I now have about 3K miles on the Pilot Sports. They're definitely keepers.

My initial reactions still stand; I can now add the following:

They're an excellent grand touring tire based upon good sidewall compliance for a 205/50-16. Also, that very slight sense of vagueness I referred to is sweet and relaxing on a long cruise; noticeably fewer corrections per mile are required than when the steering was razor-sharp with the MXMs, once one becomes accustomed to the difference. But, unlike the Toyo Proxes T1-Ss, the car still responds to steering inputs "right now" (or close enough to not matter except possibly for autocross competition). These are my first Y-speed-rated tires. The sense of smoothness, precision, and calmness at speed, was definitely superior to the W-rated OEM MXMs.

They have a strange way of tracking through water without hydroplaning, in that most tires which evacuate water well kick up huge rooster tails of water, but these tires do not. It feels more efficient tracking through water than other tires, and also very reassuring.

The tires might be electrically conductive: the static discharge, which typically mars a rolling 850's AM radio reception (especially on weak stations), was no longer present.

There was one spot where I hopped off the interstate for a sandwich, and when I hopped back on, it had just been closed for a head-on accident, complete with missing passengers (at night). I found a detour to the next exit (where I had [my half of] the highway literally to myself for 30+ miles), on a gravel road. The tires were alright on it, but clearly they've not been optimized for handling on gravel roads.

On good pavement, the tires give my car the closest to a "magic carpet" ride it's ever had; on bad pavement their superior ride is even more appreciated, and well worth the moderate increase in tread/road noise compared to the MXMs (though I was reminded 2 or 3 times per thousand miles how rich Ray Dolby became selling noise-reduction systems).

I've never enjoyed, nor looked forward to, driving this car as much as I do with these tires, and, as such, I cannot help but recommend them very very very highly.

- Dave; '95 854T, 163K mi

My V70 T5 came with Pirelli P6's and I liked them well enough to replace when time came at 50K miles.

I had noticed similar short life span on OEM Michelins my prior 850T5

Curious as to mileage/ride/etc others get with their Pirelli P6's?

Hi Dave! Read your post! Reads like Miles' description of wine in the opening scenes to the great film "Sideways." I never knew there was as much to know about rubber as wine. I took your post and drug it off to my desktop for future reference.

I drive a 97 GLT with Michelin's MXV4 plus,'s, and am very happy with them. They could be a little quieter, though. And last a little longer. Since FWD 850's go through front tires like Grant through Georgia, what are the warranted miles on your Pilots? Toyo's Ultra plus gives you 100K. That's not bad, considering how many sets of Michelins you would go through to achieve that figure at roughly the same price. I'm not a great fan of Toyos, though I've driven on them on various vehicles I've owned. But I just bought a very low mileage 97R wagon and have been debating about what tires to put on it.

What do you have to say about durability of your Pilots, and how quiet they are? Dick