Given
41%
while driving a
Opel Astra H 5T 1.8l
(205/55 R16) on
mostly motorways
for 10,000
easy going miles
These tires replaced a set of Falken ZE310 Ecorun tires, so I will essentailly compare them with those. Please note that the Pirellis were 20€ more per tire at the time of purchase.
Positive: The Pirellis do have good dry grip and good wet grip in temperatures above 15°C. Also, the fuel usage of the car seems to be ever so slightly lower. However this could also be due to a colder summer than last year and therefor less driving with A/C turned on.
Negative: The wet grip in temperatures below 15°C is poor, it feels like driving on rocks. The tires tend to slip when accelerating, even more so if there are people sitting in the back seats. Compared to the Falkens, the feedback of the tire is poor, it feels like driving on a sponge. Also the tires are very noisy, to an extent that multiple passangers at different times were concerned about the cars wheelbearings failing (they were not). The wear is higher, after one summer about 15.000km the front tires are at about 4,5mm and the rears at 6mm. The tires startet at slightly more than 7mm. For comparison, the Falkens were at 4.5mm all around when they were replaced due to damage from a metal piece on the road. At that point, they were on the car for 4 summers and about 40-50.000km.
The tires will be used for another summer with the rears at the front and other way around. They will probably be worn after and replaced with something less expensive. At least on this instance, more expensive does not mean more qualitly in a product.
tldr: I do not recommend this tire.