Michelin Primacy HP Reviews - Page 13

Very impressed with these tyres. I've had the car for 3.5 years and covered 46,000 miles since I bought it. I replaced the fronts 40,000 miles ago and have just had to change them because I noticed a chunk missing from one of the sidewalls (probably when I caught a kerb in a snowy car park whilst going sideways with a dab of oppo) even though they had 2-3mm across them both. I couldn't believe they lasted that long in a very nose-heavy, very torquey non-traction control car, with a combination of spirited cross country driving and motorway miles. 10 out 10 for wear then, and despite the high price (?155 each, fitted, over three years ago) they've more than earned their keep.

Dry grip was good and progressiveness better than expected, but it could be very glassy under braking and cornering in the wet, with the ABS triggering surprisingly early but inconsistently. I could feel plenty and the steering felt well weighted and slightly heavy which isn't what I expected from a tyre that's badged as an endurance model, but felt like a good balance on 17" wheels.

I've replaced them with some far cheaper Falken 452s after reading reviews from this site - at ?75 fitted each they seem like a good option although I doubt I'll be able to get even half the mileage out of them as I did the Michelins.

The rears were replaced around 60,000 miles ago and have loads of life yet - 5-6mm in places. Unfortunately because the rear subframes have moved slightly like all Mondeos the inside shoulders are wearing heavily but I'd expect to get a total of 70,000 plus out of them.

All in, very impressed.

Having just sold my Megane 1.9 dci after six and a half years at 124k shod with Michelin Pilots (previously Michelin something else when new) I can recommend Michelin until the cows come home.

They were original fit and suited the car well. For 18k I tried a recommended Goodyear for wet grip to do long drives from the Midlands to Cornwall but they only lasted 18k and were rubbish after 12k so back to Michelins and better economy (45-47mpg and 51-55mpg ona run).
Figures; 1st set all went at 40k with one puncture. 2nd set 58k on Goodyear's, 3rd set 88k with one replaced due to blade in sidewall near tread, sold on 4th set with one replaced at 122k due to bent rim and pothole.

All in all a good tyre and economical for high mileage users since you get about 5% more with Michelin and a little bit on top with nitrogen fill. I rebalanced wheels every 18k service and never needed to swop wheels.

I'm just working out savings over 2 x Ceat and 2 x Dunlops rear on a Fiat Multipla 1.9jtd. If you calculate fuel at ?1.20/litre (?5.49/gallon) x 30,000 miles at 36mpg (currently) that's 833 gallons @15.25p/mile. With an average of 5% better fuel consumption if you check pressures weekly and rebalance every service that's 1500 miles extra @15.25p = ?228.75. If you pay ?85.00 per tyre at Kwik-Fit for Michelins fully fitted and tracked with nitrogen etc. instead of ?50.00 for cheap that is ?140 extra for 4 Michelins saving ?78.75 per set or ?19.69 per tyre together with the safety and environmental bonuses.

Only decision now is whether I can afford a set of anything at the moment!

Since I purchased my car 3 years ago, I have been so disappointed with the awful tramlining that occurs. The car originally had Bridgestone runflats. I then purchased Pirelli Europhina runflats which lasted about 20k before they wore unevenly on the front outside edges. They too were pretty awful and tramlined all the time, especially at low speed. I was seriously considering ditching the run flats in favour of standard tyres but as I drive my grandchildren around a lot, decided to stick with the run flat option for safety reasons. So what to replace the Pirelli's? I did a lot of reading and finally opted for the Michelin Primacy runflats. Boy am I glad I did. Although I have only had them a day so really too early to give a full report, I can say that it is like having a new car. No tramlining at all on areas of road that I use frequently and which previously caused all sorts of problems with the steering. Hope that this experience continues and that the tramling and poor steering is a thing of the past.