Have had Primacy & Pilot Sport on previous cars and these were the best tires I've ever had. Excellent grip, especially in the dry and gave full confidence when turning in hard. Very low road noise, although since these were on the car from new difficult to say if that is the car or the tire.
23000 miles on the fronts in a relatively powerful FWD car is excellent IMO and only now when worn to the limit do I experience any slip, and then only in the wet. Rears still have plenty of life left in them.
An excellent tire and have already ordered same tire as replacement.

Went out to purchase Pilot Sport 4s to replace the extremely worn out PS3s on the wheels I purchased, but since the shop haven't got the size I needed - the salesman immediately threw the Primacy 3 ST at me, advertised the tires as one of the quietest and most comfortable around. I'm not too bothered with either, I have loud pipes and pretty stiff springs. I needed grip (hence my desire for the PS4) since my car had proven to be a loose cannon.

The main problem I had with the previous Achilles 2233 and Dunlop SP01 on the car is that they're fine on dry roads, but murderous once the going turns damp, with the Achilles being a step ahead - nearly killing me by sending the car sliding to another car once. The old rear tires occasionally produces an unmistakable squealing noise even on slightly damp roads, even with the lightest throttle, and the fronts were dangerously prone to aquaplaning - happens quite often and when it happens, they do lose all grip which is fairly frightening. The Michelins eliminated ALL of these issues. The rears only squealed once in the wet, and that's when I deliberately gave too much throttle to test it. The fronts are less prone to aquaplaning - though not entirely impossible, but it happened once, and when it does, it doesn't entirely lose grip and rectifies itself almost immediately. Cornered quite quickly in various degree of wetness with these a few times, a dangerous act, but proven the Primacy retains grip very well in bad weather.

I haven't tested them at the absolute peak, but so far, the old E36 handles and feels far better than it ever did with the my previous tires. Not a huge surprise compared to the cheaper Achilles, but with the equally premium priced Dunlop? Steering feels immediately lighter and more direct. Dry grip is phenomenal, wet grip feels great too. And it made the car more comfortable, the old tires makes the suspension feels shakey. I also didn't think I would notice tire noise due to my exhaust, but apparently, the cabin is actually noticeably quieter, particularly at higher speed.

Cannot provide any information on wear yet, as they're relatively fresh off the racks now, but considering the car's rear heavy tendencies combined with my idiotic driving, I'm pretty sure the rears would go out a year or two from now.

Read a lot of bad reviews on these (mostly installed on new, higher-end vehicles instead of a 20 years old clunker like mine) which didn't help to my early skepticisms about the tires. Would I buy them again? Yes - Unless they finally have the 16 inch Pilot Sports I was looking for. But otherwise, glad I have tried these because it did make me realise how comfortable and stable the sub-200 HP E36 could be. Something I haven't truly felt since I bought the thing.

Bought my car in december with 3500 miles on it. The front tires were a quarter worn. Now, two months later the car has 8500 miles and the fronts need changing. So they have lasted 5000 miles of my driving, half of which was spent touring Europe, mostly on motorways. There is nothing spectacular about this tire other than its wear rate. It wears like a semi slick but without the performance! It’s not even like the weather has been good enough for me to thrash the car either. Don’t get me wrong, when I’m driving country roads I like to corner at confident speeds as this car does inspire confidence, but at no point have I pushed the tires beyond the limits of lateral grip. Will not buy again. Maybe I’ll actually change to some semi slicks now so I can actually reap the benefits of increased wear. I’m used to it now anyway.

Mercedes C 180, 2013 Model, 205/55/16.
Michelin and Hankook review.

I have always been very careful and aware/educated when I bought new tires, I used to be a huge Michelin fan and held my nose when low-cost tires like Hankook etc was mentioned, it was unthinkable for me to use anything ells other than premium brands like Michelin.

After my original good Dunlop SP Sport FastResponse MO tires were worn out on my MB C180 I bought 4 new Michelin Primacy 3, actually against the recommendation from my tire-dealer who warned me about the Michelin's, for once I did not listen to good advice.

I have never been so surprised and disappointed about tires before, with the exception of some lethal LingLong tires on a rental car.

As I recently wrote about Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 on my other car, a MB SLK 350, the Michelin Primacy 3 has basically the same slightly "weird" unsafe feeling under all circumstances.

In the dry the Primacy 3 have this somewhat strange "heavy" and "clumsy" feeling, a slightly unstable "wandering" feeling in straight driving and curvy country roads, it's like constantly driving on slippery pebble roads, it is not much or a big problem but enough to be very irritating especially on long journeys.

With the Dunlops my C180 was 100% stable at all speeds both on straight and curvy roads, a "light" and "agile" safe feeling with the Dunlops, never with the Primacy 3.

I have previously noted with other Michelin tires on other cars that they could have a slightly "heavier" feeling than other brands but more solid planted on the road, I always liked it before and it was never a problem like with the Primacy 3.

With Primacy 3 I also noted that braking in both wet and dry is slightly worse than the Dunlops, not a huge difference but absolutely noticeable.

In dry corners/turns the grip is often pretty good with the Primacy 3 but it is not consequent, I have never before experienced tires with so surprising unequal irregular qualities on the limits and in sharp turns as the Primacy 3 and it's basically that same slightly shaky/wobbly feeling as PS3 on the limits.

There is also a somewhat "weird" noise from the tires at all speeds, a "course" and "rough" noise, almost as if there were small pieces of metal in the tires. (spikes)

The comfort with the Primacy 3 in general is mediocre at the best, a huge negative surprise from what I expected, I never had perfect comfort with Michelin's before but I never had any complaints either.

It's acceptable performance in the wet, I never had problems in heavy rain in straight driving but again inconsequent surprising and "weird" behavior in sharp turns and corner, it is simply not possible to trust these tires.

I really don't have anything good to say about Michelin Primacy 3, I do not like them at all and I do not trust them, I am extremely surprised and disappointed about that.

I owned a 2000 Model VW Bora (Jetta) since new for many years, I have had Dunlop SP 8000, Uniroyal MS Plus 55, Michelin HP, Michelin Pilot Exalto on this car, all of them were good tires with no problems, very stable with good grip and acceptable/good comfort.

The current owner of this VW Bora bought Michelin Primacy 3, I have driven that car with the Primacy 3 and it's basically the same experience as I have with my MB C180, a good car reduced by bad tires, in addition to the similar problems with my C180 the VW Bora easily loses grip on the rear and wobbles side to side with the rear when pushed near the limits in turns, I have never previously experienced this with the VW Bora and any other tire-brands, this car is normally very stable in any situation, believe me, I have pushed that car to every limit.

I have driven a VW Golf TSI 2016 Model and a BMW 320i 2016 Model with Michelin Primacy 3 tires with basically the same negatives regarding "heavy/clumsy" feeling, stability problems and mediocre comfort/noise, although I did not push these cars to the limits in curves/turns so I can not comment on that.

After ca 2000 km and a long journey in my C180 I had enough, no more Primacy 3, I got rid of them.

After recommendation from a tire-dealer, who was aware of the "problems" with the obviously very overrated Michelin Primacy 3, I decided to change and buy the Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 which I would never had considered before.

As my tire dealer predicted, I was very positively surprised with the Hankook tires on my C180, much cheaper, much better than the Primacy 3, back to the "light" and "agile" feeling as with the Dunlops, very stable and planted in dry and wet, good braking, good comfort/noise, the wear is about average, nothing bad to say about the Hankook, good tires, very similar to my good Dunlop tires even at very high speeds.

I never had anything bad at all to say about Michelin tires on my own previous cars and other cars I previously have driven with Michelin tires, it was for a long time my absolute favorite tire-brand, it was good to drive on and they lasted long.

Nowadays my own experience with both new and older cars with the newest Michelin tires is always disappointing regardless of car and tire-size and based on comments from both tire dealers and consumers with different cars I can only agree that Michelin's now are widely overrated, and very overpriced, and even some budget tire-brands are superior in basically every way.

One explanation to the Michelin fail might be manufacturing process in different countries, I do not know, but the tires I tried lately were all manufactured in France except for one tire that was manufactured in Spain.

I always had correct alignment and tire-pressure, no mechanical problems with the cars, I can only conclude that Michelin for me is now a fallen "hero".

Great Tire-at a premium price. Only lasted 20,000 miles on the rear-but told this is the norm these on powerful cars.
Tire did save us on a near spin on Kincardine Bridge on wet diesel entry, where a cheaper less efficient would have led to a 360 with hitting barriers. Suppose you get what you pay for!

Although the Mondeo is heavy on the front tires, these have worn faster than expected. Down to 3mm in only 12k miles, which is about 6 months worth for me. The set on the rear axle are fairing much better though and should run to 25k at the current rate. Front grip is ok in the dry, but spin badly and understeer in the wet much more than I'd like. Overall, they're acceptable but disappointing for the price. I'll be trying something else next time.

Have these tires on the car from new. 66 plate Honda HRV and done 13000 miles. Front down to about 2mm on n/s and o/s tear down to 3.5mm-4mm, so in my opinion haven’t lasted as long as I would like when comparing my previous cars. Overall good handling but I wouldn’t buy again just because of the wear rate.

Have these tires on the car from new. 66 plate Honda HRV and done 13000 miles. Front down to about 2mm on n/s and o/s tear down to 3.5mm-4mm, so in my opinion haven’t lasted as long as I would like when comparing my previous cars. Overall good handling but I wouldn’t buy again just because of the wear rate.

I moved to Michelin Primacy 3 ZP from the different brand originally fitted by BMW.

Summer
Tracking is great both dry and wet, noise level is the same. Fuel consumption increased, so instead of 550 miles combined I can only do 500miles. Motorway miles dropped from 670 miles to 620 miles on full tank.
There're more cases of the weels spinning on the dry surface when the car start moving (even in eco mode).

Autumn
Fuel consumtion has not changed, traction became a noticable issue. When the temperature 6-7C, more cases of losing traction and drifting even though my driving style is relaxed rather than dynamic.

I would probably move the the previous brand depending how many miles they will stand for.

I downsize original car tires Michelin Primacy HP 215/55 R16 V, after 44000 kms age, rotate at 20000 kms front to rear, to Michelin Primacy 3 205/55 R 16 V.
That has a god choice to downsize tire to my car, Dry or wet, asphalt, mud or sand, all with no problems, only correct tire pressure and adequate speed, always exemplary driving.
This tire is very sensitive to correct tire pressure, is a good tire whit adequate tire pressure, and very random, noisy and rude, whit wrong tire pressure.
Sorry for my advice, but that's all the true about Primacy 3.

I put them 2015 and until today 27/10/2017 I made 20.000km ..... Good summer tire in dry and wet and silent

These tires came fitted to my 2015 model Ford Focus Estate 1.6 TDCi. Michelin seem to be able to strike the best balance of all tire manufacturers I have tried between dry/wet grip and wear. I have 62,000km on the car from new and there is still 3mm tread on all 4 corners. Normally I expect to get 50,000km max out of my tires and replace them well before hitting the wear indicators but these tires just keep on giving. Dry grip is excellent, wet grip is almost as good, handling is best in class, and wear is outstanding. If there is one area where these tires could be improved it's in the comfort/road noise dept. They are as good as other premium brands but if the comfort could match the grip/ride/handling/wear then this tire would be untouchable by any other tire out there. Maybe that's the price to pay for the amazing wear properties.