Supercorsa's if you can afford them - for me, they've not been bettered yet.....useless in the rain though....I suspect the hyper will make mincemeat of the rear in less than 2k though...
I got told the same thing, that real world it can be a struggle to get them up to temperature and keep them there. I was advised and got Diablo Rosso 3 as i'm only doing rod work on the 996. Pirelli
I agree just fitted this tyre to my hyper seems really good, but then I'm not concerned about mileage, just grip