This tire provides excellent responsiveness and superb wet traction thanks to a rounder profile, mul
This tire provides excellent responsiveness and superb wet traction thanks to a rounder profile, multi-function shoulder grooves, and industry-leading silica-based rubber compounds.
Year / Model Reviewed: 2007 Michelin MXV4 Plus P235/55R17
Summary: Recieved from the factory with my new 2007 Hyundai Azera Limited, Michelin MXV4 Plus P235/55R17. At 15,757 miles, the tires have "inner cupping" issues per the Hyundai dealership! This isn't a good situation for such a high-end ($125+) tire!
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Year / Model Reviewed: 1999 MBZ S500 Michelin MXV4 Plus XSE
Summary: I've had Michelin Tires on most of my Mercedes automobiles and the Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus' have been by far the worst tire I have ever paid for. Not only are these direct OEM replacements for a set that lasted little over 10,000 miles, this set has lasted less than 5,100 miles. I would not be so vocal in my anger, wxept that Michelin's customer service is making this out to be "my" fault that the tires have worn down in less than 5,100 miles. The car is driven in Palm Springs, California on surface roads when I am in town for the winter. Otherwise the car-and tires-rest in a climate controlled and carpeted garage. The tires were purchased in 8/05 and are not only seperating visably, but they are worn EVENLY on all four tires. Four other cars in the garage, with the same wear, age, and storage conditions, albeit Pirelli P4000's, show little if any wear, no hazing, unusual treadwear, etc. My telephone calls with Michelin's customer service make my blood boil. "Dave" said that the problem is that the "H" is not the right rating for my car, and is very possibly the reason for the tread wear. "Dave" say's that the "V" rated tires are what my car calls for. Mercedes says the "H" rated tires are not only OEM factory, but also the tires that was engineered for that body style. There is "NO WARRANTY" on tread wear. Yet Michelin has agreed to pay 75% of the cost in replacing the tires...."IF" I purchase the new Primacy MXV4. Personally Michelin should pay 100% even if I went to Pirelli's!
Strengths: Michelin's stock price is up this year.
Weaknesses: Rain/Snow and mostly customer service
Similar Products Used: too many to mention, Avon, Pirelli, Dulop, Custom Hand made tread...etc.
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Rating Reviewed by: Neil Angpiroj(Unregistered User)
Review Date June 6, 2007
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Summary: They squeek and squeel at every opportunity ! grip on wet road surfaces is terrible , the car slides from side to side.
I have been told that , in order for the tyres to save energy ( petrol ) they use a harder compound , thus resulting in less grip. I have used Bridgestones Potenza and Turanza and Yokohama and they are both better in the performance and breaking area. In an emergency breaking situation , it was highly embarassing !! the tyres squeeled from 60 kmph to 0.. Horrible !!
Strengths: slow tyre wear due to harder compound. Looks good even when used for a couple of years .
Weaknesses: Piss poor grip , generate alot of squeeking on wet road. Expensive , poor breaking performance.
The tyre compound of this product gets "hard" really fast , withing a year the rubber is already much harder than when purchesed giving it even less grip .
Similar Products Used: Bridgestone Potenza
Bridgestone Turanza
Yokohama
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Summary: Reading the rest of the reviews, I wonder if everyone's talking about the same tire. One correlation may be vehicle weight. These tires came as original equipment on my '03 VW Eurovan, and my main beef is treadwear. With under 24,000 miles on the van, there is only 20-25% of the tread left, and I try to drive conservatively (waaay too slow, according to my wife). Handling has seemed acceptable, although the rapidly approaching replacement tires (not Energy MXV4's) will be the acid test. They've been surprisingly good in snow, although the weight of the vehicle (quite heavy) might have something to do with that. No road noise problems, and handling in the rain seems all right. They're very expensive to replace.
I can't recommend these tires due to the treadwear problem, but on a lighter car they may do fine.
Strengths: Good in snow
Weaknesses: Treadwear, price
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Summary: There is no problem on making a sharp corner at 90km/h with brand new Honda Accord(Good car, good design).
Don't try it unless u are trained to do so.
Exceptional worst in Wet condition. These tires had cause me 2 rear-end accidents because of the slow response and handling. Not recommemed for any city that have snow and rain.
I think the manuafactorer should focus the rubber marketing on affortable price and reasonable thread life.
I have no problem on tire balancing these tire due to the high quality control from the manufacturer.
For the same amount of investment, I would wisely spend it on
Option A:
Buy other brands and use the saving to buy my friends dinner.
Option B:
Buy a higher quality of tire ( Performance touring) with the other manufacturers.
Strengths: Super handling on dry condition.
Comfortable and quiet on highway speed.
High quality control in manufacturer.
Weaknesses: Tread life are shortern than other brand (Bridgestone BF Goodrinch and Goodyear)
Extremely pricy, somehow I believe the money I invest for is just the brandname.
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