John Y

Agree, it's not a deal - and I just bought a 6-spd 2005 S with almost 55K miles, moderately optioned, AND CPO, at the Porsche dealer for $30.1K a couple of months ago. The one you're looking at is not CPO, and although it's an expensive option, Tiptronic cars appear to fetch less, from my research. I would probably want to see that car a couple thou less. Must it be a Tiptronic?

Hi All -

Sorry if this question has been beaten to death in recent times .. I wanted to check the waters as of today to see if opinions may have swayed one way or another.

Its getting to be time for some new tires; I have about 14,000 miles on the set.

On Tirerack I noticed that there were two OEM manufacturer's listed for the 19" tire size (235/35/19 Front, 265/35/19 Rear): Continental and Michelin.

I've used the OEM M3 Conti's on another application a few years ago and have had reasonable results with them on the sedan; but comparing it to the Porsche would be an apples to oranges comparison. Knowing that many of you are probably at LEAST on your second set of tires, which route have you gone?

One interesting point - I've noticed that the Michelin's are about $100 per tire more expensive than the Continentals. Considering they are both listed as "OEM" I would only imagine that this may have been a cost-cutting measure that was done by the factory (can anyone verify if 2006-07s come with Contis as opposed to Michelins?)

Thanks in advance, and don't forget to vote in the poll :thumbup:

My 2007 Boxster S has just arrived from Finland wearing 19" Michelins. Will be taking delivery March 23rd.

MY 07 Boxster also arrived with the PS2s, but I have seen that both tires are still supplied on new cars. Only about 350 miles so far, so I can't give too much of an opinion on the Michelins - so far so good!