I was initially disapointed with these tires which cost more than previous ones (P6 Cinturato) and now they are nearly done I still am because I enjoy driving.

I wrote a review some time back under P6 model which seemed to suit my car better. The P6000s have been used mainly on motorway and lasted about 27,000 miles which for me is quite good.

A long time ago I had a set of these on a Peugeot 309 GTI and seem to recall having similar problems on that car, that car would spin quite easily without provokation on wet roundabouts and if I am not careful my avensis will as well. Compared to the previous tires on the 309 the P6000s were a big improvement. Both cars exibited a repetitive odd yawing sensation through the steering on some corners as if there was an unbalanced edge to the tire tread.

There are mixed reviews on here and annecdotally the worst ones seem to come from owners of European cars. I do not think they are bad but they are car-choice dependant and stupidly overpriced. My ratings are based on my expectation that this was going to be a PREMIUM tire.

Positives:
Lasted a long time
Sharp direcionality at speed and good feeback
Dry braking was not bad

Negatives:
Eratic wet weather characteristics (mainly roundabouts) did not inspire confidence and not brilliant in the dry really
Hard ride which got worse as they aged
Noise at speed
Slightly fidgety generally and steering sometimes over-light
ABS light can come on over rough surfaces in the wet at slow speeds

Conclusions
In my opinion these are not a premium characteristic tire so do not pay too much and be careful which car you match them to as this seems to dictate the overall satisfaction of the reviews here.

I'm currently on my third set of these tires, and I'm really happy with them. They last for ever (20,000m plus), and just work. I used to have Pirelli P7s on the car until my local garage told me that these would be better (due to it not getting warm enough here for the P7s to get up to temperature fast enough etc), and as these were cheaper, I couldn't resist.

I've been really surprised by all the negative reviews on here - I wonder how much of it is due to driver behaviour? I've only slightly lost the back end of my car once, and it was really raining at the time - I should have known better...