Michelin Primacy 3 Reviews - Page 3

Given 64% while driving a Citroën C5 Aircross 2.0 Bluehdi (205/55 R19 V) on mostly country roads for 9,000 easy going miles
Tires came fitted to the car. It is OK tire but the wear is dreadful especially on front tires. The best quality is high comfort and solid grip in dry conditions. On wet they can spin quite quick and aquaplaning and grip properties do not encourage you to test the limits. Will definitely not buy again due to cost / performance ratio once the replacement time comes and it will come soon besed on high wear.
Helpful 14 - tire reviewed on December 20, 2020
Given 66% while driving a Peugeot 3008 (225/55 R18) on a combination of roads for 18,300 average miles
These tires came factory fitted on my new 2018 Peugeot 3008. Overall I'm satisfied with the tires although I was expecting to get more mileage from them. The tires have covered 18300 miles in 28 months and the front pair wore down to 2.5mm. OK, I know they are still legal but certainly noticed a difference in grip and handling once they were down to 3mm. With winter coming I wasn't going to risk driving them down to the limit. They produce a slight noise at motorway speed but its not that noticeable. Excellent grip in the dry and good in the wet. For reference, the rear tires are on the originals as well and they have worn down to 4.5mm (it is a FWD car) and I'm hoping to get these to last to 24000 in the next 6 months as I can hand the car back without paying to replace them ;-)
Helpful 16 - tire reviewed on November 11, 2020
Given 80% while driving a Toyota Noah hybrid (225/45 R17) on mostly town for 40,000 average miles
Primacy 3 made in Spain Great dry and wet grip. But generally loud tires, if your engine or exhaust is loud not an issue for you. I’m running on hybrid Toyota Noah, so the noise really affected me
Helpful 15 - tire reviewed on November 7, 2020
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Given 66% while driving a Renault Clio IV TCe 90 (205/45 R17 W) on mostly country roads for 18,000 spirited miles
My thoughts on these are a fantastic tire if you want good dry road holding and decent mileage. They are however letdown by wet performance in my opinion. I’ve had them as factory fitment on my 2018 Clio, I’ve covered 18k and the front tires are just under 2mm, rears are around 4mm. This may sound like atrocious ware, however the car is hammered round country lanes. For me, an average is under 10k miles per set. The drive in wet conditions is good in terms of braking Poor in term of lateral grip through the corners, and will aquaplane on minimal puddles. This is enough to put the car in to a slide if on a corner below national speed limit. This is a trait I’ve noticed a lot with are sold as mainstream premium tires, that wet performance is traded for mileage. Given the size of tire I am very limited on choice when it comes to what are called the UHP tires, I have been waiting for Michelin to bring to Pilot sport 4s to the U.K. in this size, unfortunately this hasn’t as yet happened and I’ve gone for the lower spec Pilot sport 4.
Helpful 14 - tire reviewed on November 1, 2020
Nissan (225/45 R18 V) on a combination of roads for 5,000 average miles
Very easy to spin drive wheels from standing start/pulling away, they don't like wet mud washed over by agricultral vehicles on roads, on wet rainy roads I dont feel very secure when negotiating bends. Vehicle; 2020 Nissan Qashqai J11 5000klms
Helpful 21 - tire reviewed on October 7, 2020
Given 60% while driving a Mercedes Benz C220 Cdi Avantgarde Estate (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 0 easy going miles
Strange tires! I'm usually a fan of Michelin but these tires feels a bit "strange". They are quite comfortably and handle ok with fair grip in both dry and wet conditions. But they make the car feel a bit unprecise. A difuse feeling that are hard to describe, the grip is there but the feedback is very dimed. According to my personal experience, Michelins normally wear slow, but these tires only lasted for about 20 000 km of gentle driving - then the rear tires were down to the wear limit warning (1,6 mm), the front tires had about 2,5 - 3 mm left of tread depth. I replaced them with Continental Sportcontact5 and the Continental tires made the car feel a lot better on the road but also a bit "harder" in the ride. Comparing the Michelins with the Continentals when not mounted on the rims, the Continental tires were much firmer in the side wall construction. The Michelins felt very loose in the sidewalls.
Helpful 15 - tire reviewed on October 7, 2020
Given 100% while driving a Mercedes Benz E220Cdi (205/60 R16 W) on mostly motorways for 3,000 easy going miles
Moved from Continental Premium Contact 5 because of weird Vibration on motorways. The primacy 3 is the best commuter tire i have ever used, it's practically Vibration free, it's not from this world.
Helpful 20 - tire reviewed on July 19, 2020
Given 76% while driving a Mazda Mazda 3 GT E (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 22,000 spirited miles
first 50% of tires had less noise. side of this tire is not very hard and maybe ragged with not very sharp things. good traction on rainy roads on my 150 hp fwd car and also good grip. but weak on snow. (in comparison with other summer tires) you can trust it at all. i will replace it 20K miles next with primacy4
Helpful 14 - tire reviewed on June 28, 2020
Given 86% while driving a Mercedes Benz C200 w205 (225/50 R17) on a combination of roads for 5,000 average miles
Car came equipped with them. They were almost new, probably around 10000 km. Made around 8000 km with them. On dry nothing to complain about, but the resistance to aquaplanning is low, worse than other summer tires I used on other car(Continental Sport Contact 2, Firestone Sz90, Falken Azenis Fk510). Confort is good, road feedback also, wear almost none, probably is their top quality.
Helpful 23 - tire reviewed on May 31, 2020
Given 100% while driving a Vauxhall Insignia CDTI SRI 160 (245/45 R18 W) on mostly country roads for 10 easy going miles
I fitted these tires to my wife’s Vauxhall Insignia estate 2013 160 BHP. Her car had budget tire on and when we got it I changed them immediately for a complete set of Michelin Primacy 3 tires. These tires transformed the handling of the car. We live in a remote rural area with country roads and the tires perform extremely well in all conditions. They wear very well and I would strongly recommend these tires to anyone considering them. The only downside is they are expensive but I feel that you get what you pay for when it comes to tires.
Helpful 23 - tire reviewed on April 12, 2020
Given 61% while driving a Volvo Volvo V40 (225/45 R17 W) on mostly town for 14,000 average miles
Very confident when driving in all conditions but a bit shocked that the front tires on my V40 only managed 14000 miles. I do about 6000 miles a year, mostly work and town with a few 150 mile motorway journeys.
Helpful 20 - tire reviewed on April 10, 2020
Given 93% while driving a Honda HRV (215/55 R17 V) on a combination of roads for 3,000 easy going miles
Very good tires with very low noise and much comfort rubber. This tire have high grip on dry and wet, always confidence at any situations.
Helpful 21 - tire reviewed on February 24, 2020