Honda FRV Tyres

I replaced my standard Primacy tyres on the front of my front wheel drive, and the difference was noticable immediately. The car simply felt more sure footed straight away. I have now covered about 2,000 miles with them, and could not be more pleased. Day to day driving is more involving. The tyres give the impression of being a bit 'sticky' and in both wet and dry conditions are a vast improvement over the standard summer biased tyres. I have yet to try them in snow or ice, but I have no doubt they will prove to be effective. I have not noticed any difference in braking distance, although my impression is that accelaration times may be down a bit, not that that bothers me. I will be replacing the rear tyres with them before winter sets in.

I liked the Primacy HP - a very good all round tyre.
Dry grip is very good, the car feels sure footed and the same can be said about wet grip too. The walls of the tyre are a little spongy but on the whole a very good balance between comfort and performance. The noise levels can be a loud on the rougher motorway surfaces.

They are down to 3mm now and are due to be replaced soon mainly due to some aquaplaning through standing water. I think they have lasted around 11K on the driven wheels (front), which is a little disappointing for Michelin but can't complain too much as my car is a heavy diesel.

Expensive to buy and that is the main reason I will opt for something else but other than the price, these are a good all round touring tyre. Relatively quiet and comfortable, good quality build and reasuring in both wet and dry conditions. Only gripes is that they do tend to tramline under enthusiastic acceleration and the wear rate is average at best My pair got chopped early due to one of them picking up a puncture at 4mm.

I inherited a set of these on the front of the car I bought, had about 4-5mm left on them.

Pros: A hard wearing tyre, well balanced wet and dry grip right down to under 3mm of tread. I found them particularly good under wet braking, saved my bacon in 2 instances hard braking in the wet on a dual carriageway.

Cons: Very noisy tyre - so much so that despite their relatively good performances, I couldn't wait to get rid of them. The cost is also very high.

Very noisey when worn, particularly on the rear, otherwise would have bee good.

Front tyre on Honda FRV. Overall tyre have been good but down to legal limit after only 16500 miles and therefore have not lasted as long as I would have wanted. I am not heavy driver.