Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico Reviews - Page 2

Given 87% while driving a Mercedes Benz C200 CDI Est Blue Efficiency (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
I had these fitted to front of Mercedes C200 CDI - replacing Michelin Primacy HP. They have the MO mark.

The grip is outstanding from the first drive - the Michelin's were touring tyres and although still at 3mm, it was noticeable the grip had diminished and would say Pirelli is better when both were new. Michelin on front did over 23,000 miles and were legal for another few thousand, so no complaints on their front tyre life (rears only 16,000).

Pirelli also feels a little stiffer, grip brilliantly, stop quickly (Mich used to shudder a little as the abs would come on) and are quiet. From first few days suspect mpg may be a little lower (assume higher rolling resistance), but think the price, grip and braking outweighs this.

I was looking at Conti SC 5 ~(as current best on test), but found the Pirelli price had dropped to £100 a tyre on a few websites (saving about £30 for the pair - TyreGiant and Tyresavings), so good value at the moment.

I can't comment on Wear, as so new, but treadwear only 200, so may explain grip and mpg.

Highly recommended.
Helpful 18 - tyre reviewed on May 15, 2012
Given 97% while driving a Mercedes Benz SLK 230 (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 3,000 spirited miles
have these for around 5 months now .
had dunlop direzza 101 ,
and wow the car handles great now , i use to drive slow through rain .
and after driving in dunlop the move to pirelli was the best thing i ever made , the car is so much better and fun to drive .
its like i got a brand new car !!
i now what my next tires are
Helpful 22 - tyre reviewed on March 28, 2012
Given 86% while driving a Audi TT (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 43,000 average miles
Got 43,000 miles from one set. Very very good in the wet, especially with lots of surface water.
Helpful 16 - tyre reviewed on December 13, 2011
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Given 95% while driving a Mercedes Benz SLK 230 (225/45 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 1,000 spirited miles
awesome tires only have them for a few weeks so cant attest for wear but so far they changed my car to a different car , lots of grip in the dry and wet .
quite and i would definitely buy again. much better then my old Dunlaps.
Helpful 19 - tyre reviewed on November 18, 2011
Given 71% while driving a Volvo S80 T6 (225/50 R17 W) on mostly town for 76,000 spirited miles
Repalced OEM tires with these ones at the recommendation of Pirelli. First 2 years was amaxing, then wear started taking a toll. Got a total of 30K out of them. The rest was driving with caution all times especially on wet roads. Nevertherelss, very exotic tires with and excellent and predictable response.
Helpful 9 - tyre reviewed on August 27, 2011
Given 81% while driving a Volkswagen EOS (235/40 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 40,000 average miles
Fitter to the from of my VW Eos on 16/03/2009 and changed on the 04/12/2010 after 25,694 miles which is excellent given the previous Continental SportContact2s were changed at 14,573 mls. After filling the Pirellis I noticed significantly better grip and braking ability which was surprising. I've chaged them for a pair of Nokian Z G2 as they are cheaper and get excellent write-ups.
Helpful 10 - tyre reviewed on December 13, 2010
Given 80% while driving a Jaguar XK8 (255/45 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 7,000 spirited miles
Grip is good enough but wear not so good. I will probably try Dunlop Sport Maxx TT or Goodyear F1 Asymetric next time
Helpful 8 - tyre reviewed on November 3, 2010
Given 69% while driving a SEAT Leon FR tdi (225/40 R18 W) on mostly motorways for 22,500 average miles
These were factory fitted to my new Seat Leon FR and I've had pretty impressive mileage out of them, they have done 22,500 miles and both fronts and rears are now in need of changing (down to about 2mm).

Dry grip is excellent, but wet grip performance dropped off significantly once they got to about 4mm tread left. I didn't use them much in the snow so I can't really comment.

The main problem is noise - they are incredibly noisy and make motorway journeys very tiresome. On dry B roads where you can enjoy the grip, I can live with the noise, but unfortunately I do quite a lot of motorway driving so I won't be having another set.
Helpful 13 - tyre reviewed on October 5, 2010
Given 56% while driving a BMW E46 3 Series (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
First month they weren't too bad, but after that they tracked to every line on the road, constantly fighting to make them go where I wanted too, had the car checked at least 5 times over 2 years, no issues with suspension or alignment, these tyres were horrid, and got swapped out before their time because I was sick of them. They never gripped consistently in the dry, and weren't any difference in the wet. Stopping distance not as good as the Conti Sport 2's.
Helpful 9 - tyre reviewed on September 23, 2010
Given 100% while driving a Mitsubishi Evolution V (235/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 16 spirited miles
Excellent all round tyre.

These are fitted on an Evo 5.

Great grip in dry and rain. I went out in the snow last year & never got stuck & I went looking for the stuff! lol

Good all round grip & very predictable. Hard wearing too
Helpful 10 - tyre reviewed on September 18, 2010