Across 306 owner reviews averaging 78.9%, most drivers rate the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 for its standout grip: around half praise both wet and dry traction, often describing very high confidence and predictable handling. Comfort also lands well for many (around a third mention it positively), though opinions are more mixed on noise, steering feel and especially longevity. Tread life is the biggest point of disagreement (mentioned by 42% overall), with plenty reporting strong mileage while a similar number complain of faster wear; a smaller group also call out the sidewalls as too soft.
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Well, i bought 10/2025, 2x Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 3 which were used tires and i was amazed how nice they were, they felt sporty, sitff sidewall, very good tire to drive, it was DOT 2023, so 2 year old tire. Now i bought 4x Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires, also used , DOT 3023, and i am dissapointed. Tire feels like my car is worn completely. I feel like my front struts are dead. I swear i feel like my car is all over the road. Maybe when its new its 2 times better but used, more then 6mm tread its very dissapointing. My car is Golf mk6 GTD, and whenever i floor it from second gear it wheelspins. I warmed them up with a 15 min hard drive and still then they were sliding all over the place. I dont feel confident in my car anymore. I recommend them new, but used they are pretty rubish.
The dry grip is amazing, when they are warm from a stand still to full throttle it is very hard to lose traction. Wet grip is more then I can ask for. I can drive sporty in the rain and no loss of grip. I have almost driven 70.000km on the tires now. My previous tires were Pirelli P Zero Nero which came with the car and compared to the Michelin it is literally a night and day difference.
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I put about 14,000 miles on my GR86 OE tires, including 3 hot track weekends. They are about down to the wear bars now, which isn't bad considering how gnarly they looked after each track weekend.
The biggest con with the PS4 for this application was probably the road noise. I know it drives some people nuts. For me it was noticeable but acceptable. The car always handled great on them, and even at the track they did well enough. Very predictable, though they would get pretty greasy feeling. Totally reasonable given the nature of the tire.
The biggest surprise for me was how uniformly and cleanly they wore down despite ~2 degrees negative camber all around. I've had issues with some other summer tires wearing abnormally, with or without camber.
I didn't spend much time in the wet with them, let alone driving hard in the wet. But any time I did, they again did well enough.
I will likely replace them with the PS5.
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I used the Michelin pilot sport 4 on my Peugeot 508 2.0 hdi automatic. It is by no means a sporty car, but I always used it like one. And the Michelin were more than perfect. The dry grip has always been amazing, never had a single issue with dry handling, stopping or accelerating no matter the temperature, from 5 to 45 C, or speed (up to the limit of the car, 220kph). Before the tread reached 2mm the wet grip was also perfect. Safe acceleration and deceleration even in the deepest of rain. Aquaplaning resistance was amazing. Curved aquaplaning was very safe and stable even I deeper water. The comfort was not on par with a touring tire, but almost. Never felt that the tires are hard or noisy up until they reached the limit. Then they became noisy and that is mostly because of uneven wear, caused by poor alignment. The most impressive thing is that they lasted for more than 75k km. They were worn down to the limit and maybe even more. In the end of their life, when they neared the limit, the wet grip became unbearable. They were like ski on even the littlest of moist on the asphalt. But the dry grip was like slicks. I mean it.
Great grip, but unfortunately, it falls too far into the comfort side of the spectrum. Too unresponsive for a tire that is "one of the best" sport tires.
(i am a 21y/o man so i don't have a lot of experience)when i started to really push the tires on my backroad in both dry and wet i was astonished by how grippy they were regardless of the conditions , you can feel the tire deforming and gripping more and more, since my car is nose heavy the front tires are subject to a lot of load but they still held up beautifully
I’ve been running the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 on my 2015 Suzuki Swift for the past four summers, and they have genuinely transformed the way the car drives. My Swift came from the factory with 17-inch wheels, which is fairly large for this model, so I needed a performance-oriented summer tire. The car originally had Hankook Ventus V12 evo2s fitted, but they were cracked, lacked grip, and generally felt past their best.
Switching to the Pilot Sport 4 was a night-and-day difference. Straight away I noticed a huge improvement in grip. The wheelspin I used to get when accelerating a bit too enthusiastically in the wet completely disappeared. Even now, with the tread about halfway worn, the tire still performs brilliantly. There’s no loss of traction in the wet, and it remains composed when cornering hard. It’s probably more tire than the Swift realistically needs, but I enjoy every bit of it and would happily recommend it.
In terms of comfort, the Michelin is noticeably better than the Hankook. My car has very stiff suspension, so I feel every bump, but the Pilot Sport 4 manages to take the edge off a little. Road noise is on the higher side, though this may be more down to the poor sound insulation of the Swift than the tire itself.
Another strong point is wet safety. I’ve driven through plenty of standing water on the motorway and haven’t experienced any aquaplaning so far, which gives a lot of confidence.
Overall, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 is an excellent choice if you drive a relatively modest car but still enjoy pushing it as if it were something quicker. It delivers impressive grip, strong wet performance, and good comfort, even several years into its life.
Fantastic tire, immediately noticeable difference compared to the Yokohama BluEarth AE50s I was rocking before (summer touring tire). More traction, more confidence into the corners, more road noise & feel (coming from 16" to lower profile 17" is partly to blame there). Much harder to slip the wheels in the dry, even with traction off... They cope with the rain fairly well, as long as I refrain from dropping my right foot! This being an EV, I have impacted the overall range per-charge with the PS4s but if I'm gentle it's not too bad (maybe 10-15% worse than the previous tires).
I would definitely consider buying these again, or the PS5 by the time they wear out. I'm not a reviewer, there's definitely some placebo mixed in too BUT even so, I feel more planted, confident and happy with these tires fitted than the outgoing AE50s; now onto some CrossClimate3 fun! ;)
Upgrade from the stock Bridgestones which came with the Skoda Octavia RS Wagon. Comfort, Noise, Wet & Dry traction were all superb, as was wear over 30,000km. Never lost traction accelerating hard from lower speeds, unlike the Bridgestones. Excellent tire and well worth the Premium.
I liked the tires however steering feedback was vague and in combination with my car the vehicle felt too much understeered.
Grip was good, however when the tires wears around 3mm, then wet grip gets unpredictable (scary loosing grip). When going over highway overpasses or other road indulations at 100 km/h you feel the front moving sideways (aquaplaning). During wet corners I don't have this problem.
Vehicle is a 2010 116i m-sport with KW V2 comfort suspension.
This is kind of an update after 6k kilometers and 2 years: I've bought it 2023.07, DOT is 2023.05. I store my car in a garage, and the wear is negligible. My main reason to switch to this PS4 was to improve the wet handling. With the 4years old P Zeros, the car was undriveable in wet conditions. Sliding, drifting all the time, instead of a safe cornering or accelerating. The PS4 was a dream. Glued the the asphalt. Nothing, just grip like its dry. Even when I' did a full throttle in the middle of a 90degree corner to test... Superb. But yesterday we had a rainy day, and it was the first time this year I drove my car in these conditons...and gosh i was devastated. I was sliding around in the town. Cannot do swift accelerate, cannot do a swift lane change. Car is drifting, sliding, spinning, the electronics are constantly working to keep the car on the road. And I'm not a road warrior, its not that... however when it was new, even the crazy stunts were easy(I was trying to find the limits) without even the safety electronics turning on, it was just pure grip. So all in all I'm devastated that a PS4, stored in a garage, no UV, no freeze, 6-6.5mm tread, cared very well... and its ready to be thrown out after 1.5seasons. (I use a 4 season for winter tire between nov and march, so it is almost like that im just storing the PS4 :D ) I'm really really devastated that my PS4 is dangearous in wet after 1.5-2years. This is unacceptable. Even a chinese cheap something lasts longer. (I'll skip the very price Michelins, since the PS4S on my other car cracked after about 6 years...i dont expect perfect grip after 6 years, but those huge, deep cracks...i could even see the steel inner of the tire...pathetic :( Hankook and GY is still king in this aspect. Pirelli and Michelin are only good for 1 year and testing/reviewing)
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This is highly unusual for the PS4. Michelin will probably want to know about this, so either contact Michelin directly or go through your supplying garage. There's a chance you might get a partial credit if there's a manufacturing defect.
Replaced my PS4 a few months ago. Had them for 6 years but only around 40k km (25k miles). My car is lowered so the tires wear on the inside, especially the rears. The tires still had more than 40% of tread remaining on the outside and middle part, but completely worn on the inside. With stock height, I believe I could've got a lot more mileage out of them. One thing I notice about michelin tires, be it the PS4, PS4S, PSS, PS3 or primacy 3 and 4, they all show crack on the edges after 6 years, and it spread quickly to the point they start losing air. Bear in mind I live in a tropical climate. It's hot and humid, so it's pretty harsh on rubber.
Dry handling and grip is never an issue with the PS4. Traction control rarely kicked in. I previously had toyo t1 sport, and traction control kicked in a lot more frequently. Handling is balanced enough, but of course don't compare it to the PS4S which is in a different league.
Wet grip is pretty good for a summer tire. Never had any issue with aquaplaning. Not that I tried driving into a puddle. It can get a little jittery in the corner if you go too fast, but overall pretty good.
Overall great tires. I would easily recommend it to anyone.
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