Across reviews, the Michelin Primacy 3 is most often described as a safe, comfortable touring tyre with strong dry grip and generally confidence-inspiring wet traction, especially for commuting and motorway use. Many drivers report low noise (when new) and good stability, with several high-scoring reviews highlighting impressive longevity and efficiency. However, a meaningful minority report faster-than-expected wear (especially on heavier/torquier cars), some wet/aquaplaning weakness in standing water or as tread gets low, and a softer/vaguer steering feel; price is also a common complaint.
What owners mention most counted across 158 reviews
The tyres give slightly less feedback in comparison to OE Toyo Proxes R32 but the wet grip is surprisingly good. They are comfy and wear regularly. They seems to have at least 20000 more miles ahead.
Averaging 25k miles per year in a 2012 petrol Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 125 on 50% motorway and 50% on B roads, the Premacy 3 tyres have never let me down, no issues on wet roads and great grip when it's dry. I'm on my third set at the front and second on the back, the car has 92k miles on the clock as of March 2017. Seriously, I can't complain with that. Reasonably quiet tyres, but I've no idea about how they improve or impact on the car's MPG.
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these tyres are absolute disaster in rainy days.i also use this tyres on size of 16 with different car. braking distance is enourmously longer than dry roads.i tested it almost 5,000 kms in different conditions and i don't think worst than this tyre in rainy roads.although that in the dry roads handling and braking distance is quite good.Sadly these are huge dissappointment.Don't recommend.
Grip seems to be pretty good in the dry and wet but doesn't seem to do so well with snow loses grip quite a bit, previous hankook tyres did much better on the snow this wasn't lots of snow either (few inch).
Being an average driver the tyres seem to last pretty well i think, worn down to about 2mm from new in 24k miles.
Sometimes I think the tryes feel a bit squishy or soft always looks like my front tryes aren't the correct pressure but they are.
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225/45 R17 V
18,000 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Easy Going
After I tried the Eagle F1 Assymetric 2 and the Michelin Pilot Sport 3, I decided to try Michelin's Primacy 3. This tyre it was quite good in dry conditions. I was not satisfied at all in wet conditions, especially on roads with curves. The whole set lasted for 18.000 miles (the front set for 9.000 miles). 50% driven on motorways.
Wow! Just Wow!
I have NEVER reviewed a tyre but I just have to with this one as it is ABYSMAL!
Let me qualify myself;
25yrs driving, own ALL licences, driven on every continent apart from Antarctica in every weather condition imaginable. Average mileage now per year 30k.
Vehicle these tyres are fitted to - 2011 Audi A4 Allroad Quattro
These tyres have ZERO feel to them. They drift all over the place and i need to constantly adjust my steering when on the motorway. If you hit a section of MW that is concrete the car drifts even more and feels like it's hit ruts.
I thought it was tracking - checked - no problem - ball joints/steering etc - checked no problem. The issue started as soon as they were fitted. I had full winter tyres on before, which stayed on during the summer and they had better feel then these Primacy 3's. They've been on the car for 3 weeks and I've driven about 1200 miles on them. I have ZERO confidence in them and have written to Michelin who will have them for inspection. No doubt to find nothing wrong with them after their bloke in the warehouse has a look at them and bounces them around for a couple of minutes as, lets face it, there is NO WAY they will admit to anything being wrong with the 4 tyres. And, quite likely, there probably ISN'T anything wrong with them, just that they don't work very well on a quattro system at that size - who knows.
Anyway, I have ordered a set of the Cross-Climate to be fitted whilst they come to a decision as to whether they'll give me a credit for them. They're not cheap at that size either!
Grip well in the wet and the dry but as far as the ride/comfort goes they are very poor, the wear seems poor after only 6000 miles and front to rear rotation they are about half worn, i would not buy them again.
Great tyre XL version on front
5/10 for wear
Too pricey especially as i ve replaced with hankook ventus v12 evo 2
which behaves same way so far primacy 3 MUR 6600 v12 evo MUR 4300
pri 3 cannot be rotated left to right but hankook can be
primacy 3 lasted from 2014 to 2016,had them on front with all the weight in XL
wear I give 5/10 and buy again 5/10 as I just replaced them with hankook ventus V12 evo 2 which are 38% cheaper MUR 4130 per tyre against MUR 6600 but behave the same as new primacy 3. primacy 3 is expensive compared to rival. fitted the hankooks today and will recommend the K120 2016 batch
