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Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
I am a bit surprised you liked the Pirelli .. I never liked their products.... wore quickly and were noisy when they did. Michelins were always good for me.... lasted a longer time too with a proper alignment... they are my "go to" brand.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Pirelli were ok tires. More than ok really. They did get noisy when near the end but this is true of the Michelin tires and on my 996 Turbo the Continental and Bridgestone tires. But I got good service life out of Pirelli tires comparable to what I managed to get out of the Michelin tires.
When Michelin tires were close to the same price as Pirelli tires, and in one or two cases on "sale" and less than the Pirelli tires, Michelin tires were "ok" too. Sometimes I didn't have a choice either. A few tires sets back Michelin tires were back ordered for like months. No way I could wait/postpone getting new tires so I had to switch back to Pirelli.
Had the car out in the rain today. More rain than we have had in a long time. Roads very wet with water everywhere. The new Michelin tires were just fine in the wet. Nice. Very nice. Good tires.
Just hope it keeps up like this for a while. I'm tired of buying new tires mainly at the start of the rainy season (more like rainly week...) only to have the rain stop and then of course there is no rain for months and months and then when the next rainy season rolls around the tires are worn down some. 'course, for some years now I could get by with worn tires since rainfalll was light and very infrequent. Not this year though. Having some nice bouts of rain. Been raining all day from the early hours before dawn to even now I hear water gurgling through the downspouts.
Anyhow, the tires on the Turbo have plenty of tread but I don't want to be driving the Turbo day and day our as it racks up the miles too quickly and before you know it it is time to have it in for service.