Given
60%
while driving a
BMW 3 series
(255/35 R19 W) on
a combination of roads
for 4,500
spirited miles
I am not a dear friend of these tires, not even at gunpoint.
On race tracks or on roads that have the surface of a good racetrack, these tires are very good both wet and dry, the grip is very good in turns, the handling and response is way up there with the very best tires.
In fact the category of grip in turns is at the level of scaring the gee-bees out of me.
However, even on racetracks I have a little issue with the direction stability both in straights and turns, these tires have a tendency to make their own choices where they want to go when they hit something that is not totally flat.
Out on normal roads these tires loose big time with me, as others have stated here, they do make the car bounce around and ruin the stability of the ride, it is jerky.
When I hit bumps or irregularity on the road the car reacts with instability and sometimes shakes and jumps around, the car needs constant corrections and in high speeds there is no room for mistakes.
Compared to my OEM tires it is extremely little difference in feel handling and response but I did prefer my OEM tires, they had that little edge and they certainly did not bounce around and loose stability like the Michelin's.
Despite the very good grip, I give dry and wet grip only 7 points because of the bouncing and loss of stability, without that problem it would be easily maximum 10 points.
Not for me, not for my cars, there are better tires with more complete performance for normal roads and on track-days there are real race tires that will do the job better.