If you drive soft winter tires in the summer, and then complain that they wear quickly...

Bought for my Golf 5 FWD, 320ps in North Greece mixed used in highways and suburban areas in the country and in central europe mostly.
Really, satisfied from the performance especially in the wet and snow. Better than my previous Nokian.
Comfortable at cruising, but not for spirrited driving when >15oC.
The wear, is normal in contrast with the reviews, i think its a pretty decent tyre, better from all except TS860.

The tyre really shines and performs outstanding in the morning wet roads at

Everything is excellent except the wear.
I drove it from Dec,2014 - Nov,2015. around 27k kms.
The front tires has less than 3mm left.. so have to buy 2 fronts again this year.
I won't buy it again only because its wearing too fast as i use them all year.
Otherwise its excellent including good fuel consumption..

Cheers..

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I have this tyre part of the original equipment from the car. I didn't know when I imported the car from Germany it already has European winter tyre attached so I bought another set to cover it since the car arrived during winter in Finland. I fit the tyre during spring 2021 and since then has covered 1 winter and 2 summer. So around 10,000 kms driven already. When I got the tyre mostly has around 5,0 - 5,5 mm thread depth. Now it went down to 4,5 mm front tyres and 3,0-3,5 mm rear tyres. My car is RWD and has wider rear tyres hence the 275 width. In the spring, summer and autumn the tyre held pretty well even during rain and on wet motorways. Sometimes I can feel the aquaplanning but if you are aware and slow down a bit there wasn't any problem still maneuverable. On smooth asphalt it gives quiet noise level but on a little bit harsher surface the noise level goes up quite a lot. In the winter however it is particularly bad, especially for Nordic winter, which I understand it is not what this tyre is intended for. But the rear of my car always wiggling everywhere on every corner, as the temperature dips to under -10 C the tyre struggle to grip even it has compact snow layer not on ice. My winter set has same European winter tyre spec from Dunlop Wintersport 4D and it still perform better despite 1 year older and has same thread depth. So comparing both tyre sets and considering that both of them are not in their natural habitat I can say that the Pirelli one perform worse in this condition. If I live in central European country I would consider buying this Pirelli if there are no other comparable branded options.

One of the worst tyres I have ever driven. After 7-8 thousands km start steering wheel vibrations, changed my front tyres with Fulda much better. Then my both rear wheels got baloons o the side profile of the tyre, of course trow them in the bin. I suggest you not to buy Pirelli Sottozero 3!

Braking is the big difference here. Will buy again.

Got these on BMW xdrive GT (f34). Safety is my concern so I don't care about the wear. I put them on when its generally drops 10°C) as expected - these are winter tyres. Have tested on snow of +15cms and I really trust them both on cornering and braking, where all-wheel-drive is not in case. I'd recommend these tyres without any glitch. They cost a bit more comparing to others, but 50 cm braking distance would make a real cost and time/life if you can't stop. If you have the budget, these are the trustable winter tyres that would worth.

I fitted these this winter and i love them, although being RFT comfort is still good, not much rougher than non RFT i imagine that standard is very comfortable, dry grip is as expected good as winter tire gets, but the best part is wet and slush grip, i am really surprised by the level of confidence i get from them, even on rwd car, snow traction is excellent, compared to Nokian WR D3 i had before and i was quite satified with them, these are in another galaxy when it comes to putting your confidence in tire to keep you safe.

I am impressed! These tyres have got me through two winters and look like they are capable of another 2-3. Usually go on around October when temperatures are below 7 degree C. Off by May the following year. Very assuring in wet conditions. Especially when snow melts and becomes sludge. Handle mud quite well too. Ice grip is good. I find when the tyres have been driven a while then they grip even more. Same brand on the rear axle and these inspire confidence. You cannot get too excited with them as the traction light says hello. It’s nice to see the look on faces when they think a rear wheel drive car will struggle or stay on the drive. Run flat form doesn’t feel too jarring or noisy. Very good tyres and that’s coming from a tyre snob. Once scrubbed in these were pleasant and haven’t let me down.

Very good grip on dirty roads.

A very good winter tyre, gives you more confidence in the wet and when there is a spell of cold weather. Very good in the wet.

Love driving with this tire. Predictable drift performance in snow and great snow grips in straight lines. This tire gives me so much confidence in the snow that I actually look forward to having snow on the road first time in my life! Was able to keep around 70 to 80% of my dry speed in the snow with this tire and pull off some crazy tight drift U turns and drift thanks to it’s predictability. Dry and wet performance when there’s no snow are really good as well.

Hello from Italy! Winter tires with sporty character, essentially good and reliable in all conditions. Precise both in the dry and with the rain, these tires show good resistance to aquaplaning, safe breaking, confident road feedback and fairly good subjective handling. With snow they ensure good traction, good road holding and satisfying stopping distance. Not too bad on ice, although not excellent, they tend however to lose some stability and traction as snow melts, becomes wet or muddy. This behavior occurs usually progressive and predictable, so one can compensate in time. Good wear despite spirited driving (after three seasons, about 40000 km, still usable). Not too much noisy, fairly good comfort. Average fuel consumption. Relative expensive but, all in all, money were well spent.

Excellent!

Great winter UHP tire. Surprisingly quiet and comfortable, yet very good grip on dry and wet. Wear is acceptable for this class of tires, it is average. For the huge amounts of grip, the price that is to be paid is a bit of rolling resistance comparing to summer tires, but it is absolutely normal. Increase of fuel consumption can be also attributed to lower ambient temperatures so it doesn’t have to be tires fault entirely. And God it handles well! Not a cheap product, but boy, you are approaching a Ferrari/Bentley/Lambo OEM fitment territory, so don’t expect it will cost peanuts.