Michelin Primacy Alpin

2009 I bought these to drive out to the Alps for a skiing holiday, as I understand they are a legal requirement in the area we were going to.
They were exellent. The grip in both loose and packed snow was unbelievable, but they also turned out to be much much better than ordinary Michelin Pilot's in normal British rain and damp as well. Under braking they stop Meters shorter and on corners they grip very well and broke away progressively. In the dry they are fine in normal driving but do not have the absolute grip and turn in of a high performance summer tire. They may be a bit noisier, but not enough to be sure. However as soon as there is a shower of rain they are noticably better than "normal" tires - and I do more driving in the wet than I do on empty dry tarmac. They do not seem to wear any faster than normal either - 10,000 miles, fronts half down and rears "as new".I think that is pretty good...
One superb incident when I left the handbrake on one morning as I drove off on packed snow. The fronts just gripped and we moved off with the (standard) rears locked. I didn't even notice until the back end started waving about as I slowed down for the first bend! Unbelievable. Highly recommended for all year round British driving.

2008 I bought these to drive out to the Alps for a skiing holiday on my 2.2 diesel Mondeo, as I was told they were a legal requirement in the area we were going to. Ended up leaving them on all Summer and sold them with the car.
They were exellent. The grip in both loose and packed snow was unbelievable, but they also turned out to be much much better than ordinary Michelin Pilot's in normal British rain and damp as well. Under braking they stopped Meters shorter and on corners they gripped very well and broke away progressively. In the dry (June...) they were fine in normal driving but did not have the absolute grip and turn in of a high performance summer tire. They may have been a bit noisier, but not enough to be sure. However as soon as there was a shower of rain they were noticably better than "normal" tires - and I do more driving in the wet than I do on empty dry tarmac. They did not seem to wear any faster than normal either - 20,000 miles, fronts still legal and rears only half down.I think that is pretty good...
2009 I put a pair on the front of my new Focus (2.0Tdi). exactly the same result. One superb incident when I left the handbrake on one morning as I drove off on packed snow. The fronts just gripped and we moved off with the (standard) rears locked. I didn't even notice until the back end started waving about as I slowed down for the first bend! Unbelievable. Highly recommended for all year round British driving.