Car tyres

Lawman99

I used to get the cheapest tyres until i saw the light..... I go to cosco and get Michelin's - (Its the cheapest I have found them there. They last loads longer than cheap ones and so don't work out too expensive in the long run- also you also have piece of mind that your on quality rubber. (the ones I have on my rear have done near 30,000 miles and still have life.

davidjwest

I've got Michelin HP Primacys - done almost 50k on them after swapping around the fronts are down to 2mm or so, rears 4mm ish. Costco are doing 20% off if you buy 4 Michelins for a couple of weeks so I am replacing them soon.

jase1

It's a general principle with friction material that if something grips well (has higher friction) it wears more quickly, and if it wears more slowly it grips less well.

It's a constant source of wonder to me why Michelin tyres last so long when they also grip well. What magical property do these tyres have? Contis don't last all that well. Neither do Dunlops, or Bridgestones.

mikey's post suggests that his Khumos are lasting as well as his Michelins did. So is it simply that Michelins don't grip, or is the Michelin=last forever idea a myth?

davidjwest

My mileage is mainly motorways so that partly explains the high mileage I've achieved, but it's also a 2.0 Mondeo so not a light car by any means.

Regards grip I've never had any trouble, even doing emergency stops the ABS has never come on, even in the wet.

Then again I don't do many emergency stops as I practise defensive driving techniques.

The Michelins are RUBBISH in the snow however, but what do you expect for a summer tyre?

MrsE_2

globalds wrote: »

I live in a town full of roundabouts and after driving for 6 months on them would never put budgets back on my vehicle.

What does that mean then?

Sponge

Lum wrote: »

As for the person who recommended Michelin Primacys. I had those on my company Mondeo, the Primacy HP which is supposedly a better version. I recently had the fronts replaced with Dunlop SP Sport Fast Response and the difference is staggering. Since it still has Michelins on the back the back end is now the first to let go during hard cornering, even in the dry. This isn't something I do on a regular basis but it illustrates the difference, especially in a front heavy FWD car like the Mondeo.

Probably more to do with the fact you have new tyres on the front and old on the rear. On a FWD car this can be more of an issue, as you noticed. If you're replacing a pair of tyres the new ones should go on the rear to prevent what you were experiencing - oversteer. All things being equal, oversteer is more dangerous than understeer.

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/safety/car-tyres.html