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It's time to get 4 new tires for my 2004 TL. Any recomendations for the
Western NY area winters? I was leaning towards the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S
or Nokian WR's? Any thoughts?

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:30:23 -0400, Murph let slip this dark secret:

>It's time to get 4 new tires for my 2004 TL. Any recomendations for the
>Western NY area winters? I was leaning towards the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S
>or Nokian WR's? Any thoughts?
>
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:30:23 -0400, "Murph"
<mjmurphy@adelphia.net> wrote:

>It's time to get 4 new tires for my 2004 TL. Any recomendations for the
>Western NY area winters? I was leaning towards the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S
>or Nokian WR's? Any thoughts?

I'm in Hilton (near Rochester).....

I've recently mounted some 235/45-17 Pirelli PZero Nero M&S on my
2004 TL. Before that, I was running 235/45-17 Michelin Pilot
Sport A/S's. The Pirelli's are quieter and almost as good at dry
handling as the Michelins. The Michelins are exceptional handling
tires and great in the snow. The reason I went with the Pirellis
is to see if I could give up a little in handling to gain some
better wear (I got 24,000 miles with the Michelins -- but that
may have been somewhat due to the alignment), a little bit
quieter tire and not give up to much (hopefully) with winter
grip. I can't speak to the Pirelli's in the snow yet. We'll see.
If they don't give me the advantages I was looking for, I'll go
back to the A/S's as they were exceptional tires in sow, wet, and
dry.

Anyway, the Pirellis are pretty good so far but I miss the
exceptional handling of the Michelins (we'll see about the snow).
The $60 less per tire for the Pirelli's helped with the decision.

I thought the Pirelli PZero Nero were summer only tires?


"Lee Florack" <lflorack@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:u76dj196ndv6f7h84b1d59e8dbi0brf3hr@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:30:23 -0400, "Murph"
> <mjmurphy@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>>It's time to get 4 new tires for my 2004 TL. Any recomendations for the
>>Western NY area winters? I was leaning towards the Michelin Pilot Sport
>>A/S
>>or Nokian WR's? Any thoughts?
>
> I'm in Hilton (near Rochester).....
>
> I've recently mounted some 235/45-17 Pirelli PZero Nero M&S on my
> 2004 TL. Before that, I was running 235/45-17 Michelin Pilot
> Sport A/S's. The Pirelli's are quieter and almost as good at dry
> handling as the Michelins. The Michelins are exceptional handling
> tires and great in the snow. The reason I went with the Pirellis
> is to see if I could give up a little in handling to gain some
> better wear (I got 24,000 miles with the Michelins -- but that
> may have been somewhat due to the alignment), a little bit
> quieter tire and not give up to much (hopefully) with winter
> grip. I can't speak to the Pirelli's in the snow yet. We'll see.
> If they don't give me the advantages I was looking for, I'll go
> back to the A/S's as they were exceptional tires in sow, wet, and
> dry.
>
> Anyway, the Pirellis are pretty good so far but I miss the
> exceptional handling of the Michelins (we'll see about the snow).
> The $60 less per tire for the Pirelli's helped with the decision.

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:31:32 -0400, "Murph" <mjmurphy@adelphia.net>
wrote:

>I thought the Pirelli PZero Nero were summer only tires?
>
>


I believe you are correct. TireRack puts them in the "maximum
performance summer" category .... list N/A for Winter traction.

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:09:32 -0600, Curtis Newton
<cnewton{delete-this}@akaMail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:31:32 -0400, "Murph" <mjmurphy@adelphia.net>
>wrote:
>
>>I thought the Pirelli PZero Nero were summer only tires?
>>
>>
>
>
>I believe you are correct. TireRack puts them in the "maximum
>performance summer" category .... list N/A for Winter traction.

Not the Pirelli PZero Nero M&S's -- which is what I bought. They
are Ultra High Performance All-Season Tires. See them here:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=4

You're probably referring to the Pirelli PZero Rosso Asimmetrico
-- which ARE summer tires.