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N rated tyres - essential or not?
- Thread starter SCarr
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I think that the general consensus is that the Michelin PS4S is the best all-round tyre ATM, although I’m not sure that you can get it with an N-rating for your 987.1 CS. N-rated offerings are available from Continental, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli but these are likely to be older generation tyres which may not have been updated, although they still have Porsche approval and are still very good tyres.
With the MPS4S you have the benefit of the latest tyre technology albeit without it being approved by Porsche for your car, so the choice is yours.
Jeff
N rated tyres are specifically made for Porsche and they are likely to be the recommended tyre for your car.
As you are probably aware they may try to 'wriggle' out of any claim if these are not fitted.
Although I’d be mindful of Peter’s comment, provided your car is fitted with tyres of the correct size and speed rating then I can’t see insurance being a problem. If that was the case then I reckon the vast majority of used cars on the road wouldn’t necessarily comply with the requirement. [
Just to add that despite the Michelin PS4S being the current favourite there have been comments here that they can “go-off” quite quickly when pushed hard on track and require careful management in that respect.
I suppose that it comes down to the choice between an older technology N-rated tyre which was approved maybe 10-years ago and the latest in tyre technology. Note that if you still have the Porsche Extended Warranty then N-rated tyres are obligatory.
For what it’s worth my 2009 987.2 CS is still running on Pirelli P-Zero N2s only because replacement of the front and rear tyres never seem to coincide, but if/when that happens I don’t think that N-rated tyres will be a high priority for me.
Jeff
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