PS3 lasted me 8k miles!

Gosh I dunno. Surely you must be putting the pressure on them during cornering to wear them out that quick?

 

Pretty normal I'd say, when I bought mine new I did 5k and rotated the PS2 front to back then needed a new pair on the front before 10k so I reckon if I didn't rotate them I'd of been lucky to get 8k out of a pair

 

I found my Michelin PSS lasting around that length too. Have they worn (relatively) evenly from in the inner to the outer edges?

 

Yeah seems normal to me, I get about the same out of mine, maybe 8-10k max and I don't do any track time or thrash it everywhere.

 

8-10k of joyful driving sounds right.

 

Think I'm wasting my Meg haha. I bought it with PSS on the front, I've done 11.5k on them too and they're just about ready to change with 3mm left on.

 

My Potenzas have lasted 8k which I sort of expected. My 3 MPS went through a set of Dunlops in 5k once. Wasn't happy.

Just the beauty of powerful front wheel drive cars

 

I had PS3 on mine and they got at least 16K out of them, and that was using them every day!

 

My PS2's on the 275 will just about see 9k miles, and same as you, no track days but driven fairly hard when safe, so I'd say your's are about right.

 

I guess the Smeg is quite heavy and if you are gunning it around corners it will eat tyres. Remember it has a diff too which will probably assist in premature wear. Still, I wouldn't change it for the world lol!

 

From what I've read the PS2 is the better tyre.

 

In this wet weather we're having lately I'm getting a lot of wheelspin on my PS2's. Will go for PSS next I think....In 8k lol!

 

Problem is you don't get them in 235 and I personally wouldn't fit a 225.

 

What you can't get pss in 235? I have 18's same as you I think?

 

Nope they only come in 225 or 245. Yea I have the exact same wheels as you.

 

Ah I see. And OEM is 235 x 40 x 18 I guess? 245 may be ok I don't mind a bit of tyre bulk. What do you reckon? Are yours ps2's as well?

 

The PS3 should last longer than the Ps2 or Supersport but honestly your car will feel miles better on Supersports. Much much better performance tyre.
PS3 is really for big luxury cars where refinement and mpg is more important.Its not a direct replacement for the PS2. Michelin split the strategy with their newer tyres

 

You're kidding. Supersport in the right size (so 235 on a 19") is a better tyre than the PS2 any day of the week.

 

I've actually strayed from Michelin, I've got a set of Pirelli Pzero to go on after winter.

Yes the Michelin are good but they're not great, I always find myself wanting more? Few lads running the Pirelli on the Megane and since all the 'big' boys use them thought I'd give them a bash. Rated exactly the same as the PS2 and won numerous tyre tests.

 

I wouldn't mind trying those Pirelli's either. What's the special one they do, avento or something?

Re: michelins, can you get cup 2's in the right profile for 18's, or only the 19's? Ideally I'd like some of the RS 19'' wheels and cup 2 tyres for the summer, and probably just keep the PS2's for winter. Shame they don't make the PSS in the right profile for 18's

 

Pirelli Tropheo. You get the cup 2 in the correct size for the 18"

 

Ah sweet so could always go for cup 2's then. Some say they're awful in the wet but others say they are fine you just have to be careful. I've driven on semi slicks and summer tyres in all weathers before so i think I'd be ok with them. I had Nankang ns2r's on the Clio and they could catch you out in the wet once they were well worn. New they were perfectly adequate though, even good! Sounds sad but I like my tyres to look good and fit the alloys well too. Got a weird thing about tyres lol!

 

I'm having a massive tyre dilemma currently. Terrible time of year to be buying performance tyres but my car needs them soon. I'm doing a couple of track days from March onwards and am having trouble deciding what to do tyre wise. Anyone fancy offering me some advice ??

 

Just buy something that's good all round, specially if it's mainly for doing road miles. Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone etc. Unless you can afford to buy 2 sets then buy something for the road and something for track.

 

Just add PS3 fitted in march this year, done 25000 miles with them, not as good as PS2 though even in the dry.

Will not have them again,

 

To be honest I was just thinking of going for some Nankang NS-2R in the medium compound as I don't do that much mileage to be honest. What's people reviews on these ?

 

I had them last. I think they're a great tyre. Couldn't fault them at all on road or track. Little skittery in the wet but all that type of tyres are. As long as you drive normally in the rain it's fine.

 

Cool. I've been pretty set on buying these for a while but I'm a bargain hunter and constantly find myself looking for the cheapest place. I also don't want 225 width which seems to be everywhere. 235 as comes on the car is what I'm going for. Looking online it seems the prices have gone up for these !

 

Think I was £400 all in for a set in 235 but that was in January. It's like everything else, price goes up with popularity.

 

Yeah I was just looking on Camskill and found them for 94 per tyre which is pretty good but that's without fitting... Shame there's not a Black Friday deal on ! Haha

 

There's always a tyre fitting willing to do it for cash