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New tire time: Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position or Michelin Pilot Sport?

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Old 06-17-2003, 10:23 AM
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Default New tire time: Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position or Michelin Pilot Sport?

Seattle area, lots of rain/wet. 225/45YR17.
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have the S-03 and really like them. They are great in the rain and dry. TERRIBLE IN THE SNOW!
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S-03 is quieter correct?
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Default check out tireracks comparison of s-03, pole positions, and pzero neros. i went with the neros

also just to be different from the s-03 mantra that is AW

besides the xl version of the nero weighs like 3 lbs less than the s-03. i may have heavy wheels but at least my tires are light
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Default Whichever one is cheaper, based on my experience with both...

...they both ride hard, but I think the S-03's ride harsher. The S-03's definitely tramline where the Pilots usually wouldn't, ESPECIALLY under hard braking where the S-03's go all over the place. Both work well in the rain. Maybe the S-03's are better, but I don't drive hard enough in the rain to notice. The S-03's have more dry stick, but I'm not so sure that the Pilots couldn't go around a corner equally as fast, just with a different feel.
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Default their rain performance is SICK(good)I can smash on the brakes and come to a full stop with almost no

slipping.. just like driving in the dry..


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