Replaced 2 Nexen tires that had worn because of worn trailing arm bushes for Michalins that I believed would give me good milage and ride.Kept other 2 Nexens on. Big mistake. I replaced the Michalins on 15695 and the Nexens are still on the car at 29168 miles. Cant say the Michalins were any better than the Nexens ride wise. The Michalins were double the price. Obviously I went back to Nexen. When I spoke to the chap who sold me the tire about the poor performance he said there was nothing he could do. If I had bought a suit where the stitching was coming apart 6 months later it would have been replaced, yet he can just shrug his shoulders. I WILL NEVER BUY OR ADVISE MY FRIENDS TO BUY michalins.

I have always had Michelin as IMO they are simply one of the best brands around. I have been driving for around 45 years and around a million miles in total. My previous Michelins were Energy Saver Plus. These were fantastic in all areas and mileage never affected the standard of quality in all aspects of the tire. When I came round to changing them it was suggested to try the Primacy 3s as they were better suited to motorway type driving. So after consideration I went for them. That was 16 months ago and 20k miles. Much of it has been on motorways but 20% in town and A roads. In all areas the tires have been superb and have never come near to letting me down in all weather conditions. Wear has been good, I feel as good as the Energy Saver Plus tire. One thing I have foundering I have never experienced with other tires is that front and rear are wearing just about the same, very strange but there you go. As far as the wear is concerned there is still between 4 and a half and 5 mm, I feel this equates to at least another 15k, so hopefully all should comfortably reach 35-40k, we'll see. All I can say is that you would not be disappointed buying them, they are a truly excellent tire. Many reviews question the breaking qualities of Michelins in the wet, all I can say is that IMO this is rubbish, they are excellent and will never let you down when really needed. Whilst I accept their not the cheapest to buy saving 10 quid per tire pails into insignificance when comparing quality and mileage available per set. In my opinion you buy the best you can afford but just remember when your doing 70mph there are on 4 small areas of rubber in contact with the road, each one around 5 square inches so it's good to buy quality. If you fancy a set of Primacy 3s you will not be disappointed in any area, by the way I have no conections to Michelin, I just appreciate their product, keep safe.

Ma vieille diesel Mercedes est ébréchée, décatie, avec un by pass EGR- et je la conduis comme si je l'avais volée (quand l'occasion se présente). Je ne suis pas gentil avec les pneus. Je les maltraite terriblement et ils ont résisté très, très bien.

J'aime mes pneus un peu trop gonflés , 40psi. Ils ont duré deux fois plus longtemps que les pneus Avon ZV3 que j'avais auparavant. Je les ai poussés à 147 mph sur l'autoroute, j'ai dérapé autour de chaque rond-point à chaque fois que je peux, je les ai allumés et fait fumer sur la route pour toute raison que ce soit. . . . . J'ai été méchant, très très méchant.

Après 18.000 miles difficiles les avants ont 5mm qui restent et les arrières 2mm donc besoin de les remplacer très prochainement.

Adhérence étonnante sur le mouillé et assez progressive sur un rond-point humide. Je ne les ai pas intervertis comme je l'ai fait avec les Avons.

Ma seule critique est qu'ils n'ont pas beaucoup de ressenti, mais cela pourrait aussi venir de la direction assistée de la voiture qui masque un grand nombre de sensations.

Avait des Hankook Ventus V12 avant et n'avait pas aimé du tout, ai changé pour les Michelin Primacy 3 et la voiture est transformée. Bonne direction, adhérence encore superbe dans toutes les conditions, bon comportement et encore souple et très silencieux. Je ne peux pas obtenir plus de la différence qu'un pneu peut apporter. Peut pas commenter l'usure car pas encore fait suffisamment de miles.

Montés à l'avant à 81385 miles, alignement laser fait en même temps + de nouvelles suspensions à l'avant, supports et roulements montés. Ils ont duré jusqu'à 98885 miles et sont encore un peu juste au dessus de l'indicateur d'usure. Pneus étonnants. Adhérence incroyable sur le mouillé et le sec; toujours 100% confiance en eux. Léger glissement maintenant en pleine accélération sur le mouillé; mais ils sont presque totalement usés! le confort et tranquillité incroyables et une grande durabilité à l'avant d'une voiture qui a 354NM de couple. J'ai toujours piloté les meilleurs pneus premium de toutes les plus grandes marques. Ce sont les meilleurs pneus que je connaisse;ils devancent tout le monde. Très fortement recommandés et une bonne affaire également.

After one summer holiday on the road through Europe (5000 miles in 4 weeks) when I give them a hell on german motorways push them to the limit ,plus daily work commuting I have to say Primacy 3 (225/55 R18) is by far overpriced ( £103 october 2014) due to quick wearing and outer rim extremely weak (I lost one tire after I clip the curb probably). Very good in wet and dry weather giving you a great road stability also very quiet in low and high speed . The manufacturer will claim and rated some tires as economical, no way,the car economy will depend how heavy your foot is on the gas pedal so don't fall for this trick. About wearing, all new cars come with hard compound tire comparing with after market soft compound tire so choose wisely . Always check when you buy tires the manufacture date on outer rim , new regulations of life spam 3 years on display/wheels and max 5 years on shelf .

Vera durable.. Thaís the main thing. The longe lasting tires i've had.
Good grip on the Dry.
Enough on the Wet.
Feeling for spirited driver is not that good.
Just an ok touring tire. Safe but not fun.

After 6 months and about 3000 miles I don't have the best words for these tires. My previous 5 years tires Primacy HP had much better dry grip from these new ones. The tires slip in any dry road condition. In wet road the things are slightly better. I am disappointed

Front tires lasted 20,000 miles - excellent grip wet or dry but fairly noisy.

Bought the tires in jan 2014 with 64 100km now jan 2016 88 100km
with 2 mm left.the primacy 3 are on front only for dry and turanza GR90
On rear for wet.the 159 like sporty fiat cars namely ferrari maserati etc have
sensitive steering wheel so you can feel white road
marking etc when driving.i wanted tires which would absorb more and
transfer less to my steering hands.the primacy 3 XL have very flexible side
walls which absorb more compared to other tires.which makes driving
less tiring.the turanza GR90 has stiff side wall like driving on rails.so i know the
difference well.only problem with the primacy 3 xl is the price/treadwear
i covered 20 000km and only 2mm left.but i looked around for bridgestone/vredestein
goodyear etc non of the other give the primacy 3 comfort unfortunately i will
try to make the 2mm last till december.lol

Recommended from Volvo and Formula One Tire garage I gave these tires a chance last year to take out some of the "lowered suspension" hard ride this SE Sport S80 has had since manufacture.
Yes a new tire is always better than the last one, but these tires were a fraction bigger than the prescribed 245 40 18s that were specified and with 35psi I had the ride I was expecting, very quiet and comfortable too.

However, they met rain conditions with relative ease when new, but after 15k and half worn didn't meet the same conditions without aqua planing. Maybe this Dec and Jan have been the wettest on record and therefore any tire would have suffered?

Yes for summer rainy conditions.
No because even Michelin say these are not winter tires.
Will go back to an All Season Goodyear or Avon tire for grip and £30 per corner saving.

Decent overall grip when pushing hard in all conditions and it let you know early when you were reaching the limit, quiet and comfortable for the most part. Only downside is that they were at 2mm by 8,000 miles. Could be the car /driving style though. Rears are on 4mm at 8,000 miles too.