Across driver feedback, the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 (PS3) is widely seen as a strong ultra-high-performance all-rounder with standout wet grip, confident braking, and very good hydroplaning resistance, often making cars feel more stable and secure. Dry grip and handling are generally praised too, with many noting a comfortable, relatively quiet ride for the category. The most consistent downside is rapid treadwear for the price-especially on powerful or hard-driven FWD/AWD cars-along with frequent comments about soft sidewalls that can make steering feel a bit numb or delayed at the limit.
What owners mention most counted across 248 reviews
Exceptional tyre from the beggining.I use them in both urban and highway use,very little in gravel and 5 or 6 times in snow.In dry conditions and with good tarmac they are just superb.There is no need to warm them before use such as other tyres because they have soft rubber,even if you want to push them with high speeds or in fast bends.The same performance you will meet in worse quality tarmac where other tyres will slip,these ones just gives you full grip.In wet roads and in heavy rain, they are awesome, not even thinking of aquaplaning, these tyres gives you freedom to drive the car as you want with no fear at all.In snow,i use them a little.As long as they are summer tyres you do not seek too much grip but with low speed and carefull driving they are ok. The wear is what are you waiting for a soft tyre,after 1 year and about 12.500 miles (20000 km) the first signs of wear shown up,from the inside first,because the car is lowered from its factory unlike the cheaper versions of fabias, and some other very small split and cracks in the sidewalls.Unti then no problems in handling.They are very very comfort in driving,the car runs smoothly in every surface and no noises from the road and tyres comes into the cabin.The second year of use,i change the front tyres to the back and use them for another 15.500 miles (25000 km). They were still very good in dry and wet roads but when second year passed, the first months they show enough "tired" and it slips a little if you puss them hard,or in slippery surfaces.I don't say they are dangerous but the show you that its time to change them...With carefull driving and no "street races" etc they are very safe,very comfort,they dont become harder and it will last you 3 years for sure.The noise stays in teh same levels (very quiet) such as the driving comfort and road feedback.I strongly recommend to everyone to choose them.
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Member
Kia Motors
225/45 R17
17,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Easy Going
The wet and dry is really good. This tyre enable to cut puddles of water confident in high speed of 90km/h. Only disappointed is the wear off is pretty fast.
AWESOME.
Stick like stuff to a blanket in the wet, brilliant feedback it's like they are one with the tarmac.
Comfortable, great stopping distance feedback nice understeer. What more can I say.
Replaced Eagle F1's which had developed a nasty vibration due to collapsed casings, even with 5K still left to go.
Replaced my Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres with these. The handling and grip is excellent both on wet and dry. Very good for sport driving. Hope they don't wear fast.
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after several sports cars i had to settle on this wagon for money and familly reasons.
bought the car with half worn cheap silverstone evol8 on 4 corners.
ditched them before the limit as they where bad and wore too slowly
my engine is low power but i don't like to slow down in corners so now with just 4 ps3 and 4 bilstein shocks it is a momentum car
tyre :
in the dry i obviously can't fault traction but it is very hard to make it understeer anymore and not reasonably on public road
in the wet grip is impressive and they let go very progressively and grip back very early. I recently made 200 km of motorway at 135 km/h gps speed with governor under heavy rain with great confidence
braking is good especially in the wet
confort and especially noise are an improvement over previous cheap tyre
i was surprised my fuel consumption went down about 0.5 L from 10 to 9.5l/100km and wear is good so far (35000 km estimated)
steering could be more precise but as my car is not a sports car anyway i am happy trading a little steering for more confort
i would choose a different tyre for a real sports car (pss, ps4, csc6; eagle F1 asym3) but for fast and safe touring they are great even if they are a bit expensive (500 euros for 4 fitted)
Member
Ford
205/55 R16 V
20,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
I bought these tyres two and a half years ago and have driven them for 20000 miles. They are the worst Michelin set I have had for years .The car was spining during the start and braking deteriorated after 10000 miles especially when cold or in the city.The wear rate was fast.This was not what i expected from michelin sport tyres.This was the reason i switched to contisport contact 5 for my other car which proved to be a trully superior tyre.Sorry Michelin but u should take care of longstanding customers by the performance you advertise..
i brought these tyres February last year and certainly wasn't disappointed, i needed a pair of tyres on the front of the car to replace the mullered conti sport contact 3's that i bought the car on. for me given the car and the power it had, i wasn't going to settle with cheap tyres or ones that had less than great reviews. i have worked in the tyre industry for nearly 10 years and through customer recommendations and through my knowledge i took the plunge and bought ps3's. so glad i did. nice and quiet, stick to the road like the proverbial to a blanket, great in the wet, amazing feedback, soft forgiving sidewalls but nothing in the way of understeer, absolutely love them, probably got around 12000miles to a pair which i consider good for my car as its driven quite hard. I'm looking to replace very soon, now I'm torn weather to stick to what i know or up[grade to the ps4...
The best tyres I've ever had, extremely grippy wet and dry. The tyres lasted a lot longer than i expected. I highly recommend these tyres, I've just ordered a new pair. Very confident in tyre performance on a wet road.
