Owners most often value the Pirelli P 7 for tread life and dry grip, with several longer-use accounts describing substantial mileage before replacement. Steering response also earns recurring praise, while comfort is more often liked than criticised. Wet grip is divided, with a substantial favorable group but concerns from around one in five owners, including some reports of reduced confidence after use. Road noise is the most common complaint, raised by roughly a quarter of owners, although others find it quiet. There are no repeat reviewers to establish a consistent ageing pattern, so individual reports of declining grip or rising noise should not be treated as a fixed point in its life.
What owners mention most counted across 69 reviews
First time Pirelli on my Nissan Silvia S15, bought two tires for rear (RWD)so I change my rear tires 3:1 front). I've heard good feedback from friends and family and driven cars with Pirelli's. It seems to grip very well in the dry and decent in the rain I haven't tried it in the wet in a RWD yet (will soon). The tires are making some sort of noise while I'm driving, I can hear some sort of sound something like a piece of plastic or paper is stuck onto tire. I only can hear it while driving along Jersey barriers, walls or inside a tunnel(Noise amplifies). I'm not sure if it's because they're new and needs to be worn or the tires. The noise isn't coming from the car because the noise only appeared after I got the new tires fitted onto my 2 rear tires (RWD I change my back tires 3 times before the front). I've heard good feedback from friends and family.
The worst tires I've ever had!!! Prone to punctures, side wall failure and a host of other problems. Pirelli, sort your warranty department out and you might retain customers!
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This tire has an excellent and very quick response to the commands the driver gives to the steering wheel, even on the fastest movements. Very good grip on dry and wet road as well with low tendency to aquaplaning.
The more you inflate them, the more they grip, and gain quickness of response to the steering wheel command.
They last long, at least on my 2006 Mondeo TDCI SW.
Not to be confused with Cinturato P7, that is completely another tire. This has lower grip, lesser and slower response to commands. Definitely not for sports car or driving, but has lower rolling resistance as well.
So, look for Pirelli P7 (not Cinturato P7!) if seeking for performance. Cinturato P7 is for more relaxed drivers who don't care too much of performance.
This difference gives at least an option to who knows what to search for.
50,000 kms later ... not a fast or aggressive driver, no problems on either dry or wet, noise levels low, wear has been excellent on a combination of highway, urban, and country ... the only thing I noticed was air-bleed and having to check tire pressure fairly regularly. Indeed replacing my tires tomorrow and the only thing preventing me from immediately taking the same P7s again is the plethora of negative reviews I don't share. Having said that, I see that all tire brands have lots of negative reviews. I would only consider taking the Michelin Primacy 3 as a replacement. I have to decide tomorrow morning, but probably the Pirellis.
This was one big mistake, this tire is Pirelli's worst product, almost like devil itself designed it to make customer suffer. At first it is comfy, grippy and performs pretty good. But after first 10k-15k kms tire totally changes (it's like it is designed to perform well as new for tests and initial reviews) but after that it is total garbage. When temperature goes down below 15°C it is deadly on wet, no grip at all. It starts to produce this totally brainwashing terrible noise which makes me crazy. Also vibrates due to inappropriate wear due to "Hard compound" as tire shop stated (not an car, but tire issue - winter tires are OK). Only plus is wear, after 30000kms tires have only slight wear, but hell who wants to wait till this tire is worn out? After this season I have to throw them out and replace with Continental/Goodyear/Uniroyal. I will not risk my mental health with them anymore.
Oh and I know 2 more People, one with same car, one with 08 Ford Mondeo, who has exactly same experience with them, so please save yourself some troubles and don't go with them, I have warned you.
Had them on my Alfa Romeo GT at 60000kms, now at 110000kms and still have a bit of tread left. Decent gripping tire in the dry, but in the wet can be very dangerous. Quite noisy also.
Apart from wet grip issues. A very long lasting tire.
These tires have been on the car since new, and I've covered 38,000 miles so far. There seems to be plenty of tread left in places, but unfortunately my tracking has been out, causing heavy tire wear on the inside of the tires.
I tend to drive on fairly hard tires as part of a 'hypermiling' driving style, but even at the recommended pressures i find these tires are very noisy at motorway speeds. They also have quite a poor rating on their EU label, apart from that, i cannot fault these are great as an all round tire. I'm looking into replacements, and I would potentially buy them again.
No thank you put these on just a few months ago and drive city to city.
First off road noise is immensely loud on these tires comfort is horrible and wet grip is not so great.These tires where on special at my local dealer and replaced my falken ZE522's and i am not happy falkens where way better in comfort handling and road noise...
Excellent tire. Those that report problems should carefully check their tire pressures. Have had mine nitrogen filled which helps to stop loss of pressure ( all tires). Oxygen from normal air filled leaks through carcass. Nitrogen molecules larger and do not pass readily through carcass.
