Pilot Sport 4 S TYRE REVIEW

Assurance on performance.

Tried and tested, I don't believe there's a better road legal Summer tyre (apart from Semi Slicks) that performs as well in the dry weather! I haven't had a chance to push these tyres to the limit yet but I plan to use them on track days where I expect them to perform incredibly well. I've not tested these tyres on my M5 in the wet yet as it's my first BMW and I haven't owned a RWD on over a decade. I get minimal wheel spin in the wet, even with the accelerator peddle flat to the floor & the 7 speed DCT's rapid gear changes & 565bhp 700Nm torque!

Brilliant in the dry! Wet weather performance is surprisingly good even in cold conditions.. these are summer tyres that cannot be beaten for grip.

I replaced the original Bridgestone Potenza S001 XL 245/40R20 rear tyres because they had only 6.1mm of total tread when new and were worn to the wear bars at 14,400 miles in 5 years. The Michelins are at least as good for road holding in wet and dry but have slightly more tread and hopefully will last longer as they are not cheap. This single tyre purchase was to replace a punctured tyre at 16,700 miles after 18 months since fitting. The tread centre when new was 8mm tread and after 2300 miles had worn to 7mm, so similar wear rate to the Bridgstones.

Back to the same tyre and spec that the car originally came with from the factory. I did have the Porsche N0 variant (without the acoustic foam inside) on the front left (which replaced a damaged tyre after an incident) but that one wore out faster than the original T0 (Tesla) variant on the front right.

Great all round grip and confidence in the wet.

The tyres are good, but the car is light; so have to aware of aqua planing possibility through deeper puddles.

Very well, but when the snow comes, time will tell

They feel great and were well fitted. Lots of grip.

Good nice grip and fitment was smooth