Drivers largely praise the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 for outstanding dry grip, confident wet performance for a max-performance summer tire, strong steering feel, and stability at high speed and on track; many Porsche and performance-car owners consider it a benchmark. Comfort and noise are generally better than rival OE fitments, and several report surprisingly good longevity, though wear can vary widely by vehicle and driving style. The main recurring downsides are high price and faster rear/overall wear for powerful cars; a minority cite wet grip shortfalls versus newer rivals and increased noise as they wear. Overall sentiment is strongly positive given the high proportion of top scores.
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Fantastic tires - find it hard to fault them for all round performance - and the front pair have lasted around 25000 miles - rears still going strong. Didn't have a second thought about replacing with the same tires. The only drawback is that the ride isn't great on the 45 profiles, guess that's true of all 45s though...
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After spending a small fortune poping these on my 3 series I can only say after checking the rears ( fronts 225 45 17) how dissapointed I was to find that only after 5000 miles I have just under 4mm of tread left. These were only fitted October 07 ! I was told that Michelin were best for mileage but not the case here.Now don't get me wrong I enjoy driving but don't burn rubber at every traffic light.These handle dry road fantasticly and the breaking is good, and always feel confident of stopping even in the wet.I do find the rears tend to "Slip out" in the wet when cornering over bumpy roads and can only put this down to the tram line type tread pattern and this is even more noticable now that they are well worn and no they are not over inflated.
The noise of the rears is also noticable annoying especially on motorway driving, a case of turn up the radio I am afraid.Just to point out the fronts still have 7mm of tread and look like new still, it looks like I could do two maybe two and a half sets of rears to one of fronts if I replaced like for like, but I won't be doing that again I am afraid.
Can anyone recommend a possible replacement for the Michelin, I was looking at Uni-royal rainsports and they have some good reviews - do you know better?
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Had these fitted to my Boxster from new - fronts (235/35/19) are still legal after 21k miles of spirited country road driving and more sedate town work and commuting. I replaced the rears (265/35/19) after 17k miles as they were down to 2mm depth. I was very impressed to get that sort of mileage, the previous generation Michelin Pilot MXM pattern last 16k miles on my old and 60bhp less 2.7 Boxster. These tires often consistent grip through their life and gave no tramlining under braking, even when worn. An excellent tire. Note mine are Porsche approved N rated versions, which may differ in compound to stock tires.
I have tried a number of tires on the Maserati and the Michelins appear the best.
Other brands like Dunlop really suffer from fishtailing and a lot of uncontroable oversteer.
The Pilot Sport 2's make a huge huge difference in the dry and the wet, the difference is just huge. You can have confidence with the Michelins that they arent about to just give up
I've never experienced anything quite like this!
On this car, you wont find the limit in the dry. Full stop. 100% traction in the wet, progressiveness good, but deteriorates as the tires wear.
Obviously this is a car with a grippy chassis anyway. However I managed to find the limits quite easily with my previous Pirelli Pzero Rossos.
If you have an S3 (8L chassis) and you want the limits to be set by your guts and not your car, these are the tires for you.
My friend recommended Michelin PS 2 to me for maximum grip and comfort. I also read some great things written about the PS 2 in tirerack.com.
My previous tires were Continental CSC2.
After having the Michelin PS 2 for 4 months, all I can say is it is not practical to drive long distance to and fro 5 days a week. The road noise is obviously slightly more than my previous CSC2. The ride has become too firm. Infact my colleagues who sat behind were complaining about the hardness and discomfort after sitting for over 2o minutes.
I find the grip levels has improved slightly over the CSC2 but it is not night and day kind of difference! Perhaps the PS 2 would have been great for those who like traveling at illegal speeds?
One thing for sure, the Michelin PS 2 is not a comfortable tire for normal daily driving! Driving for more than 10 km have induce a strong sense of weary feeling and disappointment.
Looks like I will have to bear the financial loss and look for another tire model which is more comfortable and at least have a decent safe grip when it rains.
These are one of my usual tires that I use on the M5 - the other being Continental Sport Contact 2.
Over the years I've tried various recommendations, from Avons to Toyos, and Pirelli to Yokohama, and have consistently come back to the Michelin PS2 and Conti SC2 depending which was the better value at the time.
I find the PS2 to have the better grip in dry and wet conditions, but the CS2 is not far behind and lasts about 20% longer (10,000 miles for the Michelins, vs 12,000 for the Contis) and the Contis give a bit more feel.
Other tires I've tried and dismissed are Toyo T1-S/R (tramline, wear quickly), Avon ZZ (useless in dry or wet), Pirelli P-Zero range (too noisy, uneven wear), Yokohama AVS Sport (decent dry grip, lethal in the wet), Goodyear F1 (good dry grip, couldn't move standing water quickly).
This is the first time I've ever read up about tires! After checking out with so many friends about this subject, I ended up with Michelin PS2. This replaced my Michelin Preceda 2 which lasted for a year after extensive outstation driving.
I was contemplating the Continental Contact Sport Contact 2 until the dealer who happen to know my boss advised me to take the PS2 instead. He even showed me a traded-in set of Contact 2s having sidewall cracks less than a year.
After explaining to me the Michelin PS2 attributes, I was somewhat convinced to buy it but even more so after showing me his own personal car riding also on a set of PS2.
So far no regrets. But I must say I missed the softness of using non low profile tires. The PS2 is not super hard but firm. Grip is apparent from the start. Cornering power is special and the ride is great in the rain too. This tires are the best I ever had.
Just don't be foolish like some youngsters who go crazy even in the snow with normal rain or sunshine tires.
