Are Michelins Really All That?
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Yes. They are wonderful 
Never thought they were worth the hype and expense before. Then when I got my 911, which had Pirellis and didn't handle that well, everyone in the Porsche forum told me to get Michelin Pilot Sports.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
And despite all this, they lasted for around 16,000 miles on the rear and 20,000 miles on the front. Gave as good service at the end of their life as they did when new.
Never get any tracking or pulling issues, no vibrations or any other little niggles I've had before on other brands of tyre.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
I've flipped the wheels front to back, and now after 20,000 miles they have about 3mm of tread left all round.
That's pretty good, isn't it?
Never thought they were worth the hype and expense before. Then when I got my 911, which had Pirellis and didn't handle that well, everyone in the Porsche forum told me to get Michelin Pilot Sports.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
And despite all this, they lasted for around 16,000 miles on the rear and 20,000 miles on the front. Gave as good service at the end of their life as they did when new.
Never get any tracking or pulling issues, no vibrations or any other little niggles I've had before on other brands of tyre.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
I've flipped the wheels front to back, and now after 20,000 miles they have about 3mm of tread left all round.
That's pretty good, isn't it?
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Yes. They are wonderful
Never thought they were worth the hype and expense before. Then when I got my 911, which had Pirellis and didn't handle that well, everyone in the Porsche forum told me to get Michelin Pilot Sports.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
And despite all this, they lasted for around 16,000 miles on the rear and 20,000 miles on the front. Gave as good service at the end of their life as they did when new.
Never get any tracking or pulling issues, no vibrations or any other little niggles I've had before on other brands of tyre.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
I've flipped the wheels front to back, and now after 20,000 miles they have about 3mm of tread left all round.
That's pretty good, isn't it?
Yep, that is pretty good. I have a Clio 182, had Toyo T1-R's fitted and they where very good, but they just seemed to just dissapear, so I have heard that Michelin Pilot 3's were good but just wanted to check before "commiting"Never thought they were worth the hype and expense before. Then when I got my 911, which had Pirellis and didn't handle that well, everyone in the Porsche forum told me to get Michelin Pilot Sports.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
And despite all this, they lasted for around 16,000 miles on the rear and 20,000 miles on the front. Gave as good service at the end of their life as they did when new.
Never get any tracking or pulling issues, no vibrations or any other little niggles I've had before on other brands of tyre.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
I've flipped the wheels front to back, and now after 20,000 miles they have about 3mm of tread left all round.
That's pretty good, isn't it?
Yes, have full set of synchrones on the freelander. Done 20k and still over half tread remaining on the fronts, give superb grip in all conditions, dry, wet, mud, snow and sand.
Sadly they are no longer available in the uk but I won't need to worry about that for another 2 years.
Expensive but imo you can't put a price on a decent tyre that works.
Sadly they are no longer available in the uk but I won't need to worry about that for another 2 years.
Expensive but imo you can't put a price on a decent tyre that works.
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
...everyone in the Porsche forum told me to get Michelin Pilot Sports.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
A revelation. The car handled sweetly, with immense, predictable grip, both wet and dry.
I now have a set of Pilot Sports on my Skoda Octavia VRS. Same result - fabulous, predictable grip and handling.
chr15b said:
Ps3's on my r32, got about 22k out the fronts and nearly 50k out the rears. Grip is good and they're great in the wet.
Another vote for Michelin Pilot Sports, I had the PS2s and was highly impressed, the PS3s are even better!I haven't run Michelins on a car for yonks, but a tyre that has really surprised me recently for just how good it feels in the wet and cold weather we've had recently is the Uniroyal Rainsport 2. They come with ~8mm of tread new too so a bit extra to wear away before requiring replacement.
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