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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:57 AM
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New Tires - Michellin Primacy

Just got home from getting Michellin Primacy MXV4. $1200 with lifetime rotating balancing, flat repair, and road hazard.
I have 29k on my 2010 premium and I thought I was going to get 40k out of my factory RSA but their wet traction had become non-existent despite what appeared to be a safe amount of tread left.
Initially I am very happy with the primary's. Hopefully I will be able to make it to 60k mile life expectancy Michellin put on these tires. I have always been religious about properly inflating and rotating my tires!
Old Jul 21, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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I also have the MX4Vs. They have done great the last 2K miles. I also got rid of my factory OEM tires at about 25K. Snow and wet traction on the OEMs were very poor. I had a decent amount of tread-life as well.

The next week I had to replace the crappy factory battery. I could of got the replacement battery prorated at the stealership, but I did not want another piece of junk in the car.
Old Jul 21, 2012 | 10:19 AM
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Must be the week for tires. Yesterday I had the Michelin Pilot Super Sports installed, time to move from the RS_A's. 35,000 miles on them and still over 50% tread but wanted to upgrade. I wasn't totally happy with the ride quality on the way home after having read so many positive reviews about them. However when I checked the tire pressure this morning they had almost 40 lbs in them. I dropped the pressure down to 33 and the ride quality greatly improved. Time for a road trip to try them out.
Old Jul 21, 2012 | 04:42 PM
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I ALSO HAVE THE MXV4. awesome tires. Super smooth ride and handles pretty well in the rain.. a little expensive but for great tires that do what tires are supposed to do it's worth it
Old Jul 23, 2012 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 2young2retire
Must be the week for tires. Yesterday I had the Michelin Pilot Super Sports installed, time to move from the RS_A's. 35,000 miles on them and still over 50% tread but wanted to upgrade. I wasn't totally happy with the ride quality on the way home after having read so many positive reviews about them. However when I checked the tire pressure this morning they had almost 40 lbs in them. I dropped the pressure down to 33 and the ride quality greatly improved. Time for a road trip to try them out.
I swapped my RS-A's for the Super Sports as well back in April. With 35-36 psi, they are the most comfortable summer tire I have ever used. If you haven't truly flogged your car around corners with the PSS yet, it's a blast. The PSS have so much lateral grip, I kept banging my shoulder into the B pillar on Tail of the Dragon during ZdayZ this year.

I'm sold on Michelin, no matter if they are A/S or summer performance tire. They truly are worth the money.
Old Jul 24, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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I just went over 100,000 miles on my MXV4s, while the stock RSAs lasted 72K, these MXV4s are still going strong. I'm thinking another 30K at least on my 7th gen.
Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by LtLeary
I just went over 100,000 miles on my MXV4s, while the stock RSAs lasted 72K, these MXV4s are still going strong. I'm thinking another 30K at least on my 7th gen.
I have no idea how people get this kind of mileage out of tires... Like I said in OP I religously rotate and I don't exactly beat on my car and they were done @ 28,800 (the RSA)
Old Jul 25, 2012 | 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by zman764
I have no idea how people get this kind of mileage out of tires... Like I said in OP I religously rotate and I don't exactly beat on my car and they were done @ 28,800 (the RSA)
Lots of Highway. I generally drive with my fingers and not my feet (read cruise control and downshifting.) If I have wheel spin or skid, I scold myself.
I actually pay more attention to tread pattern, wear and PSI than rotation schedules. I may rotate every 25,000 to 30,000 but use wear as my indicator as to when to rotate (generally if there is more than 1/32 difference front to back but have gone as much as 2/32s.)
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