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 Michellin Pilot Sport 4, MORE SIZES OUT NEXT MONTH!!

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Mavik
post Feb 10 2017, 07:18 PM

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Been using the Pilot Sport 4 for the past couple of months, absolutely love it. Amazing grips during weekend drives in both the wet and dry conditions.
Mavik
post Feb 10 2017, 10:10 PM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Feb 10 2017, 08:01 PM)
What car are you driving and what were your previous tires? How do you drive also, normal2 or sometimes pushing hard also in the corners?
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Previous Tyres include Nexen N8000, Champiro HPY, Goodyear Assymetric 2 and Michelin PS3.

Current car: Turbo diesel, rwd pushing 198ps on wheel with 440Nm of torque

Driving style: Daily basis mostly city driving being stuck in traffic. Friday nights mostly up to Goh Tong via Karak highway for yam cha. Weekends usually Ulu Yam, Kuala Kelawang, Bukit Putus, and a few other routes

Normally I push the car quite hard. So far, Nexen N8000 and Champiro HPY in the wet is quite slippery, easily up Ulu Yam can initiate an oversteer even with traction control on due to losing grip. On the Michelin PS3 and PS4 it is definitely tougher to initiate the oversteer. With the cheaper tyres, traction control lights and warning comes up a lot more up Ulu Yam even when pushing about 60-70% compared to dry (percentage is based on speeds at certain areas only). Michelin requires me to push harder before I see the traction control lights appear.

Not really a proper test setup as when I go to track I use totally separate tyres so can't compare track times with these road tyres.
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post Feb 12 2017, 09:39 PM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Feb 10 2017, 11:03 PM)
Ic, that means your review is quite representative, very good then!  thumbsup.gif 
So, can I take that based on your experience so far, the ps4 is the best street tire you have driven?
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On my car yes, the PS4 is the best tyres I have used.

But in terms of best that I have driven, personally I loved the Michelin PSS. Used it on both the Porsche Cayman R and BMW M2. Its like the slightly extreme edition of the PS4 and I wasn't surprised that the replacement for the PSS is indeed the PS4S.
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post Feb 12 2017, 09:59 PM

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QUOTE(6UE5T @ Feb 12 2017, 09:52 PM)
PS4 is designed to to blend between Michelin's bench mark max performance PSS and the all rounder UHP PS3, so no surprise if it's less comfortable.
PSS is excellent in the dry but reviews mentioned a bit weaker in the wet, so more focus towards dry performance while PS3 is the opposite, more towards wet than dry. PS4 is supposed to achieve better balance in both areas, achieving the same or even better wet performance than PS3 while very close to matching the same dry performance as PSS. Do you think so since you've tried all 3 of them? Nice cars you have there btw.
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The cars belonged to my boss who asked me to drive him to join his group of driving friends through the b roads of Perak a couple of times. Yes, you are right on that. The PSS is definitely aimed for the dry and feels super sticky. Of course can't compare it with the likes of the lower threadwear type sticky tyres like the Toyo R1R (my current track tyres), the Yokohama AD08R and even the Federal RSR.

 

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