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Originally Posted by ShadowTS
Hi Chris,
I believe that other people here have not checked your country: UK. Basically I think that Michelin Pilot Super Sport are not available in Europe in 215/45/17. I'm in the same situation, I'm in Italy and I want PSS in the stock size, but I cannot find any European dealer selling them. The only european solution in stock size for Michelin is the Pilot Sport 3.
I wanted PSS because they are Max summer tires, very good for DD + track, with the same performance of Extreme summer tires like Yokohama AD08. So they mix the best of Extreme tires (track performance) while they are safe for DD (rain) + the treadwear is 300 and they will last much longer then Extreme tires.
I believe that we have to buy a less performant Max summer tire like Pilot Sport 3 or Yoko Advan V105 if you prefer safety and longevity, or go with Advan Neova AD08R if you want max track peformance but fast wearing on the street.
Another possible solution is Kumho Ecsta XS, which is an Extreme tire sold at less then many much lower performant Max summer tires, so they combine performance and cost over time (fast wear but very low cost), however I'm worried about their performance on the rain.
If you can you can buy the 225 width PSS, but unfortunately in Italy they are not legal, the only legal 17 tires for our car is the 215/45.
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Thanks, I thought I was going mad. I just tried to order the 224/45/R17 PSS and yeah they don't exist in the UK either... So I've just gone for the Pilot Sport 3s in the stock size of 215/45/R17. I figure they've got to be a little better than the Primacys that are on there even if they're not as good as PSS