Tecently returned to the Pirellis following Goodyear and Dunlop on the same and very similar cars. At £65 fitted from a local garage they are little more expensive than the 'budget'tyres and significantly better than those mentioned earlier.
No confidence issues, although they do wear a little quicker than others I've used. At the right price, there is little better.

I drove many cars for 30K Miles per year...always hard, I don't do school runs or weekends.
Latest 2 cars were front wheel drive, tuned Fiat Marea at 235 BHP and Tuned Skoda Octavia VRs at 270 BHp.

I ran Goodyear (OK), Toyo (humm OK) etc always looking for good grip and a comfortable drive espcially with the skoda that drives like a brick on stilts in an echo chamber.

The Skoda was so bad and understeering like a real pig so I even bought SMALLER wheels to be able to go back to P6000s....and it worked, car was noticeable more focused.

The Pirellis ALWAYS come on top...just love them...best of all tyres I have tried. Only seconded by the Eagle F1s if only the side walls were not so soft giving you a double turn-in

My P6000's are fine. At 16,500 miles on a Honda Accord they have been safety checked by Honda as 5 out of 8, likely replacement is at about 25,000 miles - could be the way you drive?

I have used Pirelli P6000's on several cars, including a Mazda RX8 and now a Jaguar Sovereign. I would always use them in preference to other makes (I have PRZero's on my FR Leon and they are also superb even in snow!) Having purchased the Jaguar tyres (large and expensive anyway!) at a time when Quickfit were offering 4 for the price of 3 I was able to bring the cost down to a pretty average price for, what I think are, above average tyres.

I have Pirelli P6000's fitted to my Alfa Romeo 156SW and they provide excellent performance. I drive the car pretty hard and got 12k miles off the front tires - which was a little disappointing (remember this is a front wheel drive car and those tyres grip all the power as well as steer the car). However I expect to get 25-30K off the rear.