As some of you know, I had a new set of Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus (225/50-17) installed last week. Prior to these, I was running on Goodyear Eagle RS-As that were on the car when I bought it. I said that I would give an initial review and then follow it up with a more comprehensive review.

I was hoping to have had more experience in different types of weather, but alas it has been pretty boring and dry around here the last week and a half. We're supposed to get some snow over the weekend, so hopefully I can expand on this a bit more in a few days.

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The Michelins are much quieter than the Goodyears. I used to have to drive almost on the shoulder of the road to get out of the grooves if I wanted to hear anyone on my IN-EAR bluetooth headset due to the road noise from the Goodyears. With the Michelins, I'm only hearing the absolutely unavoidable noise and nothing else. (Roads are crap here in Northern CO). The thing that I'm finding interesting, though, is that even though I don't hear as much from the road, I seem to be feeling a lot more. And that's a good thing. It seems like I'm getting a lot better feel for the road with the Michelins.

Unfortunately, my daily drive is pretty uneventful. There are a few on-ramps and off-ramps that can push the limits of the tires, except when there are family sedans driving at 15mph in front of you. I'm hoping to get a chance to drive through the canyon roads in a few weekends. That should give me a chance to push the tires a little bit more than my daily drive.

As I mentioned before, I haven't had anything but dry weather to base the grip on. Once I get a chance to drive on some elements, I'll write a follow-up.

 

Dont push them too much......we want the rest of the review!

 

Shouldn't be an issue. The thought of driving my car over the edge and into the river sends shivers up my spine. That'd be one heck of a repair bill - not to mention the time I'd have to spend driving some inferior rental...

 

We finally got some precipitation last week!!! Unfortunately, the roads were so icy when I got to drive on them, I wasn't able to test them like I wanted. By the next day when I had time to drive, the roads were dry again. I'm hoping for some rain during my drive EVENTUALLY. Until then, I'll give you my current impressions of the tires.

I took the car up to the canyon last weekend. I didn't do a whole lot of canyon driving with my Goodyear's because they were less than inspiring. Not so with the Michelin's. I was able to push through most of the curves with quite a bit of confidence. In some cases, I was able to do twice the recommended speed through the curve (some of them were tough because they were blind curves and I didn't want the wrong kind of surprise coming from the other direction).

During the drive a few days ago in the snow and ice, I felt very sure-footed. They weren't like having studded-snows on the car, but that's not what I was going for. The tires quickly got down to the lowest point on the road. It took no time at all for them to find grip. Even on the dicey areas, they didn't seem to slip nearly as much as the Goodyear's did (even when they had plenty of tread).

If I ever get to drive in wet road, I'll give you a report on that kind of traction...

 

I'm interested in buying these tires, do you have any more insight? How's the tread life?

 

As far as I can tell, I'll get at least the 50k that Discount Tire warranties them for. What else would you like to know?

 

Hmm, have you ever raced/auto-xed with them? How do they hold up to heat? How stiff is the sidewall? How sticky are they?