My DW's are staggered 225 on 8" up front, and 245 on 9" in the rear. I only kept the stagger with them because I had the rims lying around... my RS3's (and before that, my Star specs) are 255 on 9" all around, the non-staggered setup provides more grip and allows the suspension to be tuned to keep the rear in check and put power down really well at autox, without inciting understeer. I greatly prefer the grip and convenience of non-staggered, but my car is not stock.

 

I think the most important thing is to figure out where your priorities lie. Do you track twice a year and daily drive the other 363 days out of the year? You'll probably want a more street friendly "Max performance" tire like the PSS, DW, or other. Is your car a track toy that seldom sees daily use? Then an extreme performance, or track oriented tire is the way to go.

 

A048s or gtfo

 

Just ordered up a set of the michelin pss. I'll report back with info on how they compare the potenza RE-11s in a couple weeks.

 

anyone got any long term reviews to add? thinking these will be worth it since i can rotate now

 

PSS have tested better than StarSpecs in the dry, much better in the wet:
http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...res-tested.pdf

 

Jim, why the difference between front and rear? Staggered fitments are half (15,000) for the set on a vehicle. At least that's how I understood it.

 

Do I need a shop to do the rotation to get the warranty honored?

 

 

I wish they did a track test. PSS are a full blown street tire designed to generate peak grip at lower temps seen on the street and a short single autocross run. My guess is that the PSS fall off much faster and produce much slower lap times in a track environment when compared to star specs, R-S3, AD08 and other tires in the extreme performance category.