Pirelli = 
Sorry, but they are aweful tyres!
im probably going to regret asking this but can you elaborate please?? strange that so many high performance cars would put them on but you dont think there good enough for a gti?! 
Search the forum. I've posted in great detail about the absolute dangers of Pirellis.
Virtually every RS4 owner has had some very serious concerns with them, some with downright dangerous occurances with them! 
And they arn't fitted on 'many' HP cars. Porsche refuse to fit them. AMG Mercedes don't fit them. BMW M-Sport don't fit them. The hot Renos don't use them. None of the high performance rice burners fit them. But Ferrari fit them, simply because Pirelli are Italian. 
Pirelli, like most things from Italy, are simply style before substance! But if you are a 'fan' of Italian - it won't matter weather they are good or bad - some peeps will hear no wrong!
ok done a bit of reading! T_T it seems you had your Rossos on for 4000 miles then decided to get rid, fair enough.
Because they were utterly lethal in the wet. Because they were utterly overwhealmed by my ceramic brakes. Because they caused considerable 'squirming' of the car when driving on anything other than billiard table smooth roads. Because they would virtually rip the steering wheel out of your hands when you touched white lines or cats eyes. All classic indications of an increadibly weak tyre carcass - which can NOT support the loadings of the vehicle. Grip in the dry was fairly impressive, but they had WAY to many other major flaws - and when a brand new tyre constantly looses total grip in the wet - be that cornering, braking or acclerating - then as far as I'm concerned, they are NOT fit for purpose!
They are actually much worse than the Dunflop ShyteMaxx!
my Neros are a completely different tyre and personally im very happy with them
Fine, good for you. But don't forget, a Golf will not put the same 'loadings' on a tyre as a fully loaded RS4 - probably weighing in at 2.25 tonnes. That is when weaknesses in tyres are shown up!
and it seems a lot of your friends on RS246.com like them too and while i was searching their site for negative comments i only found one on the rosso from cornishmoocher who said he 360'd his car in the wet on the M6.
Erm, you seriously have NOT searched hard enough! What about Daz, who had a massive 'flap' rip open in his sidewall (yet another confirmation of dangerously weak carcass). There are literally LOADS of RS owners who positively hate the Pirellis - and for very good reasons!
my tires are very good in the wet the tread pattern is totally different and they give me a lot of confidence.
Again, fine. The Neros may be a different tread pattern. But they still have the same pi$$-weak carcass. And when the tread rubber wears down, not only will you notice a dramatic reduction in wet grip, but you will then notice you are constantly having to fight the steering wheel.
But I repeat, if you are happy with them, then that is cool. But I am just trying to put a non 'rose tinted' view of Pirellis - and I think it is vitally important that those flaws are aired.
please if i have missed something then let me know because i like to be safe for sure which is why i researched the tyres in depth before committing to them.
Hope the above provides further food for thought.
