Michelin Primacy 4 Reviews - Page 14

After that my old tires were shredded at a public parking lot....right next to a tire-dealer......(!?.. hmmm...)..... and because of my rather stressed situation I was more or less forced to buy these Michelin Primacy 4 tires, the only size the tire-dealer had available for my car.
I was very unhappy about that because I had a very poor experience with the Michelin Primacy 3 on this car, I have previously made a very negative review about the Primacy 3 on this site, I was extremely surprised and disappointed with the Primacy 3.
I will say that the Primacy 4 is far better than the Primacy 3, they are much more like a premium tire, it is good grip and performance both wet and dry, good braking wet and dry, I have driven with these tires in very heavy rain with deep water puddles on the road without any problems.
The comfort and noise level is acceptable or good depending on the road surface, these tires are good on normal roads but they do not like bad bumpy roads and the comfort and stability is suffering in a rather unpleasant manner.
And despite the good grip and the fact that they are far better than the Primacy 3, I just don't like these tires, the feel and handing is not quite comparable to my previous tires Dunlop and Hankook, the Primacy 4 are a little doughy with a little slow feeling and reaction, the direction stability is somewhat undefinable, it's never stable and straight, it is not huge problems but enough to turn me of.
Both my OEM Dunlop FastResponse and Hankook Ventus 3 had very stable direction stability, good handling, reaction and feeling, the Primacy 4 can not compare, on this car there's a noticeable difference.
As with the Primacy 3, after a few months I got rid of these tires, after all these years of driving I'm a little bit spoiled, if I don't like the tires I change them.
Maybe for another car and driver the Primacy 4 is suitable but not for me and this car, and I still insist that Michelin tires were better some years ago.

On a Volvo XC70 2012 the tires feel a bit more slippery have less grip than the Continental Wintercontact i fitted for the winter.
Accellerating from standstill the tires somethimes slip, which i didnt have with the conti's.

In the wet, even extreem wet with 15cm of water the tires handled well, no aquaplanning or los of control. Only with extreem conrering you feel the tires looking for grip a bit.

Driving these tires is fine they have a exact sweet spot regarding presure towards confort and handling, deviating from 2.5 bar on my car means les handling and confort, the tires seem to loose more presure over time then I'm used to.

We have driven 10K km with them now. The wear of the tires in this time is less then 0,2mm giving confedence on the wear and tear of the tires. The question that arises is if the durability of the tires influences thier handeling.