Once these tires are 'broken-in', they are beyond fantastic.
Did 300 miles on them the day after I had them fitted, mixture of city, country and motorway roads. I must say I was impressed at the ride comfort and pretty low tire roar, even on our random quality roads in Britain the tires keep noise to a minimum.
IN THE DRY:
After this trip I tried some spirited driving in the dry, wheelspin is much less than before and I find my traction control has to work a lot less, the tires grip extremely well and somewhat inspire confidence.
IN THE WET:
Eventually, the rain came and I took an opportunity to try them out properly, did some spirited driving around a few roundabouts and the tires simply cling on, wheelspin doesn't happen any more than in would in the dry so I'm just as impressed.
IN THE SNOW:
Also, I stumbled upon some snow by accident having driven further up the country and took an opportunity to see how they would do. Once again, I was surprised that they worked as well as well as they did for a summer tire. They're never going to be as good as winter tires but its almost unbelievable they didn't leave me stuck, the tires would spin and find grip with very little drama.
ON ICE:
After pulling over into a bus stop which I hadn't realised was pretty much all black ice, I was dreading trying to move off. Again, the tires shockingly made very little drama along with the help of my traction control and allowed me to move off.
Conclusion:
Don't be put off Pirelli by their rubbish P6000 tires, the P7 is nowhere near as dreadful. If anything I'm more than impressed with these, not sure about wear rate though as they've only been on a few days.