Michelin Pilot Sport

had a good deal on the price of these tyres when I bought them so I thought they would be a good buy considering michelin are supposed to be the ultimate tyre. But as it turns out not so. Only managed to get 7000 miles out them so far and they are now on the wear indicators and the grip in the wet is very poor.

These were on my car when I bought it and after 3 years and 15k they were still on the car when I sold it albeit they were down to approx 2.5mm.

Really good high performance tyres that grip well all the time.

Better than anything for the road. Wears really well too.

These tyres were on the car when I bought it at 3000 miles.
I would not normally go for low profile tyres but as they were fitted I thought I would keep them.
I find the grip very good and the steering very positive but the ride is firm and there is more road noise than I would like.
They look as if they will manage 15000 miles.

Black and round. Easy to break traction with 400hp. Progressively slides. My requirements fulfilled.

These tyres have a really stiff sidewall. I noticed this as soon as I swapped them onto the fronts, potholes and the general road surface felt much harsher. On the plus side, turn in and feel were amazing, and the tyre did not flex under hard cornering.

The main problem or flaw I found with this tyre is that it certainly isnt at its best when cold. Putting the throttle down too early coming off a mini roundabout would see instant understeer. Once heated up though I found dry grip absolutely amazing, and with the great feel i got from these tyres this made the car feel well stuck to the road.

Wet grip I would say was adequate. Fast long corners were not really a problem, but sharper tighter corners would see the car easily understeering where my previous tyres would not. No major problems though.

One thing I did notice was that once the tread level reached around 4.5mm performance of the tyre dropped significantly. This exhibited itself in a 'knife-edge' feel to cornering in the wet even at low speed, and squirming under breaking. The tyres have always been very progressive though so any loss of grip was easy to feel and correct.

These tyres lasted a total of 27000 miles, 6000 on the rear and 21000 on the front, which I consider pretty good.

Id definitely buy these tyres again, if they were still available in my size!

just fitted these to my 2004 zx6r and there brilliant. first ride was in pouring rain and they felt really grippy even though they werent scrubbed in. then i took them out on a fast road ride in the dry and got to the edge of the tyre almost immediately and able to put plenty of power down leant over. these tyres just dont need scrubbing in!. if i done that with the avons i would have been off.