My Pirelli 285/50R18s have worn very well, 40k miles already and still going strong, I recently moved them to my 04. I should've done it long ago, so the traction control would kick in. I had to drive very carefully in rain, something that I didn't do a lot in my 03, but when traveling you have no choice. On my way to MV9, accelerating out of a PA rest area, and the back end started coming around was my wake up call. I purposely didn't do any burnouts with them, but I could bark the tires hitting second too easily. (enjoyed it, but the hard rubber helped) Got a set of Nittos waiting to be installed on the 03 before MV14.