Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S Reviews - Page 9

Given 90% while driving a Mercedes Benz C250 CGI Estate (225/45 R19 W) on mostly town for 100 average miles
Just replaced the factory fitted Conti SSR MOE. First impression is good, and i can see why everyone are opting for these tires. Very reassuring handling, unlike the Conti, the rear end doesn't bounce around when going across a bridge-joint around a curve at speed (> 60kmh).

Lets hope they will last longer than the Conti.
Helpful 28 - tire reviewed on October 5, 2018
Given 76% while driving a Skoda Superb MK3 (2015 Present) (235/40 R19) on mostly town for 10,000 spirited miles
Replaced OEM Pirelli P7 with these and handling, grip, comfort was much better. I have fitted them 1 year ago and now after 10K miles, down to limit indicators. OEM ones lasted 13K miles and they were much harder compound. I would like to see them last 15K miles as thread life is one thing manufacturer points out but they are also soft compound tires.
I would buy them again if they were cheaper but for the price they are 10K miles is too costly, will try another brand or different model Michelin.
Helpful 37 - tire reviewed on October 5, 2018
Given 87% while driving a Volkswagen Golf R 270 BHP (245/35 R19) on mostly town for 5,000 average miles
Excellent city Tire for golf r. Will buy again
Helpful 28 - tire reviewed on September 30, 2018
There's a new all season tire, can it be best?!
Given 90% while driving a Audi RS 7 2016 (225/45 R17) on mostly motorways for 0 spirited miles
Excellent ride quality and road grip. Braking peformance is excellent.
Helpful 30 - tire reviewed on July 2, 2018
Mercedes Benz (245/35 R19 W) on mostly country roads for 2,000 spirited miles
Purchased 4 Michelin Pilot 4 S tires for my Mercedes sport car. These are fantastic tires! Far quieter and smoother than
the other brand replaced. The performance is great and braking top rate. The difference is amazing and I would recommend these to anyone. I have Michelins on many of my cars.
Helpful 36 - tire reviewed on June 12, 2018
Given 97% while driving a Lexus GS (235/40 R19 W) on mostly motorways for 100 spirited miles
I switch from Dunlop Sport Max 050 which come from my Lexus GS 200t when I brought my car one year ago. The Dunlop one after 10,000km become slippy when wet and noisy, just right after the switching, thr passengers also noticed the breaking distance is much less, at least 2m shorter than Dunlop, also the handling and grip are excellent, the car now stick to the road which provide confidence and I can drive faster with low noise. I like this tire very much.
Helpful 32 - tire reviewed on June 10, 2018
Given 100% while driving a Audi rs3 (235/35 R19) on mostly country roads for 15,000 spirited miles
Better than the OE PIrellis
Helpful 34 - tire reviewed on May 16, 2018
BMW M3 (265/35 R19 W) on mostly motorways for 7,000 spirited miles
Have it for around 2 year now. I have fitted PSS and cup 2 before.
The tires were ok initially.
Dry performance was not as good as PSS. Feels a bit weird on extreme driving.
Wet performance is better than PSS and cup 2.
However, after around 8000km of driving, the performance of the tires drop drastically.
For the next set of tires, if I am looking for longavity, I will go back to PSS. Will go back to cup 2 if looking for out right extreme performance types.
Helpful 70 - tire reviewed on May 9, 2018
Given 100% while driving a Jaguar XF (255/35 R20 W) on a combination of roads for 1,000 spirited miles
This tire is a revelation! My XF never did feel quite right of Dunlop Sport Maxx tires, these are totally different. Responsive, excellent road feel, much quieter than the Dunlops, good fuel consumption.
Helpful 29 - tire reviewed on May 3, 2018
Given 77% while driving a Audi S4 (255/35 R19 W) on mostly motorways for 2,000 spirited miles
grip in wet and sub zero T conditions is phenomenal. quite predictable. lightweight. road feedback is not as direct as expected. relatively soft sidewall. comfy ride
Helpful 36 - tire reviewed on March 19, 2018
Given 60% while driving a BMW 3 series (255/35 R19 W) on a combination of roads for 4,500 spirited miles
I am not a dear friend of these tires, not even at gunpoint.
On race tracks or on roads that have the surface of a good racetrack, these tires are very good both wet and dry, the grip is very good in turns, the handling and response is way up there with the very best tires.
In fact the category of grip in turns is at the level of scaring the gee-bees out of me.
However, even on racetracks I have a little issue with the direction stability both in straights and turns, these tires have a tendency to make their own choices where they want to go when they hit something that is not totally flat.
Out on normal roads these tires loose big time with me, as others have stated here, they do make the car bounce around and ruin the stability of the ride, it is jerky.
When I hit bumps or irregularity on the road the car reacts with instability and sometimes shakes and jumps around, the car needs constant corrections and in high speeds there is no room for mistakes.
Compared to my OEM tires it is extremely little difference in feel handling and response but I did prefer my OEM tires, they had that little edge and they certainly did not bounce around and loose stability like the Michelin's.
Despite the very good grip, I give dry and wet grip only 7 points because of the bouncing and loss of stability, without that problem it would be easily maximum 10 points.
Not for me, not for my cars, there are better tires with more complete performance for normal roads and on track-days there are real race tires that will do the job better.
Helpful 41 - tire reviewed on March 16, 2018
Given 63% while driving a Honda FK2 type r (235/35 R19 W) on a combination of roads for 2,000 average miles
I have to say, I believed the hype around these tires. I changes from sport contact 6 to these and I'm disappointed.

At slow speeds they are good, Comfortable and the starting is noticeably lighter, but that's whhe positivity ends I'm afraid.

At speed the tire is less responsive than the contact 6 and feels like the tire wall has a lot more give/flex. When the tire actually grips under moderate acceleration it kind of upsets the whole stability of the car. It's hard to describe what I mean by that to be honest. The grip while cornering and acceleration at the same time is not solid, firm and smooth like the contact 6, it's jerky.

My advise would be although the contact 6 will not last you long as maybe the PS4S will, it's a better tire and the OEM tire of choice for a reason.

Helpful 35 - tire reviewed on February 23, 2018