Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 All Season 275/50R22 111H SUV/Crossover Tire

DISCLAIMERI rarely write reviews for any products (I did for handful only and three out of five was for Costco reviews). This is my fifth online review ever. No BS and rest assured I am not paid or influenced by anyone to write this blog.OEM PERFORMANCE - Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico 275/45R20 110H XLFor over 5 years, I had driven my Audi Q7 exclusively on Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico 275/45R20 110H XL. which OEM tire according to all dealers, Tire Rack and other reputable sites. While OEM Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asymmetric 275/45R20 110H XL were good tires, I always had uneven wear despite diligent annual wheel alignments at Audi dealership, scheduled tire rotation, balancing and no suspension issues of any kind that would cause my tires to wear our unevenly. These OEM tires were semi quiet for the first 8-12 months. After one-year (12K) tires would become louder and louder, small uneven road bumps would become harder for OEM tires to absorb. The tire noise in the car and cabin was too loud and frankly wearing us out. I had a feeling that my suspension was getting undeserving hit after hit (suburbs / average - good road quality). While OEM tires would handle curves well and with no major issue, I simply knew that I had to drop OEM tires and find a new set of tires. Lastly, OEM tires were not good in the snow and car was not stable in ice.After extensive search online and reading spec sheets from all industry major manufacturers, I have decided to purchase a new set of four Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 275/45R20 110V XL.NEW TIRES PERFORMANCE - Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 275/45R20 110V XLAs of now, we have driven this car through conditions of recent bomb cyclone (Dec 19 - Dec 29) and have taken my family for a ski trip after X-Mas. These tires were driven in dry, ice, rain and snow conditions. Performance of these tires for first 800 miles is excellent vs. OEM tires. Tires are quiet and have absorbed all potholes and uneven road conditions way better than OEM. We also have Porsche Cayenne with Michelin tires, and I could not spot any difference in performance between Michelin Pilot tires on Cayenne vs. Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 275/45R20 on my Audi Q7. I love Micheline Pilot Sport A/S 3 N-Spec on my Cayenne. I assure you that if own an Audi Q7 and need new tires, you don't need to spend $350.00 to $440.00 per tire (excluding mounting and balancing) unless you really prefer Micheline tires or your preferred brand. I am also very tempted to put the same tires on my Cayenne as long as Pirelli tires on Audi Q7 continue to perform well into the future, or close to Michelin legendary quality.As indicated above, my tires size on Audi Q7 is 20’’ and I can’t tell how smaller size tires would perform on Audi Q7 Premium or Audi Q7 Premium Plus models that use 18 and 19'' inch tires, or Q7 models that come with 21’’ rims/tires. My best guess is that Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 in any size will meet your expectations, especially when it comes to warranty that Pirelli offers for 70K miles. Yes, I get it, 70K miles warranty would be prorated if tire would fail or deteriorate, but it sure beats other brands that don't go above 40K and when they do provide higher mileage warranty, they don't even come close to 70K miles warranty on their tires as Pirelli offers. It appears that Pirelli realized that they are losing market share in North America and had to come up with better tire quality than OEMs. My family noticed a stark difference between new Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 275/45R20 110V XL tires and OEM tires after first 5 minutes driving on new tires. That counts! If your significant other and/or kids are not happy, you are in trouble, especially if they are not comfortable during long road trips.FUEL CONSUMPTIONNo MPG degradation at all, as I have been averaging 21.7mpg driving 72 mph while on highway. The city performance was around 16-17 mpg. Please note that I have also taken this car up 85 mph for 20-30 seconds to evaluate tires and see how they perform, as I know folks in TX/other states have higher highway speed limits. Rest assured that that tires are super quiet and perform extremely well at higher end speed. Higher speed performance is likely due to higher tire speed rating which is 110V vs. OEM 110H. Of course, I would not take my car up to 110H speed at any time but 110V rating does not hurt and is nice to have, unless you can take your car to Germany and really test 110V rating at 149 mph or 240km/h.My goal with the above post was to provide all Audi Q7 owners with honest and in-depth review to save you time and pain with so many confusing and inconsistent posts that are out there. Audi should really dedicate a web page link to provide guidance when it comes to selecting replacement tires in order to provide easier way to review and select tire set vs. offering and selling these below average OEM tires.The keep your family safe, one must have great brakes, lights and above all a high quality and reliable set of tires. Wishing you and your loved ones many safe and happy miles wherever you go.May 31, 2023 UpdateTires continue to perform really well, no extra noise or reduction in MPG due to tire design. No regrets and these are among best tires I ever purchased. My rear tires on Cayenne are wearing out and I am very tempted to replace all tires with Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3. Will provide another update as time goes by.

Great tires, especially when on sale. Very comfortable compared to Bridgestone Alenzas and Yokohama Geolanders I had before. Probably won't last very long, just like any other SUV tire with good specs - that's expected

My very first set of Perelli tires and they are a really nice looking tire.. I am pleased with them so far and they have a nice smooth ride..

Hold the road like glue in dry and wet roads. Great handling tire

If you drive a nice car , put some love towards and get these tires,, it’s like new dance shoes,, and the price is unbeatable over any tire shop, put these on my ladies Mercedes glk and now she dances in the moonlight,, both of them do

These are amazing, long-lasting tires! If I could afford them, I would buy nothing else.

I can only speak from my personal experience, but it was a nightmare. Starting with receiving an email that the tires had arrived at the Mavis Tire Center I had selected. I arrived at the appointment and they didn’t have the tires. The tires arrived the next day. Then I went back to Mavis only to find out that they had no record the installation fee, which I had paid for in advance on Amazon. I spent the next hour being transferred from one Amazon representative to another and then had to call the Mavis headquarters. A very bad start.Finally the tires were installed and I went on my way, only to experience the worse shaking ever. At 65 miles and over the entire vehicle shook out of control. I own a 2020 Toyota RAV4 and do a lot of highway driving for work. A few days later I returned to Mavis. They said the tires were good, but my vehicle was not. How could it be my car if it’s two years old and was fine before the tire change? I got upset and left. A few days later I was back. Again they said the tires were fine. I knew they weren’t. I had to drive out of state for the next few weeks with my car shaking uncontrollably.Finally I called Amazon to return the tires for being defective, but the 30 day return period had expired and I was going to be charged a restocking fee. I didn’t care. All I wanted was to get rid of those tires. Then came the return nightmare. First I had to get my tires replaced. I went to the Toyota dealer for this, which I should have done from the start. I bought Falken Wilderness AT’s. Amazon sent a return label and I took the 4 pirelli’s to UPS. It turns out Amazon had to send a return label for each tire and each tire had to be boxed up separately. A complete nightmare and the most inefficient return process ever. The return took 2 days of missing work and nothing. Finally I lost I and told Amazon that UPS had to pick up the tires from my house, which they did the next day.It was a complete nightmare starting with the shipping, then Mavis Tire Center, the defective tires, and the return process. After replacing the tires my car was perfect. No shaking. My advice is don’t buy the pirelli’s, not for an SUV, and don’t buy them from Amazon. If you think I was the only one who had a bad experience, you should have seen the countless customers at Mavis whose tires had not arrived on time.