Michelin Pilot Sport 4 Reviews - Page 14

This was my first set of Michelin PS4. Amazing in dry but overhelming in wet. Wasn't expecting such grip in wet and even standing water from such plain tread. Did few track days on them and response was "a OK" for civil tire. Also grip was acceptable. I can not say anything about handling at the limit becouse I couldn't find an exact line where tire lost grip at those few laps but it warned if someting was about to happen. Overall really good tire for daily use and occasional tracking. Not too hard but hey, better than nothing. :)

Before this i use 4 kumho Hs51 tires.. then my front tire worn out, i buy 2 Michelin Ps4 and put at rear.. when i'm driving, my front tires (kumho) very loud.. but rear i can't hear anything. very silent.. then i'm try push my car at the corner, i feel the rear tire more Sharp when corner... wet driving in Asian tropical weather very superb.. i will buy this Ps4 for my front tires next..

SUPERB ! I fitted a full set of these @15k miles to replace the tired O.E. Pirelli P Zeros on my 2018 Audi S3. It would have been difficult to imagine better traction on an already brilliant car but the PS4's have improved the traction, ride quality and steering by some margin. At £ 111.00 each they were money very well spent.

For my my car this tires are not good, previously had for 6 years 70000miles Dunlop SP sport max and I can say that Michelin tires on 215 40 17 are worse tires I ever had , I've been back to the garage 2 times for them to double check that they're fitted right... Very loud , very vibrant , unresponsive, unpredictable ,worse fuel consumption by over 10 miles per gallon . 100 miles behind Dunlop performance. I've always brought Michelin for quality but now I am very disappointed

Fantastic wet grip, did a track day in heavy rain and they were performing better than most semi slick tires do in wet. Dry grip is similarly good I can't see a road tire being any better than this, comfort and noise level is surprisingly good and fuel economy doesn't suffer, can't comment on longevity as I used these tires on track however they do perform fairly well on track

I found those tires on a discount, and for 250£ I couuldn't have made a better choice.
The only drawback so far is road feedback. MX5 is known for pure driving pleasure, and those Michelins don't match that „feeling”. In other department those tires are flawless.
I highly recommend them.

I've replaced the old Pilot Sport 3s in the front with the Pilot Sport 4 after doing a really lengthy research on what tires to choose. I wanted a good balance between road noise - fuel efficiency - handling. There are quieter tires or more fuel efficent, but PS4 seems the best compromise. I've installed them 10 days ago and I drove mostly in the city, but also on the motorway in the heavy rain. initialy conclusion: I'm impressed; going hard in roundabouts - no understeer AT ALL! On the motorway, full of water, driving at 70 mph, no issues, no loss of control - the old, worn PS3s were a bit scarry in the rain at high speeds.
Comfort wise... There is no comfort on low profile tires...

I live in regional Queensland, Australia. These tires were fitted two years ago replacing Pilot Sport 3's. My initial reaction was that they were not as good as the 3's but after about 500km I changed my view and have found them to be quite superior. They are quiet, comfortable, grip extremely well and are very good under acceleration and braking in both wet and dry conditions. I achieved about 42,000km with the 3's whereas the 4's are right now on 73,000km. I would have achieved 75,000km had I bothered with a wheel alignment at 70,000km. It is important to note that my driving changed from mostly around town with the 3's to mostly on the open road at 80-100kmh so less accelerating, braking and cornering. I also actively reduced my cornering speeds (most of the time). I am very careful with inflation pressures, balance and wheel alignments (except as commented above). As the tires became well worn they did become less comfortable and noticeably noisier; also tended to "tramline" which I find happens with all tires that I've used, especially with front wheel drive. Surprisingly I have found the dry grip still excellent with wet grip only slightly diminished. Braking is unchanged but acceleration definitely needs a gentler throttle; it is quite easy despite traction control to provoke wheelspin. Overall I am absolutely impressed and am having a new set fitted in two days time (together with a wheel alignment of course).

The grip and the steering feedback are absolutely nothing short of amazing. The car just glues onto the road no matter the weather conditions. It is the best tire I have ever fitted to any of my cars.

Fitted the pilot sport 4's a year ago on an SSV SPORTS WAGON and covered 12,500k's on Australian Roads thus far ... Handling in both wet an dry conditions has been exceptional with 100% feedback and comfort, especially impressed with stability in straight high end speed ...
... not the cheapest tire, thus comes the Negative, maybe about 3-5000ks of life left! Still comfortable but noisy! ...Had a beta run from the Pilot Sport 3's... Bridgestone tires never came close to the qualities of PS3 an PS4 except for slightly longer life.
Happy n Safe Cruzin

Good tires, impressed with how they stick

Early days as I've only had these on for a few trips, replacing Bridgestone S001 RFT tires, and I certainly don't push my tires enough to know where the limits are. However, turn in seems quite good.
However, on the Comfort front, these tires are noticeably quieter than the Bridgestone S001 RFT tires. These I changed away from with ~5mm left on them, as they had a definite drone even at low speed (~25mph) let alone on National Speed Limited roads.
I've also measured the cabin noise over the same sections of road at 30 and 60 mph and can see the improvement compared to previous.
They also take rough roads and sleeping policemen in their stride, absorbing sharp edges well.
All of this is perhaps unsurprising as they did replace RunFlats of course.