Owners most consistently praise the Pirelli CINTURATO P7 for its strong dry grip and secure, predictable road manners, with many also finding it generally comfortable for everyday and motorway use. Wet grip and road noise are far more divisive, with feedback split between “excellent” and distinctly underwhelming, especially in colder, wetter conditions. Longevity is the biggest talking point: almost half of reviewers mention tread life and opinion is evenly split, with many reporting quicker-than-expected wear. A smaller but notable minority (around one in eight) also complain about weak-feeling sidewalls and muted steering feedback, and around one in ten report puncture or sidewall-damage issues.
What owners mention most counted across 154 reviews
Have these tires all round on my Golf MK6. They have excellent grip in the dry, low noise and decent rolling resistance too. There is definitely a lot of sidewall movement when cornering enthusiastically but this is to be expected on a larger sidewall touring tire. On the limit it pushes to understeer but this takes some effort to get it there due to the excellent dry grip, not once have I had any oversteer. Wet grip is below what I expected, water displacement and braking are not bad but some spirited acceleration in the wet will give lots of wheelspin. Winner for me is that after 20,000 on the front set there is still 5-5.5mm of tread across the whole tire and after 40,000 on the rears there is 4.5mm on the insides and 6mm across the middle and outer edge (tracking was out when the set was put on, sorted now) so the treadwear has been excellent for me - mostly motorways but a decent amount of town driving too.
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Member
Ford
225/55 R19
30,125 miles
Mostly Town
Easy Going
Apart from original equipment tires, which are often complete junk, these are the worst tires I've ever had. I drive carefully, rotate and air check my tires faithfully. But I barely got 30k out of these. Numerous flats, including an irreparable one that precipitated my replacing them all, as my tread was down to 3/32" anyway. Quiet enough, but nothing special. Very disappointed, as I had considered Pirelli to be a premium brand.
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Very disappointed with these pirelli cinturato p7's. The wet grip is abysmal to the point of being dangerous. They also seem to be narrower than an equivalent tire of the same dimensions. The dry grip isn't that much better with very little feedback and unpredictable going round corners. Considering mine are extra load, sharp turns makes it so the tires fold and the side walls end up being scrubbed. This all happens under normal driving. I have been driving over 30 years and have never come across tires as bad as these. Even budget tires are better than these!
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Had these put on my car by the dealer (wouldn't have been my first choice). Handling was generally decent but nowhere as good as say Bridgestone Potenza R003s. Going through large pools of water the P7s were great and I had zero grip loss.
Sadly I curbed my wheels lightly while parking (the first time in this car and on these tires), sidewall got torn up and over a week the tire went flat.
Now I'm not the best parker and in my previous car with Goodyear Assurances, I curbed them quite a few times and the sidewalls were fine, so needless to say I was disappointed with the P7s.
If you plan on driving in the wet then they're pretty good but otherwise there's better options.
great tire, i have put them on my bmw x4 g02 , coming from summer bridgestone alenza to this
the difference is very big, it handles great even for a suv the car is more sharp in corners, would like to add they are summer tires not runflat
in the rain they handle above average, they do need to warm up a bit before they grip well, this also applies for when it doesnt rain
only downside is once they get warm they steer a bit harder this is ofc because they grip more, another down side once they are warm is that they are pretty sticky and grab on to a lot of dirt
Very disappointed with the Pirelli Cinturato P7 tires that my car came with.
After 8-years and only 16,000-miles the tires are cracking badly where the tread meets the sidewall.
This was picked up during an MOT and - although the MOT wasn't a fail - I was given a "warning".
For me they work best on the motorway/ Highway , through town they are okay. But in the rain they are shocking , always spinning in the rain they have no traction on rain. Or when there is sand or dust on the road. Would not recommend for all year tires only good for summer and that’s it.
It was an average feeling tire on all aspects.
Non-RFT version is much more acceptable than the RFT version.
Definitely wouldn't recommend getting the RFT one.
Replacing these with Conti PC6's was a good idea, both mediocre comfort and noise level bu Conti has much more grip and road feedback for the same price.
I had these on my car when I bought it used and after driving on them I realized they were incredibly bad at wet performance and why I am getting rid of these tires next summer. When it was slightly colder and wet they have a terrifyingly small amount of grip. Dry performance is decent but almost every tire is decent in the dry I would say. I would say I could get another 10.000 miles out of these tires before they would be gone which is ok but not anything to boast about for being so bad or average at other things. The comfort is a bit hard but they are run flats so that is expected. For my car (G30 xDrive 530d touring) the tires were not that noisy but that could be the case with great insolation and double-glazed windows.
TL;DR; Tires are really really bad on wet surfaces.
Factory fitted tires from new. Comfortable tire used for mostly motorway driving, but also A/B roads. Handle well under normal driving conditions both wet and dry. Have worn well, 29k miles on the front. Rear tires still plenty of tread left.
