Michelin Pilot Super Sport Reviews - Page 6

These came standard on the car (BMW M135i) and while they are lauded for their dry grip in the cold and wet they simply crap. Not cheap, budget tire 'crap' but for a UHP top-o-the-range tire they should be a lot, lot better.

In the dry and warm they grip like a vice, you can feel every notch on the road and know exactly what is going on a every corner, the only down side to these levels of grip is that there's no progression towards the point where they let go, aside from that they do a superb job in the dry and warm temps, eg above 12-15 degrees.

However, none of that matters in the UK much especially where I live (Scotland) as I need a tire that perform well in the wet and these simply do not. They have low levels of lateral grip in the wet and break-away under power quite easily. Straight line performance is adequate but there's limited fun in a straight line !!!!

Unfortunately, given the UK climate these will be replaced this summer (2016) for either GY F1s 3s and Hankook S1 Evo 2s. I'll happily trade 10-15% dry performance for a 50% increase in wet weather performance.

Also, in the 225-40-18 88Y (from on BMW) the manufacturers recommended pressure results in excessive outer edge wear, so have to run 4psi higher to combat. Plus, quite a few M135i owners have experienced significant splitting and cracking on outer edges after only 1-2 years of driving... all-in-all, not a good show from the MPSS.

I have just replaced the front pair I fitted in March 2014 with an identical set. These are probably overkill for my car but they are the best tires I've fitted to any of my cars. (Kuhmo Ecsta, Pirelli P6000 (Horrendous!), Yokohama, Uniroyal Rainsport etc)
They originally replaced some Continental Sport Contact 3's which didn't last too long.
When I bought the Michelin PSS I half expected compromised wet grip and a lot more road noise than the Continentals. While noise was similar (a few southern sections of the M25 are terrible for noise) the difference in grip was incredible. Greasy junctions I regularly use, where the Continentals made the ABS and traction control work overtime, were now navigated without either system coming into use at all!
The wear rate has also hugely exceeded my expectations at 25k for the fronts.
Would buy again and recommend to anyone :-)

Fitted these at the beginning of September along with 225/40/18, I opted for the BMW OEM rating for my 135i Coupe, which comes with the dreaded RFT from Bridgestone from the factory.

I've done very little miles thus far as I walk to work or work from home, but the wet grip I found in the mild December was so so, so I hope it's just because they haven't bedded in. When I left the tire garage the rears lit up completely rolling onto the road (and I mean rolling), I hope it was oil or mud, not what I expected.

Car also has had the Birds B1 suspension kit fitted prior to the tires being fitted and ride is still mega stiff, not that compliant. So over the coming weeks I'll adjust pressures. I was originally going to go for Continental Sport Contact 5 and at this stage wish I had.

I've had PSS before on my R32, but didn't write a review, had them fitting August and bored of the car come October. Again very firm ride, but during the summer months on a semi 4WD car the grip was very good.

I'll have to do another review as the months progress and the miles increase.

OK so I did my first review in Aug 13 after 3k miles and 3 months.

In the first week of Dec 15 I put on my winter (Dunlop 3D) and they'll stay on until March 16.

So the MPSS are on 9 months of the year and 24 months and 24k miles later they are down to 4.5mm. One front tire has excessive shoulder wear due to poor alignment (now fixed). But so good are these tires I will get a partworn 5mm one and swap that over in March. So effectively these will last in excess of 30k miles.

Seriously these were launched in 2011 and am wondering when Michy are going to upgrade/replace/rename them? But as the saying goes...if it's not broke....

I did find in lower temperatures the wheels would tend to spin a little when low speed reversing off my drive (on wet block paved road) but no issues otherwise.

As my car is a) heavy b) AWD c) remapped to 260bhp why others are finding poor wear rates. Then realised mine has 50/50 traction so they will wear evenly as opposed to a FWD. Yes the rears are less worn so will be putting these at the front when swapping back

These tires are designed for the newer M3/M4/M5, all of which I've driven on this tire and liked. However, after putting a set on my e92 M3 (2010 Competition Pack) I could not believe how much worse the car felt than on the standard Michelin PS2. Overall grip was increased for sure, but road feedback and progressiveness was terrible.

The car hopped over bumps that it previously was not upset by, even on worn tires. The turn in characteristics were far more vague, and the rear of the car felt disconnected. There was a feeling that the sidewall was flexing, making it difficult to feel when a movement at the back of the car was indeed the tire breaking away, or just movement within the tire. Not confidence inspiring at all.

I contacted Michelin directly and their technical manager called me back within hours. Many workarounds were suggested such as adjusting pressures and alignment/camber settings, but these made little difference. Michelin agreed to replace them with PS2's at no cost.

Great customer service from Michelin, but not a tire I would ever recommend using on the e92. Those who have, and are saying the tire is great, must not drive their car anywhere near the limit of adhesion, because honestly it was borderline scary.

Go with the OE Michelin or Continental.

Running 225-40 and 245-35 18s on an M135i (stock tires on this car). 1st off they need warmed up any time of the year. Once warm they grip like hell in the dry and are pretty progressive letting you know what is going on and you can feel any slip start to build.

However, with 25 years of driving in Scotland in a wide variety of cars (RWD, FWD and 4WD) with all sorts of power and lack there-of and on many different tires these are not the best in the wet even when warm. They're mediocre at best. If you like to drive hard, go to track days and the like then these are the tires for you on dry days, but for everyday driving and in particular in a country with a damp, cold (ish) climate they're not my 1st tire of choice.

Plus, the dual compound and BMW chassis geometry means terrible edge wear on the fronts (just Google it !!). This can be negated to some degree by running higher PSI but they are fickle about the PSI you put in, smoother and more progressive at the right PSI (but with terrible edge wear) bit more noise and the not as quiet or as much feedback at higher PSI (but better edge wear).... no happy medium with these.

They're also quite nosiey and not as good on fuel as others... but that's a known trade of for a performance tire.

In two minds whether to stick with them or go back to Eagle F1s next year (when the winters come off).