I wish we could choose which tires come with our Cayman. I just hope mine does not come with Pirellis. I had two Boxsters with these and they were really noisy after the first couple of thousand miles. I really want the Michelins, I'vegot them on my current S and they are great.
Right now I believe the OEM tires for the Cayman will be Michelins or Contis.........of which I like both. I do think the Michelins are slightly better, but the Contis are a well made tire and offer great performance also.
I asked when I took the Carrera Classic option and my dealer told me they were Michelins, but I wouldn't bank on it they have been very uninformed on most of my other questions.
Aloha Russ
I think all 19's ride on Michelins for the Cayman, and the 18's are either Michelin or Conti, but mostly Michelin.
It's gotta be 1 of the 3... when you go to tirerack.com an search 265/35/19, those are the only 3 that come up! Damn they're expensive too....>300 each! And they probably only last 15k, 10k they way I'll drive. So you wanna drive a Porsche with 19s uh?... better be a baller!
I have P-Zero on my BMW and like the grip, but now that I think about it, they are a bit noisy ;-) Can't beat the yellow 'in your face' P-Zero stickers on those tires - do any of the other tires have any stickers or are they all black ?
Yeah, that is cool. The yellow scorpion on theScorpion Zeros is even cooler!
Oh boy... looking at the available tires in 18', there are very few choices available if one would want to go wider. To replace 235/40 tires with equal or near equal diameter and RPM, need to get 265/35s and to replace 265/40s, need to get 305/35s
And not many manufacturers carry those sizes unfortunately, could not even find them with Michelin or Toyos. It of course gets even worse for 19' wheels.
I guess I may have to stay with original sizes, but R-comps at those sizes are as tough to find as well /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/angry_smile.gif