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.
What owners mention most counted across 118 reviews
Excellent tire, great on track, high speed motorway, brilliant on dry, good on wet. Very tricky on snow/ice. After just over 20k miles the fronts are now loosing feel and grip so overall excelent wear.
Vehicle: Audi A4 2.0 Tdi S Line
BHP: Now 170 BHP (remapped from 140)
These have been fitted to the rears at 131,373 Miles and I have now done 5000 Miles in them since (I have my previous and first review on this tire below under same format as this review). After 5k and they are down to 7mm(8mm when new) and wearing evenly, at this rate they should last 30k (I wont get carried away yet). But still performing very strong and still keep the rear end of the Audi glued to the road.
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The advantage of RS6 quattro is that all four tires pretty much wear evenly so when you replace you replace all four and have fantastic grip from the start to end.
The PS2 is simply the best tire you can buy for dry and wet performance and with the awesome power of hte RS6 only a handful of tires can be recommended to replace but the PS2 is the tire of choice.
Miw that the PS3 has been launched I think its time to try what Michelin claim is a better tire in the wet and lasts 10% longer in the PS3.
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I've never used a better tire than the ps2, They have so much grip, I've driven on tracks with single seater racers and these are the only tires that get close to that amount of grip, Best tire out there.
Amazing tire! Far better than Conti Sport Contact 2's and 3's I have had! Car chipped to 240bhp, the Conti's would spin in 2nd on a wet road under full power, the PS2 just grip - I'm blown away by the difference. They are more comfortable and quiet by far, yet give amazing feedback around the bends. Straight line breaking wet or dry is spot on as well. 3000 miles of mixed driving and no noticeable drop in performance or tread depth. I've had the Conti's on 3 Golf's now, just replacing them with the same each time - what a mistake I wish I had made the move to PS2's earlier! Can't recommend them enough and no I don't work for Michelin before you ask - just pleased to be able to report about a tire the performs far better than the rest (on a front wheel drive Golf Mk5)!
Vehicle: Audi A4 2.0 Tdi S Line
BHP: Now 170 BHP (remapped from 140)
These have been fitted to the rears at 131,373 Miles and I have now done 1000 Miles in them. Fronts have Bridestone Potenza RE050A (5mm tread left)and so far the tires feel amazing and grip the rear like I have not seen before. The rear of the car is stuck to the road at all times wet or dry. I will update on this post when I replace the fronts with PS2 but so far so good and the tires were 170 quid fitted per tire.
I've only just put 4 new the Micheline PS2s on my 2.0 Tfsi TT replacing the OEM Bridgestone Re 050As. Initial thoughts are that the PS2 are quite a bit quieter and more comfortable than the RE 050A. Dry weather grip is perhaps 10% better and wet weather grip so far seems about 10% better too but its hard to tell as I got 35,000 miles out of the Re050A's so they were well worn at the end which makes comparissons difficult. The RE 050A were excellent on Track in Mondello where I took them to bin them but I was able to get another 5 months out of them after a full afternoon track session. I will be putting the PS2's to the sword in like fashion the only question is when? I doubt they will last as long as the Re 050As but that's the trade off for more grip and less road noise.
Excellent, considering the power going through these tires and the way I drive (spirited shall we say) I still got 25000 miles out of the rears on this. Great grip from 8mm to 2mm tread. Expensive but worth every penny.Rubbish in snow though but this is a summer tire.
Best high performance tire on the market. Worth the price. I spend a fair ammount if time on the track with this car and these tires are the best I've had. I have tried so-3's, ADVAN, pzero, ps1s couple models also but none were as good as these. So-3's being in my opinion the next best. On the plus side this compound remains grippy throughout the life of the tire and really holds up well against extreme heat from a track. Sure they don't last long (6-7k on the rears 11k front roughly) but that is to be expected from a high performance tire. So I can't knock the tires for that really. If you have a high perfomance Car and really want to drive it the way it was ment to be driven then these are the tires for you. Enthuasists only. I wouldn't recommend these tires to a casual driver as they are expensive and you won't notice a huge difference in everyday driving from a say so-3 (saving a bit of money). I really want to compliment the sidewalls of the tires as they really are second to none. These babies stack up against track only tires while giving you outstanding wet performance. Whatever car a the time is my best performance machine will only get Michelin ps2s until they come out with the models replacement. I'll save the tinkering with tires on other vehicles.
42,000 miles on my 2005 Porsche Boxster S and I'm recently put on the 3rd set of tires. They're slightly fragil when road or driveway conditions are concerned, but dry ttraction was never in question. When pushed very hard, they communicated their intentions with clarity. I don't push as hard in the wet, but still verrrry good traction. Braking and steering feel also are excellent, (No understeer until stupid sets in). Tire noise is never an issue.
While on a 6,800 mile 2 week vacation I had a sidewall bulge on the L/F. Replaced 2 fronts with Nitto 235/35ZR19 and the grip loss was obvious. 35 series tires must be treated with care as potholes and concrete expansion have both caused me failures, (1 bulge & 1 bead cut).
Mileage is quite acceptable for the way I drive and the places. 10k to 20k miles should be expected for a 3,000 lb. car driven briskly.
I'll continue to buy these tires for this car.
I was pleasantly surprised to find these tires were factory-equipped on my S-Line Ti A4 Avant (basically the same tire that came factory-equipped on my Porsche Cayman S!). Used as three season tires, I have been so pleased with the way they have performed that I find it very difficult to buy anything else as a replacement (even with the high price point). Many may question (including me) putting such a high $$, high performance tire on a daily driver that won't see an auto-x or road course, but I gotta say that with the way these tires hold and communicate, the resulting high confidence level from behind the wheel (when it matters most) makes them worth every penny. Another noteworthy item Given the PS2s are a max performance category tire, I was impressed with the life I got out of them (>20,000 miles is HUGE for a max performance/summer tire). And when I approached the wear indicators, tire noise, present on every max performance tires I have ever owned, was virtually non-existent. Nice job Michelin.
