Pilot Sport 4 S TYRE REVIEW

These Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres are absolutely fantastic on my BMW E89 Z4 3.0 (manual). They make so much of an improvement over the standard BMW-supplied Bridgestone Potenza tyres (especially on 19” BMW lightweight alloy wheels) that the difference in feel, grip, handling, ride comfort and even road noise is huge - instantly noticeable and highly recommended. Yes they’re considerably more expensive than the Bridgestone and other non-runflats but with tyres, you get the performance that you pay for, at least with Michelin. Trust me, you will be very happy with the immense improvement and not regret purchasing them at all, I can assure you.

Excellent tyres for out yearly trips to the Nurburgring

Great on all surfaces other than snow

Excellent quality tyres with plenty of grip and so confidence inspiring

Outstanding performance tire really good in all weather

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.