Michelin Energy Tyres

property.advert

Your size is exactly the same as mine so perhaps you have the same car, Astra 1.8 ?

I have these energy saver tyres and have just run them through the winter after buying the car towards the end of last year. My verdict is that they don't provide much feedback from the road and I don't feel they have much grip in the wet or on country roads.

I have researched the alternatives and when it comes time or before if I can justify it, they are gone, to be replaced with Uniroyal Rainsport 2 all around. These come in at about £66 each when purchased as a set of 4 with full fitting etc.

cyclonebri1

jase1 wrote: »

Michelin Energy Saver.

No better than the Nankang tyres they replaced.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:In your honest opinion of course??

davidjwest

property.advert wrote: »

Your size is exactly the same as mine so perhaps you have the same car, Astra 1.8 ?

I have these energy saver tyres and have just run them through the winter after buying the car towards the end of last year. My verdict is that they don't provide much feedback from the road and I don't feel they have much grip in the wet or on country roads.

I have researched the alternatives and when it comes time or before if I can justify it, they are gone, to be replaced with Uniroyal Rainsport 2 all around. These come in at about £66 each when purchased as a set of 4 with full fitting etc.

I've a Mondeo 2.0 TDCi and I'm running the Michelin Pilot Primacy HP tyres, a lot better than the so-called "ditch finders"

:rotfl:

Feedback is OK but not as good as when I had the old MX5, but pretty much what you'd expect from a rep-mobile estate car.

property.advert

Don't do any mega miles but country lanes, often with damp or wet patches, some loose debris on the road etc. and I want better grip in the wet.

Lum

davidjwest wrote: »

I've a Mondeo 2.0 TDCi and I'm running the Michelin Pilot Primacy HP tyres, a lot better than the so-called "ditch finders"

I have the same car and tyres and I'm sorry but they are crap.

I'm sure there's even worse tyres out there, but I can't wait for these to wear out (thankfully they only last about 13,000 miles) so I can try to con the company accountants into buying a different brand. They probably wont let me have Eagle F1s though

cyclonebri1

Lum wrote: »

I have the same car and tyres and I'm sorry but they are crap.

I'm sure there's even worse tyres out there, but I can't wait for these to wear out (thankfully they only last about 13,000 miles) so I can try to con the company accountants into buying a different brand. They probably wont let me have Eagle F1s though

You're right that trully would be a con, but hopefully they'll alow Toyo R888's;););)

jase1

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:In your honest opinion of course??

Well, given that the car liked taking wet roundabouts in a straight line with them on -- a problem rectified almost immediately by the tyres' replacement with Toyos -- I'd say yes.

cyclonebri1

jase1 wrote: »

Well, given that the car liked taking wet roundabouts in a straight line with them on -- a problem rectified almost immediately by the tyres' replacement with Toyos -- I'd say yes.

IMHO ??

OK.

There are an equal if not greater no of folks that would "suggest" otherwise.

But, Toyo tyres are a vastly underated, unfortunately they will last only 1/2 as long and therefore are twice as expensive.

Swings and roundabouts :T

jase1

> IMHO ??

Well obviously -- I would have hoped that phrases like "My experience with these eco-tyres" and "I'd say" made that clear. Also the post you quoted was a direct response to an earlier question -- and the fact that I was making a comparison with another tyre on the same car implies a subjective view.

For reference, the Toyos were 2/3 the price of the Michelins in the first place, and in any case I place safety a long way before economy. But yes you're right, that soft compound that makes them so good in the first place, from the experience of others, also has an effect on longevity.

I didn't like the tyres, and won't be using them again. That is not to say that I would turn my nose up at all Michelins, of course they're a good manufacturer, but the Energy Saver is a tyre I would not personally trust.

What is the fuel-efficient tyre they put on the current Eco-Focus by the way? They have one of these at work, and I have to say that car seems a bit skittish in the wet compared with the Toyo-shod Focus I own as well.

mikey72

I've had Michelin Energies on both our cars, (only one over winter to be fair) and they seem good. Can't say I've noticed they're any worse in the wet the NCT's they replaced.
I'd use them again.