Michelin Energy XH1 fronts lasted 24,400 (2.0mm left) rears have (4.0 mm left)Thought they would last longer on the front. OK tyre nothing special, good fuel economy lasted fair? But would probably replace with the same again. Female driver general driving around no hard cornering.

Having previously had Michelin Energy's on a Punto and 307, I was pleased to find them as standard fitmet on our Megane. They seem to offer a good compromise on every aspect that I find important - a decent all rounder. Good enough road holding and cornering, and the reduced rolling resistance should mean I get more miles from every fill. They seem as good wearing as any medium softness tyre (so no cheapie, nor Pirelli or Conti). I've gone back for more of the same, although did think about looking for something that is great in the wet.

OE on my C4, 30k from the fronts before they needed replacing & 52k miles on the rears. Fuel efficiency was pretty good, nothing really special to say about them, but no problems either.

My car came fitted with a new set of Michelin Energy E3a's when I bought it second hand. The fronts lasted approx 30,000 miles and the rears nearly 40,000 before needing replacing (with approx 2 mm tread depth left). For a car like mine (standard Mk3 Golf) these tyres are more than good enough. The grip in the dry allows the door handles to scrape the road before progressively breaking away. The tyres are not the limiting factor for making good progress (more the lack of power, poor brakes and barge-like handling!). In the wet, grip is obviously compromised. However, the tyres still provide sufficient feed back to warn you when they are going to give up, and even when they do this happens progressively. I did have one scary moment aquaplaning in torrential rain on the A303 but think this was not the fault of the tyre but more the shear quantity of standing water combined with slightly excessive speed for the conditions. The car in front of me also was going sideways.

On balance, when it came to replace my tyres I chose the same again as I was impressed with the wear rate and minimal road noise combined with adequate grip. In my opinion they are well suited to the car.

Well, from a manafacturer lauded as much as Michelin, I'd really expect better!

These came fitted when we bought our Grand Scenic new, in 2005. It's a 2.0 165bhp model, which gets driven quite quickly, the grip is shocking on these tyres, and oddly this sort of glaze appears on the tread after a while which makes grip even worse.

I'd never buy these tyres, and I'm glad they're coming up to the replacement stage. Now to fit some decent Falken ZE512s.

A cheap hard tyre, i wasn't overly impressed with the rubber throughout the lifespan.