What Tires Come Stock On a 03' P5

yeah i have the fuzion zri's.. they're good i guess. haven't really drove in the rain though. =P
 
There's a lot of hating on those Dunlops. You guys have to remember, those are OEM tires on an ECONOMY car.

I've got nearly 60k miles on mine, with multiple autocrosses and one track day; where they never got greasy until the final (of four) twnety minute sessions.

Yeah, they don't handle like Azenis but they've given me pretty good bang for the buck.
 
dunlops are ok in snow if you know how to use them and want the experience of driving an 80's SUV but without the rust.

I could've sworn I read something about the sidewalls on Kuhmo's being very weak and prone to blowing out (shrug).
 
the sidewalls of the kumhos are on the thin side, but as long as you keep the pressure good and don't run them into a curb (learn to park damnit!) they are fine

I've only had my kumhos for a season, but I'm liking the performance/dollar ratio on them.
 
The tread design on the Fuzion ZRI's is based on Champ car/IRL rain tires. After 25k the stock Dunlops lost almost all wet weather adhesion, so I was looking for something that would hold better when the weather is wet (Oct-April in No. CA). So far, no probs with the ZRI's.....
 
The stock Dunlops actually had pretty decent dry grip from what I could tell. After about 10k miles, though, the wet traction was just awful.

I managed to get about 27k miles on them before giving up and getting new tires because I knew I'd be in a world of hurt to use the Dunlops over another winter.

I ended up getting the Kumho ASXs because they were much more reasonably priced than the Pirellis that I really wanted.

In my opinion, the Kumhos definitely have a much softer sidewall than the Dunlops, slightly less dry grip, but vastly improved wet traction. They still aren't super great for the Wisconsin winters, but I make do with them (until the day I can afford a set of steelies with winter tires).

Overall, I'd say the Kumhos were a good buy.
 
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