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I do not know much about Pirelli tires and was wondering if anyone has experience with them. Sam's is having a great one day sale and we need four new tires.
I bought Pirelli Cinturato P7 All-Season tires for both of my cars. The first on a "special one day" sale, the other a few months later but it was still a good deal. For the first car, I was replacing identical tires that had 70k miles on them, which is what they were rated for. I found these tires to be very good on wet roads; I have winter tires on steel wheels for the snow season, so I can't say whether these Pirellis will be good on snow; you'll have to check the TireRack ratings.
I cannot comment on other Pirellis as I have no experience with them.
Edit: I'd recommend calling or stopping in before 11/11 to arrange for them to have the tires you want in stock, in the size you need.
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For what it is worth, regarding a quiet ride, I found that the thread groove locations have a lot to do with it.
The more square they are to the tire rotation direction, the noisier they are. In other words, if the grooves were in the same direction of the tire rotation then they are super quiet !
So when I am in market for new tires (summer tires only. For winter I am only concerned about traction) I make sure the thread grooves are at least 45 degrees to the rotation direction, especially in the middle of the tire.
I bought Pirelli Cinturato P7 All-Season tires for both of my cars. The first on a "special one day" sale, the other a few months later but it was still a good deal. For the first car, I was replacing identical tires that had 70k miles on them, which is what they were rated for. I found these tires to be very good on wet roads; I have winter tires on steel wheels for the snow season, so I can't say whether these Pirellis will be good on snow; you'll have to check the TireRack ratings.
I cannot comment on other Pirellis as I have no experience with them.
Edit: I'd recommend calling or stopping in before 11/11 to arrange for them to have the tires you want in stock, in the size you need.
I left out the "Plus." So "Pirelli Cinturato P7 All-Season Plus."
I have Pirelli P4s on my Prius. I just had them installed in July and only have 10-12K miles on them, so I can't speak to how well they wear, but I've got no complaints and they haven't led me into a ditch yet. I had an expensive set on a Porsche 924 turbo many years ago and liked them. I can't recall the model number, but they were v-rated. I liked them enough to want the same brand this time... but didn't figure I needed v-rated on the Prius.
We've used them. We got the P4 on our Subaru and were very happy with them so we replaced them with the same ones 4 years later. Good traction on wet pavement and snow. We use them all year long.
Funny. The Scorpion Verdes are what came stock on our new VW Tiguan. Was looking to replace those with something with better wet/snow traction. Just not sure if that will be in the form of a winter tire set or going to a more capable all season like the Continental ExtremeContact DWS.
And for us the stock Michelin rubber started going downhill at just 30k miles, so as those were $200+/- each i figured to give the Pirelli's a try. Couldn't be any worse so may as well save some coin lol
I suggest going to tirerack.com and reading the tire reviews for your specific car. I have found that tires that are good for one car and not necessarily good for another model. Had an Acura RL once with Michelins, replaced with Bridgstone and the car handled so much better. Same for my wife's mini cooper going from run-flats to regular tires.
As for Sam's I have probably bought 5 sets of tires from my local Sam's and they are great for price and service. They just get the job done and don't try to sell you a bunch of other stuff and services.
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