[DML] Re: michelin pilot

["dcsj4465" <dcsj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy

I've had a set of Michelin Pilots on my car for 2 driving seasons. 
I put them on soon after the yoko's started to become hard to get. At 
the time they were the only matched set availiable in a higher 
performance tire. The only real problem I had was harmonic Vibration.
I chased that probem quite a while until I finally got lucky figured 
out what was going on. Apparently, within a day of having them 
installed I picked up a dry wall screw in the face of a tread lug
(left rear) It created a very slow leak that would stay up for a week 
and slowly loose pressure. I finally determined the unbalanced tire 
pressure was cause all my problems. As a side note I asked Steve 
Wynne what he thought about the the tires at the time because they 
had just started installing them at there shop also. He personally 
didn't like them after being used to the much better Yoko's, but 
conceded that until somebody comes out with something better it was 
the only way to go at the time. Remember, that was two years ago. 
There may be something else out there, But I just haven't heard much 
about the other choices.
As for performance there just fine. I never was one to out and test 
the skid pad performance. The only time I've ever broke the rear 
loose was because of pea gravel on the pavement. That was with my old 
yoko's

Dennis 5180


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> List,
> 
> I know the Pilot's have been brought up before, but after burning 
up a set of 
> Yoko AVS's in 10K miles (the rears anyway, fronts are good), i am 
looking for 
> the best tire out there.  I have read the back issues of the DML 
and find 
> that most owners go for the XGT's, which look OK to me, but i was 
wondering if 
> there was anything else decent.  



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