto, but strangely very very good on the 7 series, however not great in the wet, but way better than P6000s, which really suck bad!

These come with the usual story of being fitted as OEM, can't say they have been the best experiance on the road, fairly hard ride even at Jaguars "comfort" pressure 26 front 28 back, I've had the back end step out a couple of times which tests your sphincter reactions, but worst of all is going out of balance non-stop, vibrations at motorway speeds becomes a little annoying after the first hour, I wouldn't buy them given the choice, especially as they are just about the dearest ones on the market.

New Pirelli P6000's were fitted to my car when I bought it - they're coming off as soon as I can find replacements. Dry grip is OK, but I've had better and the car felt nervous. Wet grip is atrocious. Almost no progression at all, car just snapped away as I pushed into bends - wouldn't recommend P6000 for spirited driving - they bite back!. Wear rate seems good and quite quiet on motorways. Not a tyre for me though!