What I'm looking for ;
-I don't track, but I love a high grip tire
- Can withstand at least 30 000 kms of daily driving.
- Needs to be able to handle any type of rain ( little to pouring rain) Of course, I will be careful in those situations, but I cannot refuse to take the wheels just because it's raining.
- Not too noisy. ( I will explain later)
I drove on Dunlop Direzza Z2 star Spec ;
- Very nice grip
- Fine in the rain, never felt I was in danger
- Wear was OK, sold the car before, but I'm pretty sure I would've been able to do 30 000 kms on them.
- PROBLEM ; It was noisy, you know the kind of sound a tire would make if you were on a slow leak ? This tire would get me paranoid thinking I was constantly driving on a leak and would end up loosing control of my vehicle..
Then, I tried the Michelin PSS ;
- I can feel the grip is least than the Z2 and get some tire spin at launch, but overall it's still a pretty good grippy tire, don't get me wrong !! Much better than other high performance summer tried I tried.
- Has a 30 000 miles warranty from Michelin so I'm pretty sure they could last close to 50 000 km
- Pretty good in the rain, never had a problem either.
- Pretty silent too.
Somes have recommended me the RE-71r.. I'm also tempting to try the new updated PSS version. Any thought ?
Back then when I was shopping for the Z2, I remember reading that they were the best daily tire to use for this kind of category. So i'm wondering if (1) this category (200treadwear) improved over times ? (2) if there's some tire between the 200 category and the PSS ( 300 treadwear) ?
Thanks for the input.
-I don't track, but I love a high grip tire
- Can withstand at least 30 000 kms of daily driving.
- Needs to be able to handle any type of rain ( little to pouring rain) Of course, I will be careful in those situations, but I cannot refuse to take the wheels just because it's raining.
- Not too noisy. ( I will explain later)
I drove on Dunlop Direzza Z2 star Spec ;
- Very nice grip
- Fine in the rain, never felt I was in danger
- Wear was OK, sold the car before, but I'm pretty sure I would've been able to do 30 000 kms on them.
- PROBLEM ; It was noisy, you know the kind of sound a tire would make if you were on a slow leak ? This tire would get me paranoid thinking I was constantly driving on a leak and would end up loosing control of my vehicle..
Then, I tried the Michelin PSS ;
- I can feel the grip is least than the Z2 and get some tire spin at launch, but overall it's still a pretty good grippy tire, don't get me wrong !! Much better than other high performance summer tried I tried.
- Has a 30 000 miles warranty from Michelin so I'm pretty sure they could last close to 50 000 km
- Pretty good in the rain, never had a problem either.
- Pretty silent too.
Somes have recommended me the RE-71r.. I'm also tempting to try the new updated PSS version. Any thought ?
Back then when I was shopping for the Z2, I remember reading that they were the best daily tire to use for this kind of category. So i'm wondering if (1) this category (200treadwear) improved over times ? (2) if there's some tire between the 200 category and the PSS ( 300 treadwear) ?
Thanks for the input.