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Michelin Energy Saver+ Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 49 reviews

Across reviews, the Michelin Energy Saver Plus is most often praised as a long-lasting, comfortable and quiet touring tire with strong dry grip/braking and good motorway stability, often delivering very high mileage. Many drivers also report good fuel economy/low rolling resistance and consistent performance for everyday driving. The main recurring concern is wet performance: a notable minority describe reduced confidence, longer wet braking and aquaplaning risk, especially in cold/damp conditions or as the tire wears, and some note it can become noisier/feel harsher over time. Overall it's viewed as an excellent eco-touring choice, but not a sporty tire and not the best option if wet grip is the top priority.

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Owner ratings averaged from 66 ratings

  • Owner score 81%
  • Wear 92%
  • Dry Grip 84%
  • Comfort 83%
  • Road Feedback 78%
  • Handling 76%
  • Wet Grip 71%

Michelin Energy Saver+ Reviews - Page 4

Score spread across 46 written reviews
83%
Member
Very long lasting, comfortable but you must be a bit careful in the wet.Good tires. Overall, one of the best eco tires around...
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 6
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 432
93%
Member
These tires are well-balanced tires.They are not only comfortable on motorways/highways but also on nasty Turkish roads.In these series, aquaplaning resistance is adequate so they are more secure on wet.Wear and fuel-effiency are the best of their characteristics.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 451
97%
Member
  • Citroën C4
  • 205/55 R16 V
  • 1 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
This is simply one of the best manufacturer around, IMO have always had Michelin and always will.Never been able to understand the logic buying cheap. Just think your car is in contact with the road on four corners, each tire has approximately 6 inches x 3 inches contact with the road, not much doing 70mph. So basically pay the most you can afford from any of the best tire manufacturers.Plus there is very little enjoyment driving having to constantly consider if your going to stay on the black stuff.I have been driving for 40 years with well over a million miles in total under my belt so feel justified in my humble opinion

This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 475

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Got Energy Saver tires replaced the old Michelin Primacy ones that have been for 8 years on my car. Well, Primacy tire is more fun to drive, of course you can enter the corner at higher speed, but these are another class tires. Energy tire is perfect on a motorway - quiet, saves fuel (up to 1 liter per 100 km) and lasts longer. I've also noticed that the grip is getting better when the temperature goes up (more than 10C). In wet you have to be careful with any type of tire, I would say driving in wet with Michelin Saver is ok, but you have to give it more distance for breaking. Well, the tire can not operate the same in dry and wet. But overall, I think that Michelin has found a good balance and I consider this tire to be number 1 among all Eco tires.
87%
Member
  • Citroën C4
  • 205/55 R16 V
  • 40,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
Very comfortable tires with good feedback and handling considering greek bumpy roads. The most important, despite the good performance, is that they dont wear easily, which is something that makes you feel that your money were appreciated. Will be buying them again for sure.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 487
50%
Member
Worst Tire ever, I had it in a Peugeot 106 without ABS and had an accident in wet weather, incredible how the car don't stopped with plenty of time. Now came with my Golf fortunately with ABS, but cornering in the wet is dangerous, you need to go slow, really slow. In dry conditions no concerns, and the wear is the best 60000km so far and now I need to change the front tires, but not for the same, maybe Hankook S1 for Quality/price maybe the best deal (205/55/16: 61€ each), only worried with the wear.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 5
  • Wet Grip 1
  • Road Feedback 4
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 6
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 480
74%
Member
  • Nissan Versa
  • 195/60 R15 H
  • 35,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
I have Energy saver+ replaced my OEM BS B250 tire since 2013 Mar. It runs 50000 KM since then. Overall it's a better than average tire. After 40,000 km (25 K miles), it becomes more noisy and unpredictable in wet. Until 50,000 km the drain depth is about 3.5 mm, but overall grip lost 30% up. This is very natural in all tires. It's up to driver to stay with this or replace it to your driving habit. I would say the first 40,000 km, this tire worth every pence you spent. After 40,000 km, overall performance drops daily and better replace them.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 7
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 487
90%
Member
the best tires iv had on a van. even in the wet the grip is very good.when its time to replace the tires there is still more than 80%grip from new.front tires get 45 to 50kilometers rear 80 to 100kilometers.iv stopped putting the fronts to the back as it halves the wear of the tires .iv done twohundred and twenty thousand ks in this van
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 475
60%
Member
Energy Saver? No chance I'm afraid. Significantly worse mpg than previous Conti Premium Contacts which in theory have much worse rolling resistance (so much for official Euro labels). Wet grip is also disappointing - quite treacherous on cold damp roads, again at odds with the Euro label results, and much as I would have expected from Michelins from 10+ years ago. Wear so far seems minimal, but overall I have to say I am disappointed and would not buy these tires again for any car.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 4
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 5
  • Buy again 4
Helpful 535
100%
Member
  • Dacia Logan
  • 185/65 R15 T
  • 61,500 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
I see You write a review about energy saver plus wich is a SUMMER tire , in fact you test them on winter, on Ice???!!! I am missing something?
This tires are not supossed to handle weell on Ice and cold weather because has a strong composition.
I used old Michelin Energy 185/65/R15 not Energy Saver Plus from 2007 since december 2012 for a total of about 75 000 km - 46602 miles only in summer and I was thrilled by the results.
-Long lasting tire
-good grip
-Verry lite and thin tires
-Noiseless
-No vibration on normal Hi speeds (120-150 KM/h 74-93 miles/hour)
My car doesn't run faster than 170km/hour but on Romanian national roads is enough :)
-usage on mostly city and inter city roads
-after 75.000km-47000miles I haven't reach the safety mark and I have 1-2 milimeters more

Tomorrow I will buy 4 new Energy saver plus (made in Germany 2012 december)and I am verry anctious about it.
I know that I had excelent results with precedent tire model and I am confident that these will be much better than the old ones that I'm replacing.
As a note:
-I am replacing the old tires because of the age of rubber and the fact that they are showing lateral small cracks (normal as long usage 6 years)
-At every 2 weeks I periodically check and set tire pressure to 220kPa
87%
Member
  • Fiat Bravo
  • 205/55 R16 V
  • 1,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Easy Going
Admittedly i have not had these tires long but when comparing to the Michelin Primacy HP's i have on the other half of the car these are very comparable, only in theory they have much better fuel efficiency characteristics.
Noise levels are good and they are soft enough to grip in the wet and ice/cold.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 432
76%
Member
One of the best performing small tires that i have ever used. Well done michelin with 129200 km on one set of tires. already testing michelin on my offroad 4*4.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 498
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