Pirelli PZero Nero

My car came with a set of Continental Sport Contact II's, which were fine, I was very happy with them. These were replaced with a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto II's, which were even better, a very good tyre. I had to have two new tyres on the back of the car, and the lease company fitted Nero's, with the older Michelins staying on the front. The car is now borderline dangerous, and can no longer be driven with any confidence or in a spirited manner. Even pottering around it feels as if I am driving on a diesel spill or on icy roads in mid winter. My car is a front drive diesel, and its gone from being naturaly understeery to massively oversteery. As for driving fast? Not on these, forget it. Motorway journeys have also changed from being a non event to a terrifying ordeal of sweaty palmed concentration, fear and horror.

I am genuinely, jaw-droppingly shocked at just how bad these tyres are, they have ruined the car for me. They have been put on the front temporarily, where they are just as bad as they were on the rear, but at least the car is now safe and secure. They will be replaced as soon as possible.

They say that new tyres should always go on the back, my experience with these tyres has demonstrated to me 100% the wisdom in that. However, it's not so much that new tyres should go on the back, more that the best tyres should go on the back. Whether they are new or not is irrelevant.

This is not down to them simply needing to be bedded in, and scrubbing off the mould release agent after a few miles either. They are just terrible.

Very good grip on hot and dry roads, average on wet, useless on snow. They wear out very quickly!

Tyres came as standard on the car. I'm not a Lewis Hamilton wannabe and i'm not captain slow but 8000 miles? please??
Dry weather they are ok to good, wet weather they seem to cover themselves in butter. Can't wait to replace them!!!

My car is modified now to 165bhp.
These tiers were supplied with the car.On wet there is too much wheel spin and you feel also very insecure.The dry grip is ok but if you want to push the car more you would definitely lose grip.Braking in dry is ok, but on wet is not so good.
They are also very noisy.
The wear rate is very good.
There are better tiers for the money you pay for this tyre model.

I probably buy next some Uniroyal Rainsport 2 or some Hankook V12 Evo.

Have driven on all sorts of Australian roads - even gravel. No problems with these - 30,000k's or 18,640 miles - so im happy with that. I wouldn't expect a 205/40/17 profile in a ultra high performance tyre to last any more than that. Can buy other tyres that are cheaper that will give more miles but they'll probably not be 'Ultra High Performance' ones. Expensive but you get what you pay for, like everything in Aus we pay more $290aus each!

Dry - unbeatable, stick to the road like glue - wet not bad too. No snow or icy roads in my part of the world though.

Only other tyres I would consider is Conti Sport Contact 1 but haven't found enough reviews on them so for now im sticking with Pzero Nero's.

Brilliant dry performance , at some expence to cold wet performance (not had any scary moments though) , I have had 3 sets now and quite like them, lasted 8000miles on front and about 16000 on the rear. Got me to work in 3inches of snow. A little pricey.

Read a lot of reviews of this tyre and was wary of buying, but got a good price so went for them on the fronts after wearing out the contisports.
Overall i was impressed with grip in wet and dry did have a few snappy moment in the wet but was being stupid. They are quite bumpy however and after just under 10000 miles are knackered probably wont buy again because they are quite expensive and havent lasted very long.

Had the Pirelli PZero nero as standard fit to my car. When I first had the car I was impressed with the handling and feedback.

After a few weeks ownership and 3,000 miles I was shocked at the wear.

Worst is the tramlining particularly at slow speeds. On the motorway all seems fine. However at 30mph around town it is nothing short of dangerous. Minor imperfections grap the car. Firm two handed steering required at all time.

The tyre performance in the dry is more than acceptable. Good levels of grip, keen turn in and very progressive feel.

However, to re-iterate what the majority of people are saying, the wet performance is shocking. Grip disappears and traction is easily broken. You don't even to dump the clutch or floor it. In the wet, accelerating briskly in second gear will break traction.

A second - as serious - problem, is the tramlining which gets worse as the tyres wear. Currently between 3-4mm and on anything other than completely smooth and flat roads (in this country!!), the car is all over the place. Depending on the severity of the road imperfection, the car can be pulled off line quite violently. Also seemed to make the ride very crashy. Noisy and unforgiving.

Wear seems average.

May recommend this tyre for dry track use but not everyday road use. Will try Uniroyal Rainsport 2's next.