wow score, michelin energy mxv4 plus

[strider5]

I think I just got hooked up. BJ's near me said they could get me these tires in the 185/65 stock size. maybe they had overstock in their warehouse still.

I paid $116 per tire, mounting and balancing included. if they do come in, I just scored big time.

I have about 18,500 miles on my integrities and the fronts appear to have like 3/32 left. the rears have a little more, so I will keep the two rears as spares in my basement.

[CharlesJ]

Originally Posted by strider5

I think I just got hooked up. BJ's near me said they could get me these tires in the 185/65 stock size. maybe they had overstock in their warehouse still.

I paid $116 per tire, mounting and balancing included. if they do come in, I just scored big time.

I have about 18,500 miles on my integrities and the fronts appear to have like 3/32 left. the rears have a little more, so I will keep the two rears as spares in my basement.

Boy, something is eating those up
While I don't have that many miles yet, at 8200 miles, the thread was 8/32", not sure what it was new.

[brick]

I'm at 41k with 5/32 on the original tires. Either you don't have enough air in them or there's something wrong with the car. Get an alignment when the new tires go on.

[qbee42]

Good tires. They are what I run on my 2006.

Tom

[strider5]

Originally Posted by brick

I'm at 41k with 5/32 on the original tires. Either you don't have enough air in them or there's something wrong with the car. Get an alignment when the new tires go on.

I keep them at 42/40, but I never rotate them (on purpose).

[strider5]

As I suspected, what was ordered was Energy, what came in was Primacy. Before they mounted them I checked and saw the high user opinions of the Primacy and let them mount them.

I mostly got to drive on them at the 35/32 pressures, so I dont have much of an opinion yet. They seem quieter, but who knows. I think the first rain/snow will reveal a lot of improvement, cuz the Integrity tires were downright scary last week in a couple inches of snow!!

[strider5]

After driving a bit today on a rough section of road that was LOUD on my Integrity tires, it was very quiet on my Primacy tires. It is also very clear that any mpg loss is gonna be negligible.

I'm happy.

[fgoodyear]

I disagree about the Mivhelin MXV4's. I will probably get all kinds of bad comments about this, but..... The MXV's are junk. They were original equipment on my 2002 Hyundai XG350L. I barely got 30k and they were BALD! The tire store said they were worn straight and no alignment was needed, they were just prematurely worn out. They had me call Michelin who said that I was lucky to get 30k. I said that the tire store warranted them for 50k and he laughed. I've never had a set of Michelins wear less than 60k. All Michelin would do as a courtesy was give me 10% off a set. For a $130 tire it wasn't much so I bought Goodyear Eagle GT 2's, also warranted for 50k and got the 50k out of them. So, I still like Michelin's, But NOT the MXV4's. So, good luck with them........

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by fgoodyear

I disagree about the Mivhelin MXV4's. I will probably get all kinds of bad comments about this, but..... The MXV's are junk. They were original equipment on my 2002 Hyundai XG350L. I barely got 30k and they were BALD! The tire store said they were worn straight and no alignment was needed, they were just prematurely worn out. They had me call Michelin who said that I was lucky to get 30k. I said that the tire store warranted them for 50k and he laughed. I've never had a set of Michelins wear less than 60k. All Michelin would do as a courtesy was give me 10% off a set. For a $130 tire it wasn't much so I bought Goodyear Eagle GT 2's, also warranted for 50k and got the 50k out of them. So, I still like Michelin's, But NOT the MXV4's. So, good luck with them........

They are good tires, but don't have extreamly long tread life. It's all a matter of expectations. Your comment is like saying the Prius isn't a good car because it can't tow your horse trailer. It's all a mater of expectations. It sounds to me like your tire dealer was a little shady when he sold you the MXVs.

Our MXV4+ Energies have 30,000 miles and are doing fine. Will they make it too 50,000 and still be usable? Not a chance. I will probably replace them before next winter.

Tom

[jdenenberg]

My experience with MXV4+ "Energy Saving" Michelins (185/65HR15) was that they were good tires. They went 55k miles (versus 44.5k for the GY Integrity tires that were no longer safe) and still were usable in reasonable weather when I replaced them with Nokian WRs (even better tires, the MXV4+ were no longer available in the correct size) as winter approached. They are indeed a 50k mile tire if your alignment is good, have the correct load rating, and you don't push your car into hard turns often. I run my tires at 42/40 psi which seems to help maintain tread wear.

JeffD