Michelin IceX long term wear

Well having a prius is about having great MPGs, guess we'll never know much MPGs OP gets with these tires. Just wait for another IceX tire owner w/a review w/MPGs.

 

I get pretty much the same mpg's as with the michelin energy saver a/s

 

Agree with StarCaller, mpg is hard to see a difference to Energy Savers. In addition, I find the ride to be darn fine, too. They handle a bit like a typical snow, but just a bit, and are smooth and quiet enough to pass as a good all-season in warm and dry. Safety preachers aside, a good snow to run year round if that's your thing.

 

Have you been keeping Xice for year around? Or 40K exclusively during winter months? Glad to hear they make past the tread wear warranty. I have had Xice3 on my previous Gen3, and now on my Prime. I traded my Gen3 with Xice on it during second winter, so I could not tell the long term tread wear. My current set on PRIME is just seeing the second winter. Only 8K on them so far with still 8-9/32 left on them.

 

That's impressive for winter tires driven during summer and lasting that long. My OEM all season Dunlap Enasave are not going to make 40K. About Xice, mileage, handling, comfort, I agree with you on all accounts. Not that I have had a lot of other winter tires I have tried before, maybe 3 or 4 other brands so far, but I have no reason to switch to anything else.

 

I'm running X-Ice2 through winter: put them on around the middle of November, take them off maybe mid-March. They do quite good for mpg, in particular comparing to our OEM's which are 215/45R17 size.

They're a softer rubber than an all-season, and will wear faster if you're using them year 'round.

If yours are down to 4/32" I would not consider them a "snow tire" anymore, would set the lower limit for that at 6/32".

I got our set around a week after getting the car, in November 2010, and am still using them. The car has 85K kms, and maybe 1/3 of that was on the X-Ice. They're now around 7/32" tread depth. I'll likely be replacing them before next fall, both to get some more tread depth, and due to them being about 10 years old.

 

I bought a set of Xi2s and have used them for 8.5 years. They were driven for about 60,000 miles or so. Two tires were 4/32nd and the other two were 5/32nd when they were retired in 2017. The Xi2s were replaced due to age. Now I am using Michelin Xi3s which are 8/32nds after 2 years.

The wear depends on how you drive. I inflate my tires at stock spec at 35psi (front) and 33psi rear. Higher psi would help in fuel economy, but wear the tire much faster. The higher psi makes it rougher on your suspension.

The Michelin X-Ice tire is designed for ice. It generally has better fuel economy and comfort. I don't want to go into to much technical details, but it is because it has a center rib or stripe through the middle of the tire. Winter tires (such as the Bridgestone Blizzak WS80) that doesn't center rib will perform better in the snow sacrificing comfort/fuel economy.

 

X-ice fuel economy on Prius not noticeably different from LRR summer tires for us (we get 45 - 55 dashboard mpg in normal use). I have a similar experience with X-ice X12 on an 06 Highlander, where Blizzak DV-1M was great in snow, but awful to drive and instant -10% fuel economy. The X-ice is my current all around favorite Winter tire.

It's pretty interesting to see 40K mile longevity in 12 month service (July in Idaho being about like February in FL, but still...).

 

I got 40K out of the Blizzak DV-1Ms on my Highlander (big surprise, unexpected). But that was with classic snow tire noise, ride, fuel economy, vague handling on dry pavement. The more common Blizzaks available for small cars might be a little better on ice. Their rubber is softer for sure. Felt like driving on pencil erasers. We burned up a set on a Honda Fit in about 20K miles.

 

Sounds like a good general purpose tire with good mpg (from later comments).

What kind of road noise (on pavement) do they produce compared to the tires that were delivered with the vehicle?