Owners generally praise the Michelin Pilot Sport for dry grip and steering feedback, with wet grip also more often liked than criticised. Tread life is mixed but usually viewed positively, with actual long-mileage accounts alongside some much shorter service lives. Noise is a recurring complaint, appearing in roughly one in five reviews, while a smaller minority find the ride harsh. Several warn that grip is less reassuring when cold, so the positive dry-road impressions are not unconditional. Later-use accounts include reduced grip with tread remaining, but the repeat reviews do not show a shared decline: one driver becomes less satisfied across different cars while another remains positive.
What owners mention most counted across 35 reviews
Overall a good tire, that withstand very hot road temperatures and good on wet performance, but very noisy. 45000km done and the tires are baked due to the desert temperature 50c, still lots of tread .
This tire is no longer made, which is a pity... A truly excellent tire which, in my opinion, was only bettered by the MXX2's originally fitted to the Lotus Elan SE, and the MXX3 replacements... The reasons for the 9's in the scoring. In combination with Exaltos on the rear the grip and feedback are terrific.
Will be really stuck for a replacement...
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Had these tires foe approximately 9000km. Found them to be excellent in the wet with the ability to channel water well. No serious wear as of yet. Pressure checked every 3-4 weeks. Only complaint is that the compound is soft and a small stone shaped like a triangle managed to accomodate itself into the compound and leaving a small hole after removal and it is quiet on smooth tar sealed roads but found it noiser when driving out in the open roads in N.Z where you have "metal" or "chipped" roads. The noise is noticeable, and many comments suggest that it is a quiet tire but I felt some mid range Firestone would be on par with this noise level.
These tires were fitted to the rear of my car when I purchased it. They had been on the car since new and had done around 52000. I have subsequently done around 6000 miles on them since then, on the front of the car.
The tires are good overall, however at the extremes of use definitely show their age. I found it surprisingly easy to spin the wheels in 2nd gear in warm dry conditions, and mid corner grip was not consisten. Normal day to day driving though the tires were fine.
Awesome tire, though a little pricey! I am running a turbo on my TVR T350c, so with power (depending on boost) around 500 BHP these tires could take a lot more power! First gear marginal slip followed by immediate bite and grip.
Unbelievable in the wet too. I would not advise too much track stuff with these - although they are pretty good (although suffered fair amount of brake lock under heavy braking) - they are simply too expensive to use regularly on a track given the wear they suffered. So, fine for a maybe 2 or 3 track days a year, otherwise I would suggest a proper semi for the track - I use Bridgestone RE55's which are much cheaper, have far superior track grip, although have 0% grip in the wet, and only last about 6 track days...but at half the price of the Sports it does make sense. My sports are still looking good with about 50% tread left after 10,000 miles on the TVR.
were on my car when i bought it and have to say very very impressed superbly grippy on dry or wet , as usual for a performace tire they wear very fast . but if you dont know that before you buy them you shouldnt be buying them , overall excellent and i would buy again
Very good sports tire, soft and tacky. But I think they're too soft and suffer with the V6 3.2 engine weight over them. I beat they'd be very on the back, just need to find these with a very slightly tougher rubber for the front.
had a good deal on the price of these tires when I bought them so I thought they would be a good buy considering michelin are supposed to be the ultimate tire. But as it turns out not so. Only managed to get 7000 miles out them so far and they are now on the wear indicators and the grip in the wet is very poor.
