calvins

Is anyone running the Michelin Pilot Super Sport's on a base coupe? (yes, I realize it's a summer tire. No need for AS here in Florida. )

I realize everyone has their favs, just really looking to hear opinions on these in particular.

rrwirsi

You started it so here goes. Before buying replacement tires for the run flats, I looked at CF postings on tires. A zillion!!!!! So I ask my vette mechanic what he recommended. Not being a tire expert or anything associated with a car expert especially a C5, I took his advice and bought NITTO INVO DTD. They are quite and I am very pleased with the ride. So now you will get a zillion more suggestions.

calvins

Thanks, but I'm not really looking for recommendations. I'm looking to hear from folks who have experience with the Mich. Pilot Super Sports.

ZigZag

Very easily one of the best tires you can buy. I have them on my car and they're excellent at any speed. Quiet and sticky but a little pricey.

64drvr

very good street tires dry and wet, long life, quiet. also do pretty well on the track given their category.

Patches

Not my C5 but I run the MPSS's on my dd C7 Z51 - wouldn't run anything else. I'm amazed at how much mileage I'm getting on these on my C7 and the ride is great. I commute ~100 miles a day on a combination of canyon roads and highway here in SoCal. Awesome tire.

KCK8766

I had them on my car until about a year ago when I got wrecked by an 18 wheeler and they were all flat spotted.

As said above, a little pricey, but loved them feel. Mine had about 3-4 thousand miles on them before my booboo.

calvins

Thanks guys. KCK: flat spotted?

KCK8766

Yup. truck hit me in LR quarter, turned me sideways, and pushed me down the road about 150 yards before he could get it stopped.

Looked like what you see on TV in a car chase with a little NASCAR thrown in.

calvins

Dayam.... yeah, I guess that'd pretty much do it. Sorry about the loss!


Thanks to all who replied with their experiences. I know that I can get cheaper tires but my line of thinking is that my butt is worth a few bucks more. Gawd I'll be glad to get rid of these freekin run flats. I didn't think they were EVER gonna wear out.

work_truck

I don't think I'll ever buy a different high performance summer tire.

The PSS is too good.

The biggest plus to these tires are the manners. They behave like 95% of an all season (low noise, nice ride etc) but they also grip like crazy (for what they are) and feel great when being pushed.