AWD—my dear friend Alan—just sent me this (thus “earning” him one of the shirts for our upcoming event; truth is I’ve always made sure he received one whether he was able to attend or not).

https://www.motor1.com/news/570126/b...nce-tire-2022/

A gentle reminder that while Continental Tire does sponsor the T-Shirts*** for every event I’ve ever hosted I am, sadly, an unpaid spokesperson for them. All my cars ride on Continental Tire, and that was true even before I held my first event in 2016.

***Last year Continental even threw in one free set of tires for one very lucky winner. They know who they are….

P.S. I had a little difficulty in viewing the video as it appears to briefly cut out from time to time but that didn’t prevent me from enjoying the review.

 

We need to get you south for the Tail of the Dragon in May!

 

I remember a similar video a few years back using a BMW M1. Good to see there's an updated comparison!

 

Thanks for posting this review. Due to the poor quality issues I have experienced with the OEM Pirelli tires that came on my R, I will 100% be swapping tire brands once the tread wears down. I did think it odd that there were no Pirelli tires as part of the review.

 

I am very interested in either the Continental Contact 7 or the Michelin Sport 4s tires.
When my 2022 arrives on schedule next month I plan to appeal to my dealership to swap out the horrid Pirellis for either of the aforementioned.
However, I did a search and could not find the Contact 7s in stock anywhere.
Tire Rack has the Michelins in stock but does not list the Contact 7 at all.
Does anyone have any information on whether the Contact 7s are in production or where they might be available, etc.?

 

My source at Discount Tire says "we haven't had any news yet on when they will be available, but expect them to be on backorder for the first 8 months they are available for order."

 

Thank you for that. I was afraid that might be the case.

 

So they tested cheap tires but not P-Zero’s

 

I will put the new P-Zero (PZ4) in my F-type next month

 

They did include the P-zero last spring.