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
These tires were on the car when I bought it at 3000 miles.
I would not normally go for low profile tires but as they were fitted I thought I would keep them.
I find the grip very good and the steering very positive but the ride is firm and there is more road noise than I would like.
They look as if they will manage 15000 miles.
These tires have a really stiff sidewall. I noticed this as soon as I swapped them onto the fronts, potholes and the general road surface felt much harsher. On the plus side, turn in and feel were amazing, and the tire did not flex under hard cornering.
The main problem or flaw I found with this tire is that it certainly isnt at its best when cold. Putting the throttle down too early coming off a mini roundabout would see instant understeer. Once heated up though I found dry grip absolutely amazing, and with the great feel i got from these tires this made the car feel well stuck to the road.
Wet grip I would say was adequate. Fast long corners were not really a problem, but sharper tighter corners would see the car easily understeering where my previous tires would not. No major problems though.
One thing I did notice was that once the tread level reached around 4.5mm performance of the tire dropped significantly. This exhibited itself in a 'knife-edge' feel to cornering in the wet even at low speed, and squirming under breaking. The tires have always been very progressive though so any loss of grip was easy to feel and correct.
These tires lasted a total of 27000 miles, 6000 on the rear and 21000 on the front, which I consider pretty good.
Id definitely buy these tires again, if they were still available in my size!
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just fitted these to my 2004 zx6r and there brilliant. first ride was in pouring rain and they felt really grippy even though they werent scrubbed in. then i took them out on a fast road ride in the dry and got to the edge of the tire almost immediately and able to put plenty of power down leant over. these tires just dont need scrubbing in!. if i done that with the avons i would have been off.
OE when new now on 3rd set. Tried Toyo Proxes (set 2) as a cheaper alternative, big mistake! When compared to Michies , Proxes took time to bed, wore more quickly and were not as predictable in the wet.
Highly recommend Michelins on this type of car.
Great looking tire, lots of grip but wear was terrible. Noticeable more expensive than the Continental equivalent. I have not noticed a difference between the two makes yet.
These tires feel hard compared to my previous ones, pot holes feel much harsher. Ive had them on the rear of my car since I bought them. Ive found that they are an excellent all round tire when taking it easy, lots of grip and good wearing. If your going to push on though you really need to let them warm up as they seem very slidy before they get up to heat, although this can be fun at the right time ;) On the plus side, any loss of traction is very progressive and can be easily corrected before anything major happens. Id definitely have these again if I could actually get ahold of them!
Had (already used) Pilot Sports on when I bought the car at just under 3 years old. I did around 16,000 on them after that before the front ones needed changing. Very good wear on a powerful front-wheel drive car. Very grippy, perhaps not as good in the wet. Good enough for me to buy the same tires as replacements on which I've done another 4,000 miles
