At first I thought these were knock offs....

[PranK]

 

Then I realised it was just a typo. I was hoping for a set of Pirellys for my 5 series.

[Rezz]

"Here's how it works: Buy a set of four Pirelli tyres."

Hey I think these guys are on to something 🤣

[GTSBoy]

With Tyroola, they're probably 10 years old. It's already pretty clear that they've given the job of copywriting their adverts to an artificial stupidity (which could be a Year 9 dropout, or someone recently arrived to Oz with almost no English).

[luke gtr]

New temu brand?

[Duncan]

I'm pretty sure that is just straight AI generated word soup, where did you receive that ad (facebook)? They misspell Pirelli twice, no human eyes looked at that before it was posted.

Incidentally, I am running the chinese pirellis on my V37 and they are.....OK....I didn't go looking for them, they were just what the shop had in stock in the tall size that car needs.

LIke any brand, you really can't trust the brand's reputation to apply to every product they produce. Pirelli make good and crap tyres, all with the same logo stamped on them, and all with an attempt at price premium due to the brand

[soviet_merlin]

Every time I have to buy new tyres I question what actual difference it makes between running $40 tyres and $300 tyres and whether it's worth it. Because that's a massive difference to the wallet.

But then I did go to a driving training at some point which also included emergency braking and swerving in the wet. In part I think it was meant to show people how bad it gets. Funnily enough what I took away from it is that I can go much harder than I thought in my car.

I presume mostly because of decent tyres. Some of the other cars there were shocking to behold. And a bit scary that cheap tyres are probably a lot more common on the road than decent ones  

[GTSBoy]

33 minutes ago, soviet_merlin said:

I presume mostly because of decent tyres. Some of the other cars there were shocking to behold. And a bit scary that cheap tyres are probably a lot more common on the road than decent ones

This. All of this.

I am turning >$300 into small particles inside 20k km, because I like to be able to roll around any 90° street corner at the speed limit. Would my car be more fun with cheaper tyres? Possibly. When I swapped out the bald AD09s for new ones, the change in the car was massive. The obvious one was being able to put the power down instead of lighting up into silly wheelspin. But the corollary of that was that the lateral traction went from being fun to fast. It was more fun when it was loose.

But the corollary to the corollary is that if I need to dodge a child in the road or emergency brake to avoid the arsehat who has just tipped a GWM on its side in front of me, then I've got a much better chance of that manoeuvre coming off without unintended "fun" meaning that I hit something else, or the original target.

[Rezz]

On 30/04/2025 at 8:44 AM, soviet_merlin said:

But then I did go to a driving training at some point which also included emergency braking and swerving in the wet. In part I think it was meant to show people how bad it gets. Funnily enough what I took away from it is that I can go much harder than I thought in my car.

I had this same experience going from a set of no name tyres that were on a set of good wheels (Enkei RPFs) to some Potenza RE-11s (this was a few years ago). The wet grip in particular was so much higher that it was almost scary considering how dangerous the old tyres were in comparison. The expense of the tyres also made me want them to last longer so drove accordingly. Wife happy. So now she only 'lets' me buy some flavour of Brigestones...

Edited April 30 by Rezz

[GTSBoy]

6 minutes ago, Rezz said:

So now she only 'lets' me buy some flavour of Brigestones...

Just as long as it's not those putridly disappointing RE003s.

[The Bogan]

I'm rating the Michelin Pilot Sport 5's I currently have on my NC, they are great for throwing the thing around on the street, and handle great in the wet, the price is also reasonable 

They are not as good as something like a RS4 in the dry, but, as it is a street car, the 5's are alot better for inclement and cold weather 

I've found RE003's to be 5hit.... 

18 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Just as long as it's not those putridly disappointing RE003s.

 

[PranK]

6 hours ago, Duncan said:

I'm pretty sure that is just straight AI generated word soup, where did you receive that ad (facebook)?

On the Google app on my phone. Its not as bad as some, tyroola dont need to bother now with tyresales out of the market.

[PranK]

4 hours ago, The Bogan said:

They are not as good as something like a RS4 in the dry, 

I totally dig RS4's. 

[GTSBoy]

4 minutes ago, PranK said:

I totally dig RS4's

I liked them too, but somehow they were not quite as good as the preceding RS3, and I vastly prefer the Yoko AD09s. Quieter, longer lived, more progressive, damn near as sticky. And they don't howl like the 'Kooks do when they're mostly worn.

[silviaz]

46 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

I liked them too, but somehow they were not quite as good as the preceding RS3, and I vastly prefer the Yoko AD09s. Quieter, longer lived, more progressive, damn near as sticky. And they don't howl like the 'Kooks do when they're mostly worn.

How do they go in the rain when flooring it? They sorta look like a semi slick.

[GTSBoy]

11 minutes ago, silviaz said:

How do they go in the rain when flooring it? They sorta look like a semi slick.

Which tyre out of the 3 mentioned?

[silviaz]

2 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Which tyre out of the 3 mentioned?

Ah my bad, the Yoko AD09s.

[Murray_Calavera]

10 hours ago, soviet_merlin said:

I presume mostly because of decent tyres. Some of the other cars there were shocking to behold. And a bit scary that cheap tyres are probably a lot more common on the road than decent ones  

For a visual - 

 

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, Murray_Calavera said:

For a visual - 

 

My favourite LOL is when I see a nice car with $5-10k worth of fancy pants rims, but, they are running on some cheapy spec tyres

And as for running semi slicks on a daily that might get caught in the rain, yeap, been there, done that, won't do it ever again, aqua planning going 110kph on a straight bit of Hwy with the Mrs in the car makes you think hard about your life decisions and tyre choices 

[GTSBoy]

3 hours ago, silviaz said:

Ah my bad, the Yoko AD09s.

They are real good. Big central grooves, sticky compound. I have no fears in the wet. Except for the first couple of miles where you wouldn't count on them to have any warmth in them yet.

[luke gtr]

Ill stick with my black Friday sale pirellis. 

They were the factory option and a damn good price when on sale.