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.
What owners mention most counted across 304 reviews
Rear tires on a C63AMG can be reduced to nothing in very short order. That said, if you keep an eye on fuel consumption and don't drive like its stolen every day, you can get plenty from the rears. I like to 'push-on' wherever and whenever possible - Early Sunday AM blasts, etc. Yet managed to get 31,000miles from the rears, which I am told is pretty good. That is of course if you do not pick up nails/screws - which I have done twice on the fronts.... £1000 in front axle tires in 9 months thanks to UK roads PLC and the lack of road sweeping/cleaning.. A German friend of mine states there would be a revolt in Germany if this were to happen.
Mich Pilot Super Sport M01 - standard factory fit on the 2016 C63 - simply amazing tires in my view, good wear, great grip (wet and dry/summer & winter) confidence inspiring with good, even, wear characteristics. Bit on the noisy side though, but what can one expect from a performance estate car? Pricey ? yes. Too pricey when you consider that cannot be puncture repaired. Availability... currently having to wait two weeks for a set, not readily available it seems.
Bought these to replace Uniroyal RS 3 tires (the RS 3 are great but 1 look very odd on the vehicle see the review one side looks back to front and 2 wear wearing quickly just managed to get 12 moths out of them and only 10K miles) - These tires feel marginally sharper in the corners and well designed... However the wear rate is unbelievable I put these on in July this year 2017 and by now November 2017 they are down to the wear marker after on 6K miles - at £175 each I was expecting a bit more life - going to try conti PS 6 now... these tires while feeling good on the car, wear faster than my bank balance can stand!
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Having run on PSS for last 2 years, I was looking for a better all round tire as I found that in the wet the PSS would struggle for grip near the limit. Having read reviews on the PS4 having improved wet grip, I thought I would try them. 2 months in and I can state that while they are a very competent tire, they are not a performance tire in comparison to the PSS. At high speed I can only describe them as unstable where the car starts to weave, mainly after lifting off. They do not inspire confidence on roads with even the slightest of camber which most A and B roads have. Overall, for the majority will find the PS4 a very good tire for all conditions with good levels of grip. But for driving at 8/9 tenths, I'll be reverting back to the PSS.
Spent a day researching tire's and came up with 4 options to replace our Michelin Pilot sport 3's which were Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 3's, Pirelli P Zero's Bridgestone RE003 and Michelin Pilot sport 4's. After many phone calls to dealers of tire's and weighing up New Zealand's varying and at times terrible road surfaces we decided to stick with the new Michelin 4s and give them ago (second choice was the P Zero's and 3rd equal were the 003's and F1 A3's.) A big decider was the price as Michelin was running a buy 1 get second half price so we paid NZ$1200 for 4 tires's fitted on the car (1 tire cost's NZ$468 for a 225/40/18) and also feedback on this forum put the new MPS4's above the P Zero's.
First thing we notice is the quietness of the new MPS 4's and how well they ride over our rough course chip. We went into the back roads up behind Orewa and put them through our beautiful cambered roads and the car was totally planted and had total confidence we were going to take the corner at speed even with the tire's not been run in yet, we could of kept driving all day we were having so much fun. Will update once the car has done 7000- 10000kms. But first impressions very happy with our new MSP 4's!
Previous model was Bridgestone Potenza S001 (Made in Japan). Switched to Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (Made in Thailand). Used for 6600 KM (4101 Miles). Grip similar, noise similar, handling similar, noise S001 more noiser and wear rate S001 faster.
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awesome tires. much better than my old tires Falken453
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225/45 R17
Car feels light on its feet and really agile. Very aggressive turn in and point n turn even when applying the brakes entering a corner. Stopping distance wet and dry superb. Could be a bit better mid corner when it feels a bit soft under heavy load and responds a bit slower. Good fuel consumption. Stable on high speeds.
Recently, the time had come to change my PS3 as they had worn down to about the tread wear indicator. Got around 55,000KM on the set. Perhaps could have got a few more '000 KM out of them, but I drive long distance weekly and realize there are better ways to stretch my money. Anyway, my replacement set is the PS4 and I've since driven around 1000KM on them. Mileage is mostly on NSE highway and I auto cruise at around 130KMH. Initially after replacement, I felt there was slightly more grip around corners and better control. However, fuel consumption reading dropped around 5% from the 12.5KM/L I was seeing before the change. Recently, the reading is back to same as before. So my theory is that the tire performs differently when being broken in (and opinions of new tires which are written after brief tests should be read with much skepticism). Cabin noise is slightly less, but could be due to this being a new set of tires. My old PS3 performed well in the dry and wet, and am expecting the same with the PS4 - will update this review in the future if I find it is not the case. I drive fairly aggressively with my 2.5L Camry and would not hesitate to recommend the PS4 tires to anyone with a similar driving style.
These tires have transformed my 2012 Giulietta 2.0 JTD-m which previously had a floaty, unsettled and rough ride. That was primarily caused by the cheap tires the previous owner had installed on the car. However, these are wearing far better then the Continental ContiSport 3's I had on my last car (Saab 9-3) and that was the main thing I was shopping for. In comparison these tires have fantastic grip especially during the wet and are fairly quite by my standards. I would buy these tires again but fingers-crossed not for a long time.
